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Factions struggle for
control of stronghold
1 KABUL, Afghanistan — Oppo
sition forces said they gained
ground Wednesday in eastern
Afghanistan, a claim the ruling
Taliban religious militia denied.
The two front lines outside the
northern opposition stronghold of
Mazar-e-Sharif were reported
calm.
Abdullah, a spokesman for
anti-Taliban alliance leader
Ahmed Shah Masood, said Ma
sood’s troops captured 25 Taliban
bunkers in an offensive east of
Kunduz province, 120 miles east
of Mazar-e-Sharif. Taliban
spokesman Abdul Hay Muttayn
said his forces repelled the attack.
The alliance is backed into a
small corner of northern
Afghanistan. With Mazar-e-Sharif
in its sights, the Taliban appear
poised to capture the remainder
of the country.
Meanwhile, the U.N. Security
Council called Wednesday for
peace talks between the two war
ring factions.
“The Security Council is
deeply concerned at the danger
ous escalation of the armed con
flict, and it stresses the need to
end tlie bloodshed,” the president
of the Security Council, Sloven
ian Ambassador Danilo Turk, said
after the council was briefed pri
vately on the latest fighting.
Turk said council members had
expressed “grave concern” about
the deterioration of the humani
tarian situation and deplored the
Taliban’s expulsion of several in
ternational aid agencies from the
capital, Kabul.
Taliban leaders have imposed a
strict version of Islamic law in the
vast majority of the country that
they control.
Abdullah said 50 Taliban sol
diers were killed and 112 cap
tured in Wednesday’s fighting. He
made no mention of alliance ca
sualties. Abdullah spoke by tele
phone from London and said he
had been in touch with Masood in
northern Afghanistan.
Earlier, Taliban officials report
ed no fighting around Mazar-e
Sharif. Taliban fighters are report
edly closing in on the city from
two sides, with the front lines
about 12 miles to the west and 25
miles to the east.
Canada signs treaty
with western tribe
2 NEW AIYANSH, British Co
lumbia — Canada has signed a
historic treaty granting land rights
and self-government to the west
ern Nisga’a Indians, a deal that
could clear the way for similar
pacts with dozens of other Indian
communities.
To the rhythm of drums and an
cient songs, Nisga’a chiefs neared
the end of a century-old quest on
Tuesday by signing the treaty,
which gives them $126 million in
cash and title to 745 square miles
of land in their rugged mountain
homeland.
Hundreds of Nisga’a in tradi
tional robes and headdresses
burst into cheers when the treaty
was signed at a community hall.
Their chiefs stood in triumph on
the podium, along with top offi
cials of the federal and British Co
lumbia governments, which had
negotiated the treaty over the past
25 years.
The treaty must be approved
within 90 days by a vote among
the Nisga’a, then ratified by the
federal parliament and the British
Columbia legislature. The majori
ty parties at both the federal and
provincial level strongly support
the treaty.
The Nisga’a chief negotiator,
Joe Gosnell, told the crowd at the
signing ceremony how Nisga’a
leaders paddled by canoe to the
provincial capital, Victoria, in
1887 to request a treaty. They
were rebuffed, and the Nisga’a
then endured “100 years of dark
ness,” Gosnell said.
“Today, that has changed forev
er,” he said. “Today we make his
tory as we correct the mistakes of
the past and send a signal of hope
around the world.”
It was a historic day not only
for the 5,500 Nisga’a, but for all
Indians in British Columbia.
None of the other 50 Indian
communities has obtained a
treaty this century, and the Nis
ga’a settlement is expected to
serve as a loose model for other
deals.
However, many British
Columbians don’t share their joy.
Critics contend decisions of this
magnitude should be made only
with voters’ consent.
Military exercise held
near disputed land
3 MANILA, Philippines — U.S.
and Philippine warships and
aircraft staged live-fire military
exercises today near a disputed
South China Sea shoal, which
could trigger protests from China.
The 18-hour exercise was held
outside Philippine waters be
cause the country has no agree
ment with the United States gov
erning exercises on Philippine
territory, said navy spokesman
Salvador Cuba.
At least five ships and four air
craft joined the maneuvers,
which involved simulated air
and naval attacks using cannon
fire to hit floating targets, Cuba
said.
China was not notified of the
military exercise because it was
held in international waters,
Cuba said, adding it was not
meant to intimidate any country.
A Filipino navy official, speak
ing on condition of anonymity,
said the exercise at one point
came very near Scarborough
Shoal, which is claimed by both
the Philippines and China.
Chinese Embassy spokesman
Hao Yinbiao said the embassy
was consulting with the Chinese
Foreign Ministry about the exer
cise, which he said would raise
concerns if it was in the shoal’s
vicinity,
Philippine officials say Scar
borough, which lies 130 miles
west of the province of Zambales,
is within the country’s economic
zone that extends 200 miles off
its shores. Chinese officials say
the shoal has belonged to China
since ancient times.
The exercise was held outside
the Philippines because the
Philippine Senate has not ap
proved an agreement that would
provide American troops with le
gal protections while on duty
here, Cuba said. The accord was
signed early this year by U.S. and
Philippine officials.
The United States halted all
joint exercises in the Philippines
and visits by U.S. military ships
in December 1996, when the
Manila government closed a legal
loophole that had shielded U.S.
military personnel from prosecu
tion by the Philippines for crimes
committed here.
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