THE AFGHAN MESSAGE IN MOSCOW COUCHES NO SPECIFICATION CONCERNING THE
TALIBAN DEPARTMENTS IN RUSSIA FORWARDS








MOSCOW, 11 March.  (RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent).  The
Afghan message in Moscow no specification concerning the seat or the
function of any departments of the Afghan movement Taliban in the area
of Russia is present.  This are reported opposite the RIA " Nowosti "
on Sunday from an informed source in the Afghan message in their
statement on the decree of Russian president Vladimir Putin over the
measures against the Taliban.

This document became on 10 March in connection with the 1333.
Resolution of the UN security council from 19 December 2000 signs,
which is to also fulfill Russia.  The resolution designates that the
signatory states are to execute the imported sanctions against the
movement Taliban.  The decree of the Russian president designates
however also additional limitations in relation to the area of
Afghanistan, which is under check of the Taliban.  Decree moderate in
particular all departments of the movement Taliban and agencies of the
Afghan airline Ariana are to be closed on the territory of the Russian
federation.

In this connection the source stated that " the agency of the airline
Ariana in Moscow ' " only ' functions formally.  After the power start
of the Taliban in Kabul on 26 September 1996 the flights of this
airline were stopped to Russia.

Here the source referred to it that the legal government of the
president Burhanuddin Rabbani holds the point of view, after which
these sanctions also against Pakistan is to be introduced, that the
Taliban militarily and materially supported.