1. Opposition rebels attacked an Interior Ministry building in Tajikistan early Monday, killing two policemen and kidnapping four, officials said. 2. Opposition rebels on Tuesday accused the government of confiscating food and cattle from civilians and appealed for international help for residents of central Tajikistan. 3. Tajik government forces launched a major offensive Thursday and regained full control of a central region from opposition Islamic rebels, news report said. 4. The opposition northern rebels and Zaher Shah have agreed to a traditional Afghan assembly to choose leaders. 5. Under the agreement, Sudan and Uganda pledge not to support opposition rebels from the other side and not to allow attacks from their territories. 6. Fighting erupted Sunday along the border with Ethiopia and Eritrea, between Sudanese government forces and opposition rebels. 7. Fighting continues on the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan since Tajik opposition rebels fled the country and began waging a guerrilla war from bases in northern Afghanistan. 8. The Tajik government has often accused Afghan factions of harbouring and supplying these opposition rebels, who have easy access to Afghanistan across a porous international frontier. 9. Mussa also asserted that opposition rebels did not want to partition Sudan. 10. Opposition rebels have made further gains in camps and areas of eastern Sudan, near the Eritrean and Ethiopian borders, a spokesman said Wednesday. |
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