- Title: AFGHANISTAN: RESIDENTS WANDER THROUGH WAR RUINED CITY OF KABUL
- Date: 29th October 1995
- Summary: NEAR KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (RECENT (OCTOBER 29, 1995)) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV WEST OF KABUL: SCENE OF DESTRUCTION - THE FORMER FRONTLINE, SMOKE FROM FIGHTING BILLOWS IN THE DISTANCE, MAN RIDES PAST ON BICYCLE 0.05 2. SV PEOPLE IN STREETS/MCU MAN ON CRUTCHES (2 SHOTS) 0.14 3. TRACK EMPTY STREETS, DESTROYED HOMES 0.21 4. SLV CHILDREN IN STREETS 0.25 5. SLV SHELLED HOMES/ PAN TO STREET (2 SHOTS) 0.32 6. SV MAN WITH FAMILY OUTSIDE HIS HOME 0.38 7. CU UNIDENTIFIED MAN SAYS "HOW THE TALEBAN WOULD BRING PEACE, WE DON'T KNOW. WE ARE WITNESSES TO THEIR SHELLING AND FIRING ROCKETS ON KABUL. ANYHOW WE ARE NOT CONCERNED WITH ANY PARTY. WE'LL ACCEPT ANYONE WHO BRINGS PEACE" (PASHTU) 0.56 8. GV SOUTHWEST OF KABUL/ VARIOUS OF EMPTY BUILDINGS AGAINST HORIZON (3 SHOTS) 1.23 9. GV VARIOUS OF REFUGEES LEAVING CITY/ WALKING DOWN STREETS PAST DESTROYED BUILDINGS (3 SHOTS) 1.42 10. GV/VARIOUS PEOPLE/FAMILY WALK DOWN STREET, DESTRUCTION ON EITHER SIDE (5 SHOTS) 2.17 11. LV/SV CHILDREN PLAYING IN RUBBLE (2 SHOTS) 2.19 12. SLV DAMAGED BUILDING /PEOPLE DRIVE PAST RUBBLE IN HORSE AND CART AND ON BICYCLE. (2 SHOTS) 2.28 13. GV DARULAMAN PALACE, KING'S FORMER RESIDENCE, REFUGEES LEAVING IN FOREGROUND 2.37 14. SV PALACE 2.42 15. GV PALACE IN THE DISTANCE, MEN IN FOREGROUND 2.50 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: NEAR KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
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- Country: Afghanistan
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- Story Text: Thousands of people displaced by intense fighting between Afghanistan's warring factions are attempting to pick up the threads of their shattered lives.
Many are now returning to the remains of their homes on the outskirts of the capital Kabul and an area which for years has been the frontline war zone.
Beyond the city, forces loyal to Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbini continue to battle Islamic Taleban militia as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict are stepped up.
The Taleban, who emerged a year ago, aim to install a purist Islamic regime in place of the guerrilla groups that have kept Afghanistan at war since the Soviet-backed communist government fell in 1992.
Those picking their way through the rubble have long lost interest in the politics of war. "We'll accept anyone (in government) who'll bring peace," says one man.
"How can the Taleban would bring peace, we don't know. We are the witnesses to their shelling and firing rockets on Kabul. Anyhow we are not concerned with any party." On the frontline, only 15 kilometres (nine miles) south of the Afghanistan capital, government forces fire upon Taleban positions using hand-held rocket launchers.
A week ago, (Monday, October 30) United States (U.S.) Assistant Secretary of State Robin Raphel met the Afghan government's military chief Ahmad Shah Masood at an airbase near Kabul in an effort to initiate talks between the warring factions.
The move came five days after the Taleban launched a full-scale attack from the south and west, setting off a fierce battle.
The Taleban were reported to have almost broken through government defences.
Southwest of Kabul stands the bullet-ridden, empty shell of the Daralaman Palace, formerly the king's residence, and on the frontline until March.
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