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Leaders from 10 rebel groups met in Peshawar, Pakistan, and agreed to form an interim council to negotiate with the remnants of the Kabul government. A Pakistan Foreign Ministry representative, Javed Hussein, said there was a broad consensus on an orderly transfer of power to end the 14-year-old civil war.
Afghan rebels form council to negotiate end of civil war
"We don't see any prospect for a peaceful solution," said Hekmatyar's representative in Pakistan, Nawab Salim. "It is not a joke. Either the government in Kabul surrenders or we will attack."
The Associated Press
However, the most fundamentalist rebel faction, Hezbi-i-Islami led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, rejected the interim council plan.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Muslim rebels seized more territory yesterday and tried to put aside rivalries to avoid a bloody scramble for power. But one rebel leader renewed his threats to attack the besieged capital.
A non-Communist official took charge of ousted President Najibulah's crumbling regime, but the government's power was virtually gone.
Hekmatyar's faction was once one of the biggest recipients of U.S. military aid despite his strong anti-U.S. stance. He opposed any backing from Iran.
Masood has announced plans to form an Islamic government comprising all rebels — including Hekmatyar's group — as well as militia commanders and a high-ranking general from Najibullah's old government. Masood held talks with Foreign Minister Abdul Wakil outside Kabul on Friday and Saturday.
No violence was reported yesterday in or around Kabul, which was shrouded by mist and heavy rain.
The fundamentalists also are warning of a showdown with more moderate guerrilla chief Ahmed Shah Masood, whose fighters have encircled Kabul and forced Najibullah to flee into hiding on Thursday.
Masood, whose faction was backed by Washington and Saudi Arabia, is known for his fierce resistance during the nine-year Soviet occupation that ended in 1989. His Jamiat-i-Elamifac
Fundamentalist Muslim rebels said they reached the outskirts of Kabul Friday, escalating Afghanistan's 13-year-old civil war.
Rebellion continues in Afghanistan
1978: Pro-Soviet Marxist party gains control; armed non-communist resistance begins
1979: Soviets begin to send troops, weapons
Main events in war
1984: Soviets bomb guerrilla strongholds
1985: Fundamentalist Muslim guerrillas join resistance to form seven-party coalition
1986: Soviets install dictator Najibullah Ahmadzai; president; guerrillas get first shipment of U.S. anti-aircraft missiles; they had been receiving other arms
1989: Soviets withdraw troops
January 1992: U.S., former
Soviet Union halt arms sales
Thursday: Army generals and
rebel leaders out Najbullah
Casualties
More than 2 million people have been killed
Nearly 6 million refugees in Pakistan, Iran, the West
SOURCE: Center for Defense Information, Europe World Year Book, World Book, AP, Research by PAT CARR
tion is considered one of the best organized groups among the mujahdeen, or Islamic holy warriors.
Afghanistan at a glance
Area: 252,000 sq. mi. (about the size of Texas)
"The situation has changed," Masood told journalists at his base about 40 miles north of Kabul. "I think there is no need to create a neutral government. It is better that a mujahdeen government comes to power."
Ethnic differences also complicate the situation. Masood, 39, is from the minority Tajik group.
6.1 Facts:
**Population:** 18 million (1989 estimate); 75% Pushtan and Tajiks; total of about 20 ethnic groups
**Principal languages:** Pushtu, Dari (Persian dialect)
**Religion:** Mostly Sunni Muslim
**Economy:** Agriculture
**Recent history:** Under British control in 19th century; gained independence in 1919; torn by conflict between various tribal, religious groups
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — An attacker armed with guns and a grenade stormed the Saudi Embassy in Yemen yesterday. He seized the ambassador and his counselor and demanded $1 million.
KRT
The man held the two diplomats hostage in the ambassador's office and threatened to blow up the embassy unless the ransom was paid, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.
Some rebel groups have vowed they would not participate in a coalition that excludes the Pashtuns, or Pathans, the tribesmen who have dominated Afghanistan for nearly 300 years.
Afghanistan's civil war — once a major proxy battle between Washington and Moscow — has claimed 2 million lives and forced more than 5 million to flee homes to neighboring Pakistan or Iran.
The Saudi news agency said the hostage-taker raced past the embassy's Yemen guards and entered the ambassador's office, pulling two guns and a hand grenade from a bag.
There was no immediate word on the incident from San'a, the Yemen capital.
Saudis held at embassy in Yemen
Ambassador Ali Kassidi, interviewed by telephone from Bahrain, confirmed that he was being held by a man demanding ransom. He also said the counselor was not with him.
Government in Riyadh demands quick action
The Associated Press
The kingdom denounced the incident as a terrorist act and a violation of diplomatic norms. Saudi officials demanded quick action by Yemeni authorities to free the diplomats, the news agency reported.
A statement from the Saudi government said the ambassador and the aide contacted officials in Riyadh by cable and then by telephone.
Relations between the two countries have been strained since the Persian Gulf War, when Yemen sided with Iraq
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