UN rejects Ariana Afghan Airline plea to lift sanctions.

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Ariana Afghan Airline`s request for an exemption from sanctions imposed on Afghanistan by the United Nations (UN) was rejected by a UN committee on 28 January.

The sanctions were adopted by the UN Security Council in October 1999 in response to the Taleban rulers of Afghanistan failing to surrender Osama bin Laden who is accused of plotting the bombing of a US embassy in Kenya in Au...

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