Date 28-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Opposition forces claimed to have captured two districts in Laghman province. A spokesman for the group told AIP over phone that they seized two districts Alingar and Nangraj in Laghman. He also claimed to have arrested fifty Taliban fighters besides a huge qu...

Date 28-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed nearly 300 fighters of the opposition forces have joined Taliban regime in Sarpul province in northern Afghanistan. A spokesman for Taliban said that after a series of negotiations, 300 fighters including 30 commanders announced joining Taliban gov...

Date 27-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have rejected the reports that a former Laghman governor has left Taliban and has joined the opposition forces. The state-run news agency, Ba-Akhter interviewed with former Leghman governor Abdullah Jan Wahidi, who said he was still with the Afghan governm...

Date 26-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): After the opening of Iran border with Afghanistan, the Afghan markets have been flooded with Iranian made items. A survey conducted by AIP revealed that in Herat province about 85 percent of Iranian made items were available in markets which includes electronic eq...

Date 25-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Afghan consulate in Islamabad has strongly condemned a recently issued statement by United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and termed it mere allegations. A three-page statement issued by Afghan consulate in Islamabad said the allegations against Taliban govern...

Date 24-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The opposition forces said nearly 110 men of Taliban have joined northern alliance forces in Laghman province. A spokesman for Ahmad Shah Masoud told AIP on a satellite phone that four key commanders of Taliban have joined their forces along with their 110-armed m...

Date 23-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan government has appointed Mullah Abdussalam Zaeef as new ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad. According to details, Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar has issued directive in which staff of Afghan embassy in Islamabad has been reshuffled. Accordi...

Date 23-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The opposition forces launched a massive attack against the Taliban forces at Taluqan frontline, sparking a five hours long fierce gun battle. At least three persons of both the sides were perished during the clashes, reports say. Taliban repelled the attack,...

Date 20-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): An Afghan Aryana Airline Boeing-727 carrying ailing Afghan children after their treatment in Berlin, Germany landed at Kabul international airport. Our correspondent in Kabul said that the plane, which landed at 10: 35, local time, was carrying 82 Afghan children...

Date 19-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A fierce fighting involving heavy weapons was continuing in north of Afghanistan, as Taliban launched a massive attack against their opposition forces at Tabous area, 10 kilometers off Taluqan city, center of Takhar province, informed sources told AIP. Tabous is a...