Date 17-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A pre-dawn explosion in Pakistan embassy in Kabul created a great panic, however, there was no immediate report about the casualties. After the explosion, the authorities condoned off the area and traffic on roads leading to the embassy was suspended. No furth...

Date 13-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A US citizen Merry Mack, who has been declared as persona non-grata by the Afghan government, reached Peshawar Airport on July 13, 2000. She reached Peshawar through ICPC flight number 121. The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad has said that the US cit...

Date 12-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan based in Islamabad, Mullah Syed Muhammad Haqqani has said that the American woman had been asked to leave the country within 24 hours after her release by Afghan authorities. The Afghan envoy said that the arrested woman was working a...

Date 12-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): United Nations envoy Mr. Erek Demol, who arrived from Islamabad, held a meeting with Afghan foreign minister in Kandahar on July 12, 2000. According sources, both the officials discussed situation of drought-hit areas in Afghanistan. The UN official was told th...

Date 10-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A mild explosion in Pakistan embassy in Kabul shattered its window mirrors and partially damaged a wall but caused no casualties to the embassy staff, officials said. The explosion occurred on the rooftop of the embassy building early in the morning in visa sectio...

Date 10-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A blast in ammunition depot in Police headquarters in Miadan city center of Wardak province caused some damages to the depot but no one was hurt or killed in the explosion, Afghan officials said. Confirming the blast, Afghan officials in Kabul told AIP that it was...

Date 10-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between Pakistan and Afghanistan to boost trade with central Asian Respublics (CARs) through roads. The Afghan minister for social welfare Mullah Ahmadullah and Pakistan communication minister Syed Iftikhar Hussain Sha...

Date 9-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Fierce clashes were reportedly erupted in north of Kabul between Taliban and their opposition forces involving heavy weapons, informed sources told AIP. Sources said the clashes broke out at dawn , 50 kilometers north of Bagram airbase and at Dara Ghorband frontline...

Date 9-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban forces while moving forward at least three kilometers in north of Kabul have captured Bagram conjunction during the ongoing clashes with their opposition forces, reliable sources told AIP. Sources further said the fighting has been stopped and Taliban have l...

Date 9-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Foreign Ministry has said that the opposition forces of Taliban regime in Afghanistan were mulling fresh offensive against Taliban forces, asking the United Nations to play its due role in preventing further clashes. A spokesman for the ministry said that on...