Date 21-11-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): After weeks of silent, fresh clashes erupted between Taliban and their opposition forces in northern Takhar province near its Center Taluqan at various frontlines, reports reaching here said. According to reports, the opposition forces launched a massive attack a...

Date 21-11-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Abdus Salam Zaeef met his Kazakhstan counterpart in Islamabad and discussed with him matters of mutual interest. Talking to AIP, Zaeef said they discussed various Afghan issues including drug, terrorism and formation of a broad-based...

Date 14-11-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban gained swift control over more than 20 villages in northern Samangan province following their joining by hundreds of armed and armless people of the region. Sources said Taliban brought under their control more than twenty villages in Samangan province du...

Date 13-11-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): As many as 150 armed men belonging to the opposition forces have joined Taliban militia including a key commander, Taliban said on November 13. They said these fighters joined Taliban in Smangan province at Dara Souf when their commander Paydal Pehlawan announced...

Date 12-11-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan refugees wanted to enter Pakistan have been stopped by the Afghan government, 15 kilometers inside Afghanistan near Turkham border. The arrival of fresh refugees has been banned by Pakistani authorities, says an Afghan official. He said Pakistan author...

Date 7-11-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Kandahar among several Afghan provinces last night and today morning received substantial rains, bringing an end to at least 18-month long dry spell in Afghanistan, reports said. Kandahar, powerbase of Taliban, today (Nov 7) received torrential rains. A Talib...

Date 2-11-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Mullah Abdusslam Zaeef met his US counterpart Mr. Malcon Milan in Islamabad on November 2, 2000. Talking to AIP, Zaeef said that they discussed various afghan issues including Osama, poppy and other Afghan issues. About the rumors...

Date 30-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan foreign minister has said that war in Afghanistan was not in favour of any one as it has a direct bearing on neighboring countries. Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Afghan foreign minister Wakeel Ahmad Muttwakkil highlighted different issues includi...

Date 29-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have once again warned peasants against growing poppy in their fields, saying stern action would be initiated against the violators. Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar Mujahid in a statement issued from Kandahar, powerbase of Taliban, has warned f...

Date 29-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Afghan government has welcomed Pakistan statement that it would not allow its soil to be used for attack on Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdulhai Mutmaen said that Pakistan showed the spirit of brotherhood by announcing that it would not allow its so...