Date 5-5-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Thousands of mourners of a slain Sunni leader turned violent after his burial and torched two more Imam-e-Barghahs of Ahli Tashei, a Shiite Muslim group, in Herat city on May 5. An exiled Sunni leader of Iran, Mualvi Muhammad Musa, who was killed along with several...

Date 4-5-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Angry mob set ablaze Iranian Consulate in Herat city, center of western Herat province after the assassination of a Sunni Iranian cleric in a bomb blast on May 4, 2001. A powerful blast in a mosque in west of Herat city claimed at least eight people dead and scores...

Date 3-5-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban were forces backed by jets aircraft, launched a huge attack against their opposition forces this morning (May 3) in west of Bamyan City and captured Dara Shahidaan. Sources said Taliban jets aircrafts pounded positions of the enemy forces for two times, addi...

Date 3-5-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban forces after completing their operation and strengthening control over Dara Shahidaan, have captured Shaybar-2 airport in northern Afghanistan. Taliban captured Dara Shahidaan, 20-25 kilometers in west of Bamyan city, center of northern Bamyan province toda...

Date 2-5-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): The opposition forces launched huge attacks against the Taliban forces at three different frontlines in northern Afghanistan last night and this morning, Taliban officials said. Clashes erupted between the two rival factions 30 to 40 kilometers in east and northeast...

Date 30-4-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): The opposition forces last night launched a massive attack against Taliban at Tangi Farkhar frontline, 30km southeast of Taluqan, center of northern Takhar province, capturing three checkposts, sources told AIP. According to details, opposition forces attacked Tali...

Date 30-4-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): The opposition has said that there were fighters of Osama Bin Laden, Uzbeks, Chechen and other Muslim countries among Taliban, who were fighting against them. Muhammad Habeel, a spokesman for the opposition forces told AIP that the fighters of Osama network and oth...

Date 30-4-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): The opposition has said that there were fighters of Osama Bin Laden, Uzbeks, Chechen and other Muslim countries among Taliban, who were fighting against them. Muhammad Habeel, a spokesman for the opposition forces told AIP that the fighters of Osama network and oth...

Date 29-4-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said the ongoing clashes between them and the opposition forces were first launched by the opposition and they were acting purely in a defensive mode. Spokesman for Taliban in Kandahar, Mullah Abdulhai Mutmaen has said that the opposition forces, who were...

Date 29-4-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Special envoy of United Nations Secretary General, Frances Vendrell held a meeting with Ningarhar governor and discussed with him the issue of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. Mualvi Sadar Azam, governor of Ningarhar province told AIP after his meeting with the UN...