Date 6-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): A powerful bomb near a wall of the Taliban office in Peshawar went off this morning, partially damaging the wall. Afghan consulate in Peshawar told AIP that the blast occurred at the previous office of the Taliban near Abdara Road which caused no casualty. The T...

Date 6-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid has issued the orders of releasing British journalist Yvonne Ridley, detained here over illegally entering Afghanistan, Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdussalam Zaeef told AIP on October 6, 2001. Zaeef sai...

Date 6-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said a mysterious plane was seen flying over Kabul about 2000 meters high. A Taliban spokesman said it was not clear whether it was a spy drone or something else. He said they have fired at the plane but it was too high. In September, the Taliban sho...

Date 6-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): A spokesman for the Afghan foreign Ministry has poured scorn over the US plan to throw food and other items from the air to the Afghans. The spokesman said that the US wanted to show the world that it was not against the people of Afghanistan but in fact it was the...

Date 5-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said more than three hundred foreigners have arrived in northern Afghanistan in the opposition-controlled areas showing themselves as journalists. In northern Takhar province, chief of the Taliban intelligence agency, Qari Ahmadullah told AIP that they have...

Date 4-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Fierce fighting between the Taliban and their opposition forces erupted in central Kapisa this morning. Reports say the Taliban have captured two areas in the southwest of Mehmood Raqi, center of the province. Sources said the Taliban also overran Khanqah and S...

Date 4-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan communication minister has said that a digital telephonic lines system connecting Kabul with the rest of word has started functioning. Mullah Yar Mohammad, communication minister said that the Afghan government had purchased a digital telephonic system from...

Date 3-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said they had sent the case of western aid workers accused of promoting Christianity in Afghanistan to the Afghan Supreme Court. Informed sources told AIP that the investigation into the case of aid workers has been finalized by the investigation team and...

Date 3-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): The opposition forces claimed to have moved forward 15 kilometers on the Taliban-controlled areas in western Afghanistan. A spokesman for the opposition forces, Muhammad Habeel told AIP that their forces have gained control of eight villages in Ghor province near...

Date 2-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said the decision taken by the former Afghan King Zahir Shah and northern alliance in a meeting in Rome has no credibility as it would produce no positive results. Deputy Foreign Minister of Taliban, Mualvi Muhammad Zahid told AIP that the decisions and me...