Date 17-09-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Pakistan authorities on September 17, 2001 closed its border with Afghanistan at 1:15pm at Turkham for an indefinite period and were not allowing any one to cross the border. Officials at Turkham told AIP that passport holders were also not allowed to cross the b...

Date 17-09-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Pakistan authorities on September 17, 2001 closed its border with Afghanistan at 1:15pm at Turkham for an indefinite period and were not allowing any one to cross the border. Officials at Turkham told AIP that passport holders were also not allowed to cross the b...

Date 16-09-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan foreign minister has said that the Taliban were intact to their old stand on Osama Bin Laden. When he was asked that for one person (Osama) would you like to suffer whole Afghan nation, Afghan foreign minister Wakeel Ahmad said that it should be asked from...

Date 16-09-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Radio Shariah (Kabul Radio) has aired a statement of the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar in which he has directed all the governors to make arrangements for transportation of the participants in grand council to be held in Kabul. The supreme leader had...

Date 15-09-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Military in-charge and eminent northern alliance commander Ahmad Shah Masood, who breathed his last the other day (Sept 14), was buried at his ancestrale area, Dara Panjsher, in northern Parwan province on Sept 15, 2001. His funeral was offered at Bazarak, Panjshe...

Date 15-09-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Taliban government in Afghanistan has asked all the foreigners to leave Afghanistan for their own safely in wake of possible US attacks. A statement issued by Afghan foreign ministry from Kabul requested all foreigners to leave the country for own safety becau...

Date 15-09-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Fearing possible US attack on Afghanistan nearly 19 foreigners left for Pakistan through Turkham on Sept 15. Informed sources told AIP that 19 foreigners of different countries have left Pakistan after they were asked by the foreign ministry to leave the country f...

Date 14-09-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Nearly one thousand Taliban fighters have launched a major offensive against their opposition forces in northern Afghanistan have reportedly captured Dasht-e-Ruba after a 30km advance. Reports reaching here say the Taliban launched a major attack involving heavy...

Date 14-09-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Supreme leader of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, Mullah Muhammad Omar has appealed to the Afghan people to face the possible US attacks on Afghanistan with courage and patience. In a statement from Kandahar, Omar said US wanted to invade Afghanistan to topple...

Date 14-09-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): A key northern alliance commander Ahmad Shah Masood, who suffered serious injuries during a suicide attack on him by two Arab journalists on Sept 9, died of his wounds today (Sept 14, 2001). Informed sources told AIP that the commander after fighting for life for...