Date 17-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan government has welcomed breakthrough in the talks between the officials of World Food Programme and Afghan ministry of planning. An agreement reached between the WFP and Afghan planning ministry about re-launching work by the bakery shops of WFP in Kabul....

Date 16-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Al-Rashid Trust, which has announced to continue providing breads to Afghan people after the WFP refusal, has distributed 18 hundreds breads among four hundred Afghan families from its four bakeries shops in Kabul. Director of Al-Rashid Trust, Abdul Hadi Mullakhail...

Date 16-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban forces have launched a massive attack at Tangi Farkhar frontline after completing cleanup operation in Chal and Eshkmish areas in northern Afghanistan. The opposition forces yesterday night attacked Chal district and captured several areas there. Talib...

Date 15-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban admitted losing few villages to the opposition forces in northern Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman in Kabul told AIP that the opposition force have captured few areas in Chal district of Takhar province today (June 15) after they attacked at the Taliban po...

Date 15-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): World Food Programme (WFP) has closed down its bakeries shops in Kabul after the Taliban refused to allow Afghan women participate in a survey of the programme, Taliban said. Afghan foreign ministry has issued a statement in which it said the UN organization of WF...

Date 15-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): After the refusal of World Food Programme to run bakeries shops in Kabul, Al-Rashid Trust, a charitable organization with its headquarters in Karachi, has announced to continue it. Head of al-Rashid Trust, Abdul Hadi Mullahkahail told AIP that after the WFP announ...

Date 12-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Opposition forces claimed capturing a district in western Herat province bordering Iran after a six hours fierce gunbattle with the Taliban forces this morning. A spokesman for a key northern alliance commander and former governor of Herat Muhammad Ismail Khan phon...

Date 12-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have rejected an opposition claim of capturing a district in western Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Taliban told AIP that there was no truth in the opposition claims, adding they were issuing such statements to encourage their forces. A spokesman for...

Date 11-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on June 10 found 13 dead bodies of their 20 colleagues detained by the opposition forces during clashes in central Afghanistan on June 5. Taliban have launched a search operation after overrunning the district yesterday. An opposition spokesman on June...

Date 10-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban launched a huge offensive against the opposition forces in central Bamyan province this morning (June 10), to flush out opposition forces, who had seized a key district there. About 250 fighters of Taliban attacked an area near Yakawlang, a strategic area in...