Date 30-01-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have said head of Afghan cabinet, Mullah Muhammad Rabbani, is due to visit Pakistan shortly. Afghan Foreign Minister Mullah Qutratullah Jamal from Kabul told AIP that the visit was aimed at discussing bilateral relations and other issues. He brushed as...

Date 29-01-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Harkatul Islami, a key faction of Ahli Tashi (a Shiite organization), divided into two parts, and both the groups were blaming each others for irregularities. Ahli Tashi had an active role in jihad against Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The divided groups are...

Date 28-01-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have seized a strategically important district, Dara Gosfandi, in Sar-e-Pul province last night 27-01-2000. According to details, after several days of clashes, Taliban seized a strategically important district, Dara Gosfandi, which was conside...

Date 27-01-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Thousands of people taken out rally in support of Taliban government in Afghanistan on 27-01-2000. The rally was held in center of Khost, Khost city, which besides, the others was also addressed by new Khost governor Mullah Shafiqullah, Ex-governor Syed Abdullah...

Date 21-1-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Foreign Minister Mualvi Wakeel Ahmad is due in Islamabad on January 23, 2000. Talking to AIP, Wakeel said, his visit to neighboring Pakistan is aimed at holding an introductory meeting, discuss bilateral ties and cooperation in diverse fields of life with...

Date 21-01-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have assured the US government that Osama Bin Laden has been restricted and he was unable to carry out any activity against anyone from Afghan soil. A statement issued by Afghan consulate in Islamabad about the recent meeting of Taliban officials with an...

Date 20-1-2000 ISLAMABAD (AIP): An important meeting between Taliban officials and a high-ranking official of US foreign ministry, Carl Ender Fort held in Islamabad on 20-01-2000. Taliban delegation was comprised of deputy Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Afghan ambassador to Paki...

Date 19-01-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A powerful earthquake jolted Afghanistan on 19-01-2000 at 11:40 (local time). The shock was felt in Kabul and Jalalabad but no reports of human losses could be ascertained. Afghan Information Minister Mualvi Qudrattullah Jamal told AIP the quake was terrifyin...

Date 17-01-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Pakistani government has decided to hand over the impounded trade goods of Afghan government and Afghan traders. Afghan ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad Mullah Syed Muhammad Haqqani told AIP that the Pakistan's Foreign Ministry informed them that the Chief Exe...

Date 16-1-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Commander Agha Shereen Salangi, who recently joined Taliban ranks, in a letter to United Nations has alleged that the UNHCR assistance for refugees was reaching to the fighters of Ahmad Shah Masood not to the deserving people. In a letter handed over to a represen...