Date 28/7/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): A Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdulhai Mutmaen said that they freed two hundred prisoners of their opposition forces from a jail in Kandahar. Talking to AIP, the spokesman said that the prisoners were freed on the special directives of their supreme leader Mullah Muham...

Date 27/7/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Following the failure of efforts by the elders to convince Taliban and Ahmad Shah Masoud forces strike a ceasefire, clashes between to the two rival groups have been intensified in north of Kabul. The continued trade of firing involving heavy weapons by both the Tal...

Date 24/7/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have strongly condemned the rocket attacks by Ahmad Shah Masoud forces on Kabul and its neighborhood during the visit of special envoy of the UN Secretary General, Lakhdar Brahimi. Opposition forces fired at least five rockets at Kabul City and several rocke...

Date 21/7/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): At least eleven people were killed and more than two dozens were injured when Taliban attacked their opposition forces at Dara Souf in Samangan province on 21/7/99. Sources in Ahmad Shah Masood forces told AIP that they repelled several Taliban attacks on Dara Souf i...

Date 20/7/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Arab families living in Farm Hadda, 5 kilometers north of Jalalabad, have started leaving the area after a report about the presence of Osama there. A UK-based newspaper had reported that Osama was present in Farm Hadda near Jalalabad, fearing the possible US strike...

Date 18/7/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said that they had decided to send a delegation to the upcoming meeting of 6+2 to explain the position and stance of Taliban. A Taliban spokesman told AIP that the decision of sending delegation to the upcoming of meeting of 6+2 was not taken under any pressu...

Date 13/7/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Masood forces claimed to have shot down a Taliban helicopter in Samangan province on 12/7/99. Opposition sources in Peshawar told AIP that Taliban helicopter was shot down during fighting at Dara Souf in Samangan province. Sources also claimed that a key Taliban...

Date 24/6/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Three rockets fired by Taliban opposition forces landed near Khwaja Rawesh Airport in Kabul, causing no damage to the airport, a Taliban official said. Meanwhile, Taliban Information Minister Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi in reply to a question about the arrest of their...

Date 24/6/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban jet aircrafts on the night between 23 and 24 June, 1999, struck Bagram Airport in north of Kabul, sources told AIP on 24 June, 1999. Sources said that two aircrafts bombed the airport garrison at about 7:30 pm (Afghanistan time). According to Taliban op...

Date 19/6/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): At least four person were killed as local people and Taliban administration intensified efforts to control the growing spread of fire broke out in Dera Pech area of Kunar province, 35 kilometer in south of Asadabad, officials and locals said. Deputy administrator of...