Date 16/6/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Huge fire erupted in forests of Darra Pech area, 30km south of Asadabad, center of Kunar province, engulfing at least five to ten square kilometers forest. According to the people of the area, it was a huge fire, they did not see in past. It is a major source o...

Date 15/6/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): At least two person were killed and three others were injured when some unknown persons fired rockets at Jalalabad city, reliable sources told AIP. Sources said three rockets were fired from east side, one of them hit Babaryan area and two other landed in surroundin...

Date 03/06/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said there was no opposition frontline in northern Afghanistan against Taliban government and no fighting was taking place across the country. A spokesman for Taliban in Kabul told AIP that they had destroyed all the centers of opposition forces in Bamyan,...

Date 02/06/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Fierce fighting continuing in Bal Khab area of Sar Pul province, north of Bamyan province, as Taliban attacked Bal Khab to fight the militia of Hizbul Wahdat, hiding in the mountainous parts. Taliban launched the attack, using horses for climbing hilltops where the...

Date 1/6/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Uzbekistan Foreign Minister on 1/6/99 called on Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar in Kandahar and discussed with him matters of mutual interests. Giving details about the meeting, Taliban spokesman Wakeel Ahmad Muttawakkil said the meeting lasted for 40 m...

Date 29/5/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): More than 3,000 ulema backed Taliban policies during a two-day seminar held in Kandahar on 27-5-99. The seminar was attended by thousands of people including Taliban officials and some ulema from Pakistan. Afghan Information Minister Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi g...

Date 24/5/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said they completed their clean-up operation in Yakawlang district of Bamyan province and collected a large quantity of small and heavy weapons during the operation. Taliban conducted the operation in the areas including Darra Foladi, Darra Dokani, Darra Ahi...

Date 16/5/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed destroying poppy fields spreading over above 400 acre of land in southern Afghanistan. The head of anti-narcotic commission of Afghanistan, Mullah Abdul Hameed, told AIP on telephone from Kandahar that they destroyed standing crop of poppy in three d...

Date 15/5/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 200 Taliban fighters entered the headquarters of Yakawlang district of Bamyan province without facing any remarkable resistance. According to AIP sources no fight took place between Taliban and opposition forces as most of fighters of the opposition forces...

Date 14/5/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Islamic militia of Taliban destroyed poppy fields, spread over hundred of acres, in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, official said. Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdulhai Mutmaen told AIP on telephone that poppy fields were destroyed in Khakrez district of Kand...