Date 21-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A bomb planted under an Afghan jet detonated at Khwaja Rawish Airport in Kabul, destroying the jet completely, sources said. A series of blasts in Afghan capital Kabul has been taking place from last many days. Sources rejected that blast was occurred at an ar...

Date 19-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): An explosion at a hotel in Kabul city created panic but caused no casualties, officials told AIP. They said the blast occurred in front of Kabul Hotel, where an office of Aryana Airlines is also situated. An official in Aryana Airlines Mullah Rahmatullah told...

Date 18-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A close ally of Ahmad Shah Masood, commander Shukrullah has reportedly joined Taliban forces along with his 200 armed supporters and local commanders, sources told AIP. He met Taliban in district Tagab of Kapisa province, central Afghanistan. Commander Shurul...

Date 18-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Another notable commander belonging to northern alliance has reportedly joined Taliban after negotiations in Baghlan, Taliban officials said. Nasim Ahmad, a close commander to Ahmad Shah Masood has joined the Taliban along with his two hundred fighters in Nijrab...

Date 17-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Opposition forces of Taliban in Afghanistan feared that Taliban may launch a massive attack in north of Kabul. Sources in northern alliance told AIP that Taliban were preparing for a huge attack on them as they (Taliban) had gathered hundred of Taliban fighters w...

Date 15-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar has said that the west provided assistance to Afghans for its own vested interest during jihad era. In a statement issued by Amarat-Islami on occasion of marking 11th anniversary of withdrawal of former USSR troops from...

Date 14-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said that a rousing welcome was awaiting the arrival of passengers as all the arrangements have been finalized at Kandahar Airport. Afghan Civil Aviation Minister Mullah Akhtar Mansoor said that all the arrangements at Kandahar Airport have been finalized...

Date 14-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Passengers of an Afghan hijacked plane were fetched to Kabul Airport after their arrival at Kandahar airfield from United Kingdom, chairman of Aryana Airlines, Mullah Hameedullah told AIP. He said there were 73 passengers in 727 Boeing plane, which landed at Kabu...

Date 11-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said the British government has expressed its willingness to send back the Afghan plane and the passengers to Afghanistan. Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Syed Muhammad Haqqani said that the British government would send back Afghan Boeing 727 pass...

Date 10-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Aviation Minister Mualvi Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor has expressed his happiness and said thanks to Britain government for securing the release of 85 passengers from the hijacked Afghan plane. Some unknown hijackers had driven away an Afghan passengers plane w...