Date 25-12-99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban foreign minister Wakeel Ahmad has again appealed to the United Nations to take measures for resolving the issue of Indian hijacked plane through arbitration. He said that the situation of passengers was deteriorating with each passing day, urging the UN to in...

Date 25-12-99 PESHAWAR (AIP): The hijackers of an Indian plane carrying 160 passengers, have demanded of the Indian government to set free a famous religious scholar Maulana Masood Azhar and his companions. Afghan Foreign Minister Qudratullah Jamal told AIP that the hijackers had demanded of th...

Date 25-12-99 PESHAWAR (AIP): The people of Kandahar believe that the Indian plane hijacking drama was meant to create problems for Taliban and a conspiracy to attack Kandahar city. According to AIP correspondent, the people of Kandahar facing an unrest due to uncertain situation created after...

Date 20-12-99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan foreign minister has said that Iran should play a positive role in resolving the Afghan issue instead of helping the Taliban opposition forces as it would further deteriorate the situation. In an interview with the Afghan Islamic Press, Afghan foreign minist...

Date 18-12-99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said thousand tons of wheat have reached Afghanistan from Kazakhstan which would help overcome wheat shortage in the country. Afghan ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad Mullah Syed Mohammad Haqqani told AIP thousands tons of wheat had reached Herat province...

Date 14-12-99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban held a meeting under the chairmanship of their supreme leader Mullah Omar in which they took various decisions regarding improvement of economic situation of Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Amir Khan Muttaqi told AIP from Kabul that the meeting was held in K...

Date 27/11/99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Talks between Taliban and Pakistan officials over the issue of Afghan transit trade concluded without any result, reliable sources told AIP. According to the sources, the Afghan delegates, who were in Islamabad from last many days for talks with Pakistani officials,...

Date 26-11-99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Tense calm prevailing in Badakhshan province, northern Afghanistan, following the assassination of a key commander of Masood group, Najmuddin Wasique. According to details, the situation in center of Badakhshan province, Faizabad, was tense after the murder of the c...

Date 25-11-99 PESHAWAR (AIP): First convey of trucks loaded with wheat has been arrived in Afghanistan from Iran as the price of flour witnessed a forty percent decline in various Afghan provinces on 24-11-99. In Kandahar, the headquarters of Taliban, the price of flour was on the decline. A so...

Date 21-11-99 PESHAWAR (AIP): A round table conference of various political leaders of Pakistan being held in Peshawar has demanded of the Iranian government to convene the OIC meeting to discuss economic sanctions against Afghanistan and situation in Chechnya. The conference was held under the...