Date 06-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): An Afghan 727 Boeing plane which took off for Mazar Sharif from Kabul could not reach its destination so far. Taliban said the plane was carrying 151 passengers and it is not clear whether it crashed or something else had happened to it. Officials in Kandahar...

Date 06-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad Mullah Syed Muhammad Haqqani that the embassy of Uzbekistan in Pakistan had confirmed that the Afghan plane had landed at Tashkent airport. Haqqani said that they were in contact with Uzbek officials and have told them...

Date 06-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban sources said the hijacked airplane took off from Tashkent Airport. It could not be confirmed that where the plane was moving but some sources said the plane was heading towards Moscow.

Date 06-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A spokesman for Ahmad Shah Masood forces said that they had no role in disappearance of an Aryana plane. A spokesman for the Masood army told AIP on phone that they had no hand in the drama, adding it might be a result of internal rift in Taliban. He said the...

Date 06-2-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The hijacked Afghan plane had reportedly landed in north of Kazakhstan at an Airport. Taliban Ambassador in Pakistan told AIP that now they were in constant contact with Kazakhstan embassy. According to informed sources the hijackers were demanding the release...

Date 01-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar has ordered release of a famous wrestler, Pehlawan Kochi, from Kandahar jail. Pehlawan Kochi, 43, belongs to Ningarhar province. In an interview with AIP, he said he was arrested along with 120 others by Taliban whe...

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...