Date 5-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said more than three hundred foreigners have arrived in northern Afghanistan in the opposition-controlled areas showing themselves as journalists. In northern Takhar province, chief of the Taliban intelligence agency, Qari Ahmadullah told AIP that they have...

Date 4-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Fierce fighting between the Taliban and their opposition forces erupted in central Kapisa this morning. Reports say the Taliban have captured two areas in the southwest of Mehmood Raqi, center of the province. Sources said the Taliban also overran Khanqah and S...

Date 4-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan communication minister has said that a digital telephonic lines system connecting Kabul with the rest of word has started functioning. Mullah Yar Mohammad, communication minister said that the Afghan government had purchased a digital telephonic system from...

Date 3-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said they had sent the case of western aid workers accused of promoting Christianity in Afghanistan to the Afghan Supreme Court. Informed sources told AIP that the investigation into the case of aid workers has been finalized by the investigation team and...

Date 3-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): The opposition forces claimed to have moved forward 15 kilometers on the Taliban-controlled areas in western Afghanistan. A spokesman for the opposition forces, Muhammad Habeel told AIP that their forces have gained control of eight villages in Ghor province near...

Date 2-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said the decision taken by the former Afghan King Zahir Shah and northern alliance in a meeting in Rome has no credibility as it would produce no positive results. Deputy Foreign Minister of Taliban, Mualvi Muhammad Zahid told AIP that the decisions and me...

Date 2-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): The tribal chiefs and elders of three southeastern provinces have given a list of more than six thousands youth, who they said were ready to join the Taliban forces in case of the US attack on the country. A spokesman for the Taliban told AIP from Gardez, center of...

Date 1-10-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have agreed to include the elders and former jihadi commanders of three southern Afghan provinces in the government machinery. A senior Afghan official, Rehmatullah Wahid Yar told AIP from Khost that a Taliban delegation visited three provinces including K...

Date 25-09-01 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have appealed to the people of America to draw the attention of their government, which is preparing for war, towards the consequences of war. Afghan foreign ministry in a letter to the citizens of America has said that the US had helped the people of Afghan...

Date 24-09-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Taliban have acknowledged they lost a district to the opposition forces in northern Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Taliban told AIP that the opposition forces during an attack on the night of September 22-23 had seized the headquarters of Zarey district, 10...