Date 16-01-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have recognized the independent government of Chechnya. Afghan Foreign Minister Mualvi Wakeel Ahmad told AIP that a Chechen delegation led by Saleem Khan Yendrayove met Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar in Kandahar. The delegation urged Tali...

Date 13-1-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 120 shops were gutted in Bin Laden market in Peshawar Saddar, as fire broke out in the market at about 11:30 at night, officials said. Most of shops in the market are of Kabbar, scrap or used items, clothes and plastic goods, which turned into ashes within...

Date 13-01-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Unidentified robbers looted a renowned currency exchange market in Kabul, Sarai Shahzada, last night, taking away money from at least ten shops. According to details, ten shops were robbed by some unknown thieves in the market two kilometer away from Presidenti...

Date 12-1-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The supporters of slain commander Najmuddin have detained more than two hundred suspected people including fifty women for killing the commander. The people were arrested from Baharak area in Badakhshan province, northern Afghanistan. According to the sources,...

Date 6-1-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Northern Alliance said that Taliban were preparing for a massive attack in north of Kabul, while the opposition forces of Taliban were busy in making strong their defensive lines. Sources in the alliance said that Taliban wanted to seize areas in north of Kabul, p...

Date 2-1-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Afghan foreign ministry clarified the news that Afghan foreign minister has said that the hijackers fled to Quetta after they were directed to leave the country. Mualana Muhammad Yaqoub, a foreign ministry spokesman said that the report was baseless and the for...

Date 2-1-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have strongly rejected an Indian claim that the Taliban and hijackers did not enter any deal. Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor, head of Afghanistan civil aviation authority told AIP that it was not right to say that Taliban and the hijackers did not reach any...

Date 1-1-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban sources have said that they believed the hijackers have left the country. The Pakistani authorities have beefed up security at Turkham border to block the hijackers entry into Pakistan. Taliban have officially issued no statement about the hijackers....

Date 1-1-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said after the lapse of ten hours it was not sure that the hijackers would be in Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman in Kandahar, Mullah Abdul Hai Mutamen, told AIP that after the expiry of the deadline it was impossible that the hijackers would be in Afghanista...

Date 31-12-99 PESHAWAR (AIP): Despite the weekly off day, on Friday, the Taliban supreme leader and his staff remained busy and his office remained opened on 32-12-99 due to hijacking issue. The hijackers have presented 35 names seeking release of them in return of releasing hijacked people....