Date 7-11-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): US jets last night carried out air strikes on Bawali village west of Jalalabad in which eight civilians were wounded, a Taliban spokesman said. He said that cluster bombs were used in the strikes after which Injured were rushed to hospital. Meanwhile, American j...

Date 7-11-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Sholgara and Kashendah area in Balkh province are under Taliban control, a spokesman said today. Terming the opposition claims false and untrue, he said opposition has captured Zaree district. Talking to AIP, he said opposition is still in defensive position....

Date 6-11-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Opposition forces in a great offensive launched last night captured Zaree district in Balkh province, sources claimed today. Sources said that the gun-battle continued for five hours claimed five lives of both parties. Meanwhile, US jets last night bombarded the...

Date 6-11-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban shot down an American fighter jet, AIP sources said today. According to the sources, the jet was driven off near Pak-Afghan border and was destroyed in Ameen Abad Chaghi area of Balochistan Pakistan. Residents of the area said it was a chopper but source...

Date 6-11-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 633 civilians were killed in the air strikes by the US jets in one month, sources said today. According to the reports the death toll has touched the figure of 633. Reports says that 18 civilians were killed in Orozgan, 2 in Farah, 9 in Kapisa, 5 in Ku...

Date 5-11-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): US jets today carried out air strikes on Kabul, Parwan, Balkh, Samangan, Kunduz, Takhar, Helmand, Oruzgan and Kandahar provinces in which many civilians were reportedly killed and injured. According to AIP sources 15 civilians killed in Acropak while six others kil...

Date 4-11-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban today escorted a group of media-men of Al-Jazeera TV channel to Ghazni to record a film of the destroyed helicopters being shot down by them. A Taliban spokesman from Ghazni told AIP that a team of journalists of Al-Jazeera TV channel has arrived in Nawar w...

Date 3-11-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have claimed that they had shot down two American choppers in Ghazni province. Afghan Counsel Moulvi Najibullah said that the choppers were bombarding Nawar area in Ghazni when they were hit by Taliban. He said one helicopter was driven-down in Hokak and...

Date 3-11-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban executed three supporters of former King Zahir Shah being arrested in a gun-battle few days back. The executions were carried out in Orozgan province.

Date 3-11-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan envoy in Islamabad Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef has said that Taliban had decided to release a French journalist. Talking to AIP, he said that the allegations of spying were not confirmed and during investigations it was found that Michal Peyrard was a journalis...