Date 24-10-98 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Taliban government in Afghanistan has announced a complete ban on mining, saying the government has decided not to place mines against its opponents anywhere in the country and expected same response from rival groups. In a lengthy statement issued by the gover...

Date 24-10-98 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Taliban government in Afghanistan has announced a complete ban on mining, saying the government has decided not to place mines against its opponents anywhere in the country and expected same response from rival groups. In a lengthy statement issued by the gover...

Date 23-10-98 PESHAWAR (AIP): An anti-tank mine hit a passenger bus in old city of Kandahar on 22-10-98, killing at least 41 people and injuring 30, reports say. A spokesman for Taliban, Abdulhi Mutmain told AIP that an anti-tank mine hit a bus which was going to attend a wedding in old Kandaha...

Date 23-10-98 PESHAWAR (AIP): An anti-tank mine hit a passenger bus in old city of Kandahar on 22-10-98, killing at least 41 people and injuring 30, reports say. A spokesman for Taliban, Abdulhi Mutmain told AIP that an anti-tank mine hit a bus which was going to attend a wedding in old Kandaha...

Date: 18-10-98 PESHAWAR (AIP): A three-member Taliban delegation headed by information minister Mualvi Abdur Rehman Zahid has arrived in Islamabad to hold talks with United Nations officials. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press, Mualvi Zahid said that their meeting with UN officials was aimed at dis...

Date: 18-10-98 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have re-captured Talqan, centre of Takhar province, after immense firefight lasted for seven hours, said a spokesman for the militia Abdul Ahad Jehangirwal. The spokesman told Afghan Islamic Press from Kandahar that the Taliban troops launched o...

Date: 18-10-98 PESHAWAR (AIP): A three-member Taliban delegation headed by information minister Mualvi Abdur Rehman Zahid has arrived in Islamabad to hold talks with United Nations officials. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press, Mualvi Zahid said that their meeting with UN officials was aimed at dis...

Date: 18-10-98 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have re-captured Talqan, centre of Takhar province, after immense firefight lasted for seven hours, said a spokesman for the militia Abdul Ahad Jehangirwal. The spokesman told Afghan Islamic Press from Kandahar that the Taliban troops launched o...

Date 25-10-98 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said if there was any evidence against Osama Bin Ladin, it should be presented before Afghan Supreme Court. According to a statement issued by Amarat-i-Islami, it was stated that some western countries were rising the issue of Osama and if there was any pro...

Date 28-9-1998 PESHAWAR (AIP): Two commanders of Shia Hizb-i-Wahdat along with their 200 fighters laid their arms in Parwan province and handed over large number of weapons and ammunitions to Taliban forces. Abdul Samad and Abdul Hadi, commanders of Hizb-i-Wahdat in Dara Turkmen at Goorband di...