Date 12-11-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan refugees wanted to enter Pakistan have been stopped by the Afghan government, 15 kilometers inside Afghanistan near Turkham border. The arrival of fresh refugees has been banned by Pakistani authorities, sa...

Date 7-11-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Kandahar among several Afghan provinces last night and today morning received substantial rains, bringing an end to at least 18-month long dry spell in Afghanistan, reports said. Kandahar, powerbase of Taliban, t...

Date 2-11-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Mullah Abdusslam Zaeef met his US counterpart Mr. Malcon Milan in Islamabad on November 2, 2000. Talking to AIP, Zaeef said that they discussed various afghan issues including Osama, po...

Date 30-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan foreign minister has said that war in Afghanistan was not in favour of any one as it has a direct bearing on neighboring countries. Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Afghan foreign minister Wakeel Ahm...

Date 29-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have once again warned peasants against growing poppy in their fields, saying stern action would be initiated against the violators. Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar Mujahid in a statement issued...

Date 29-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Afghan government has welcomed Pakistan statement that it would not allow its soil to be used for attack on Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdulhai Mutmaen said that Pakistan showed the spirit of brothe...

Date 28-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed destroying 25 opium producing factories in Helmand province. According to details, these factories were destroyed by Taliban near Pakistan and Iran border at Chatto area in southern Helmand provinc...

Date 25-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Acting governor of northern Takhar province, Qari Ahmadullah, has said that Taliban forces after fierce gunbattles with opposition forces have captured several areas in northern Afghanistan near border with Tajikistan...

Date 23-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have rejected the opposition claims that they have seized Tangi Farkhar district in northern Afghanistans Takhar province. A spokesman for Taliban said that they were still in control of the district Tangi...

Date 20-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban forces clashed with the opposition soldiers at Tangi Farkhar frontline, 25kms southeast of Taluqan center of Takhar province last night (October 19). The opposition forces launched a huge attack against Ta...