Date 4-5-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A huge fire has broke out in forests in eastern Afghanistans, Kunar province gutting thousands of precious trees and killing hundred of animals, sources told AIP. They said the fire erupted in the forests three days back and still continue to spread. Reports...

Date 1-5-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Former governor of Laghman province, commander Abdullah Jan, along with his several armed men has joined the Taliban militia in Kabul and vowed to support Taliban government in Afghanistan. Sources said the commander had joined Taliban forces along with his 150-arm...

Date 1-5-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Afghan government has rejected the accusations that Afghanistan was supporting terrorist elements and serving as terrorist center, saying the history of the country was witness to the fact that it had never supported subversive activities. A statement issued by...

Date 1-5-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban announced monthly scholarships for blind Hafiz-ul-Quran students and they will receive it on monthly basis for the whole life, a statement issued here said. According to the statement issued from the office of Mullah Muhammad Omar, the supreme leader of the...

Date 29-4-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban and Iranian officials held prudent talks over the issue of drug smuggling and poppy cultivation in Mashad, an Afghan official said. The head of Afghan anti-drugs commission, Mullah Abdul Hameed, told Afghan Islamic Press that an Afghan delegation led by hi...

Date 25-4-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have rejected a claim by their opposition forces of capturing three check posts in north of Kabul. A Taliban spokesman while rejected the opposition of capturing three posts from the Taliban near Bagram frontline. He said they repelled an opposition att...

Date 25-4-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Fierce clashes between Taliban and their opposition forces were reported in north of Kabul last night. Taliban sources told AIP that their opposition forces opened fire at Taliban forces at Dorahi Bagram, 50 kilometers north of Kabul, sparking a fierce gunbattle....

Date 24-4-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Second of round of peace talks between Taliban and their opposition northern alliance forces would be held in Jeddah on May 7. The Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) has arranged the talks, said Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Syed Mohammad Haqqani....

Date 23-4-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have repelled an intensive attack by their opposition forces in Baghlan province after a fierce gunbattle. A Taliban spokesman told AIP that last night, forces of Ahmad Shah Masood attacked on the frontline in Nijrab district in Baghlan province...

Date 22-4-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have appealed to United Nations and other agencies to provide immediate assistance to drought-hit areas in Afghanistan, as they fear tens of thousands of people could die of starvation. Taliban spokesman, Mullah Absdulhai Mutmaen told AIP from Kandahar tha...