Date 1-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban last night captured three check posts in Eshkmish area of Takhar province after a brief clashes with the opposition forces, sources told AIP on August 1, 2000. They said these clashes were not so fierce and...

Date 1-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A cent percent rise in opium prices was recorded in Afghanistan following Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar banned the cultivation of poppy in the Taliban-controlled areas of the country. Opium traders told AIP tha...

Date 1-8-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar in a statement issued from Kandahar has appealed to all the warring factions to shun their differences and join the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Statement said that viol...

Date 30-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban forces after capturing border area of Baghlan province, Burka, have launched a massive attack on Eshkamish in Takhar province where a fierce fighting was continuing. According to AIP sources Taliban destroy...

Date 29-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said to have gained more ground in northern Baghlan province, capturing several areas in Nehreen including old City. Sources said Taliban have seized a huge quantity of ammunitions, tanks and artilleries....

Date 28-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): After an eight-hour gunbattle, Taliban forces succeeded to capture a strategically important district Nahreen in northern Afghanistans Baghlan province, sources told AIP. Sources said Taliban have seized the headqua...

Date 28-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar has announced a complete ban on poppy cultivation throughout Afghanistan and warmed of stern action if the directives were violated. A statement issued from the office of...

Date 25-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have denied a report that the Afghan government was planning to re-launch television broadcasting. Afghan information minister Mualvi Qutratullah Jamal told AIP that it was baseless and unfounded propeganda...

Date 25-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A bomb explosion took place near Presidential Palace in Kabul at Aryana Chowk but no report about causalties could be ascertained. The blast took place at about 300 meters away from the Presidential Palace at Aryan...

Date 25-7-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan foreign minister while confirming two blasts near Presidential Palace said that both the blasts caused no casualties or damage to properties. Mualvi Qutratullah, the Afghan foreign minister, said that two bl...