Date 9-4-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Afghan government has categorically rejected the existence of safe havens of terrorists in Afghanistan. Afghan Foreign Minister Mualvi Wakeel Ahmad Muttawakil during an interview with Afghan Islamic Press rejected the allegations that there were safe havens...

Date 8-4-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The proposed peace talks between Taliban and opposition forces hit snag as the northern alliance is not ready to attend the meeting on the scheduled date of April 12 in Jeddah. Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad, Mullah Syed Muhammad Haqqani told AIP that T...

Date 5-4-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Next round of talks between Taliban and Northern Alliance officials is scheduled to be held on April 12 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sources told AIP. Sources said that the upcoming talks between the two warring rival groups is a part of the talks which were held in Mar...

Date 5-4-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan government has demanded of the Pakistani authorities to take measures for arresting the murders of Kanduz governor, who was killed the other day (April 4) in Peshawar. The Afghan foreign ministry in Kabul summoned the in-charge of Pakistani embassy and hande...

Date 4-4-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Muhammad Arif Khan, Governor of Kanduz, and a companion was gunned down on April 4, 2000, at Ring Road near Hayatabad, a posh area of Peshawar, provincial capital of NWFP province. Some unknown gunmen opened fired at the vehicle of Muhammad Arif, killing him and on...

Date 29-3-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Commander Muhammad Ismail and son of former governor, who fled a jail in Kandahar, have reached Iran, son of Haji Abdul Qadeer, Abdul Qadir told AIP over phone on 29-03-2000. Abdul Qadir said commander Muhammad Ismail and his brother Abdul Zahir, who escaped from...

Date 29-03-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Despite the opposition claim that commander Ismail had reached Iran, Taliban supreme leader issued a fresh warning in this regard. A statement issued from the office of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar said that if the officials, who are blamed for help...

Date 28-03-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): An explosion in a shop near Pak-Afghan borer killed at least seven people including five children, border officials told AIP. The incident took place in Pakistani side of the border, 25 meters inside in a general store, killing seven and injuring 12 others, resid...

Date 27-03-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have launched a massive search operation to trace out a key opposition commander captain Ismail Khan, who yesterday fled a jail in Kandahar. Taliban sources said that they were searching every nock and corner of the city and its surrounding areas. A T...

Date 26-03-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said a key opposition commander Captain Muhammad Ismail Khan has escaped from a jail in Kandahar, stronghold of Taliban, said a spokesman for Mullah Omar office on 26-03-2000. The spokesman told AIP that the commander was in an intelligence department ja...