Date 27-8-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan consulate in Islamabad has also issued visas to parents of two Christian aid workers, sources said. When asked Mullah Abus Salam Zaeef confirmed that visas have been issued to the parents of two aid workers besides issuing visas to diplomats from Australia,...

Date 25-8-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): After allowing ICRC officials to meet Christian detainees, Taliban also allowed foreign diplomats to meet them. Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdulhai Mutmaen told AIP from Kandahar that supreme leader of Taliban, Mullah Muhammad Omar Mujahid has allowed foreign diplom...

Date 21-08-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): The opposition forces have reportedly overran a district in northern Takhar province during last night attack, sources told AIP. According to opposition sources, several Taliban fighters were killed and detained as they launched a sudden attack at the headquarters...

Date 20-08-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have ruled out extension in visas of visiting foreign diplomats, saying there was no chance. A spokesman of Afghan Foreign Ministry told AIP that there was no hope the Taliban would extend visas for the diplomats, who are in Afghanistan to secure the relea...

Date 20-08-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban returned passports to all the three diplomats and their seats have been reserved in a flight of the ICRC which is due tomorrow for Islamabad (August 21). A spokesman for the Afghan Foreign Ministry told AIP that the diplomats of US, Australia and Germany w...

Date 17-8-2001 PESHAWAR: Fighting between the Taliban and their opposition forces are continuing in Taywara area, western Ghor province from last many days. However, according to AIP sources, the clashes are not considerable as no side could make an advancement during the clashes.

Date 16-8-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): A crucial meeting between western diplomats and Afghan officials is underway to reach a conclusion about the fate of detained Christian volunteers. A spokesman of Afghan Foreign Ministry told AIP that in-charge foreign affairs, Mualvi Abdur Rehman Ahmad Hotak was...

Date 16-8-2001 PESHAWAR: A cruel meeting between a high-ranking Taliban official and three foreign diplomats to discuss the issue of Christian volunteers ended without any result. The meeting which lasted for more than an hour was participated by a high- ranking Taliban official Mualvi Abdur Re...

Date 14-8-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Three diplomats of US, Australia and Germany have arrived in Kabul this morning. Talking to reporters at Khwaja Rawish Airport, the diplomats said that they would try their level best to resolve the issue of NGO workers release as soon as possible. They expres...

Date 14-8-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): The three diplomats of US, Australia and Germany held an hour-long meeting with Afghan foreign ministry protocol officer Mullah Abdul Ghafoor Afghani at Afghan foreign ministry on August 14. Afghani told AIP that the diplomats asked about the health, allegations...