Date 14-2-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban launched retaliation attack against the opposition forces to recapture Bamyan city in central Afghanistan, sources told AIP on February 14, 2001. Bamyan city has been captured by an armed Afghan faction Hizbi Wahdat after a brief clash with Taliban forces o...

Date 14-2-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have told the UNSMA officials that if their office in New York was closed, they would resort to close the UNSMA office in Kabul. According to details, Afghan Foreign Ministry had sent a letter to UNSMA office in which they were cautioned that Taliban offic...

Date 13-2-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Pakistan government has dispatched a relief goods convey to Afghanistan for refugees living on Afghan side of the border. Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan based in Islamabad, Mualvi Abdus Salam Zaeef told AIP that Pakistani relief good conveys have left for Afghanist...

Date 10-2-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan government has ruled out Osama trial in a third country, saying there was no change in Taliban policy towards the Arab dissident. Wakeel Ahmad, Afghan Foreign Minister, said that they have taken no such decision that Osama should be handed over to a third c...

Date 10-2-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): A powerful explosion in Kabul near the buildings of Afghan Communication and Municipal Corporation spread a great wave of panic among the locals of the capital on Feb 10, 2001. The blast occurred in western part of a famous park Park-e-Zarnigar where buildings of A...

Date 8-2-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Pakistan interior minister was warmly received at Kandahar Airport by Afghan officials including Kandahar governor and other high-ranking Taliban officials upon his arrival at 11:45 am on February 8, 2001. An Afghan official told AIP that the Pakistani official is e...

Date 6-2-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan foreign minister has rejected a report published in London Times which it said if the Taliban government was recognized they were ready to extradite Osama to a third country (not to US). Talking to AIP, Afghan Foreign Minister Wakeel Ahmad said that he given...

Date 3-2-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Hundreds of Afghan families were seen migrating to western Herat province from drought-hit provinces including Badghis, Ghor and Faryab. The Afghan officials have expressed deep concern over the increasing number of migrating people. In-charge of refugees affair...

Date 1-2-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Two separate bomb blasts rocked Kabul city on February 1, 2001, Taliban said. The first blast was occurred at Park-e-Zarnigar near the building of Afghan education ministry while the second one was exploded in a drain near the wall of ministry of tribal and border...

Date 31-1-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Owing to severe snowfall and bad weather, Pakistan interior minister has postponed his visit to Afghanistan. According to programme, Pakistan interior minister was due to arrive in Kabul today (January 31) however, due to bad weather, his visit was postponed....