Date 27-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): An Afghan special court awarded an eight-year imprisonment to another Afghan trader in fraud case. A spokesman for the Afghan government in Kabul told AIP that a famous Afghan trader Abdullah Pashtoonyar, who was arrested in a fraud case a few weeks ago, was awarde...

Date 25-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar has ordered a major reshuffle in Afghan ministries. A spokesman for Taliban told AIP that the minister of agriculture, Mualvi Abdul Latif Mansoor has been appointed as Mayer of Kandahar while Afghan minister for social w...

Date 21-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): A special Afghan court in Kabul awarded a ten-year imprisonment to a famous Afghan trader Gulabuddin Sherzai in fraud case. A Taliban spokesman in Kabul told AIP that the special court announced its ruling yesterday (June 20) after hearing the case for two months....

Date 17-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan government has welcomed breakthrough in the talks between the officials of World Food Programme and Afghan ministry of planning. An agreement reached between the WFP and Afghan planning ministry about re-launching work by the bakery shops of WFP in Kabul....

Date 16-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Al-Rashid Trust, which has announced to continue providing breads to Afghan people after the WFP refusal, has distributed 18 hundreds breads among four hundred Afghan families from its four bakeries shops in Kabul. Director of Al-Rashid Trust, Abdul Hadi Mullakhail...

Date 16-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban forces have launched a massive attack at Tangi Farkhar frontline after completing cleanup operation in Chal and Eshkmish areas in northern Afghanistan. The opposition forces yesterday night attacked Chal district and captured several areas there. Talib...

Date 15-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban admitted losing few villages to the opposition forces in northern Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman in Kabul told AIP that the opposition force have captured few areas in Chal district of Takhar province today (June 15) after they attacked at the Taliban po...

Date 15-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): World Food Programme (WFP) has closed down its bakeries shops in Kabul after the Taliban refused to allow Afghan women participate in a survey of the programme, Taliban said. Afghan foreign ministry has issued a statement in which it said the UN organization of WF...

Date 15-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): After the refusal of World Food Programme to run bakeries shops in Kabul, Al-Rashid Trust, a charitable organization with its headquarters in Karachi, has announced to continue it. Head of al-Rashid Trust, Abdul Hadi Mullahkahail told AIP that after the WFP announ...

Date 12-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Opposition forces claimed capturing a district in western Herat province bordering Iran after a six hours fierce gunbattle with the Taliban forces this morning. A spokesman for a key northern alliance commander and former governor of Herat Muhammad Ismail Khan phon...