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...

Date 12-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have rejected an opposition claim of capturing a district in western Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Taliban told AIP that there was no truth in the opposition claims, adding they were issuing such statements to encourage their forces. A spokesman for...

Date 11-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on June 10 found 13 dead bodies of their 20 colleagues detained by the opposition forces during clashes in central Afghanistan on June 5. Taliban have launched a search operation after overrunning the district yesterday. An opposition spokesman on June...

Date 10-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban launched a huge offensive against the opposition forces in central Bamyan province this morning (June 10), to flush out opposition forces, who had seized a key district there. About 250 fighters of Taliban attacked an area near Yakawlang, a strategic area in...

Date 10-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): In a dramatic move, Taliban once again overran a key district in central Afghanistan after a ten-hour long fierce fighting with the opposition forces. Taliban launched an attack against the opposition forces today afternoon in west of Bamyan city, center of Bamyam...

Date 6-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Opposition forces have launched a massive attack against the Taliban forces in northern Afghanistan, but Taliban said they have repelled the attack this morning (June 6). The clashes erupted at Bajgah area of Baghlan province when Taliban came under attack by the o...

June 5-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban finally seized the Chal district today morning but lost a key district in central Afghanistan to the opposition forces. Taliban forces launched a pre-dawn attack on Chal district in northern Takhar province, 40km southeast of Taluqan. A spokesman for Ta...

Date 5-6-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Opposition forces said that ten civilians have been killed or injured in a Taliban air-strike on a district in Ghor province. A spokesman for a key northern alliance commander Muhammad Ismail Khan told AIP from Mashad that the commander held a meeting with a few co...

Date 29-5-2001 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban set free 120 prisoners from Kandahar central jail on May 29, 2001. Taliban spokesman in Kandahar, Mullah Abdulhai Mutmaen told AIP that the prisoners were released on the special directives of Mullah Muhammad Omar, supreme leader of the Taliban. He said...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban in Kandahar have asked women to avoid wearing modern veil and should use a long chadar. In Kandahar, Radio of Taliban was airing an announcement from last few days that the Afghan women should not use veils, which are common among them and should wear a chadar to fully co...