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KABUL, Apr 27, 2002 Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai said Saturday that the remnants of the Taliban and the al Qaeda network could not be an element of instability in […]

KABUL, Apr 27, 2002 U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in the Bagram air base, Afghanistan, Saturday for talks with military leaders to coordinate the war against remaining Taliban and […]

WASHINGTON, Apr 5, 2002 The second American-born prisoner captured in Afghanistan among Taliban fighters was moved to the United States Friday from a U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. […]

TEHRAN, Mar 20, 2002 Iran on Wednesday rejected U.S. intelligence chief's claim that Tehran is possibly linked to the Afghan Taliban regime or al-Qaeda terror network alleged to be behind […]

KABUL, Mar 7, 2002 "I'm going to wear Burga no longer from tomorrow," said Zeya Ahmadi, a middle-aged Afghan woman, on Thursday on the eve of International Women's Day, which […]

NAIROBI, Mar 4, 2002 Twenty people were killed overnight in the Karriobangi Slum in Nairobi, Kenyan police spokesman Peter Kimanthi told Xinhua on Monday. He said that the people were […]

KABUL, Mar 2, 2002 About 470 people from the 600-strong first battalion of the Afghanistan National Guard are under training at the boot camp on the outskirts of the capital […]

TEHRAN, February 24, 2002 Afghanistan's interim government head Hamid Karzai arrived here Sunday for a three-day visit to Iran, the first since he assumed the leadership after the ouster of […]

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan, February 16, 2002 The central Afghan province of Bamiyan is the most secure place across the country as the security still remains a concern after the interim administration […]

WASHINGTON, February 7, 2002 U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday decided to treat Taliban soldiers captured in Afghanistan as prisoners of war according to the Geneva Convention. Associated Press, […]

PRETORIA, February 7, 2002 The South African government disagreed with the U.S. rhetoric that Iran formed part of an "axis of evil" in the context of the U.S.-led war against […]

ISLAMABAD, February 6, 2002 Four Pakistani nationals and 17 Taliban members on Wednesday were arrested in Kabul by Afghan security troops, according to the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). Quoting a […]

MOSCOW, Jan 20, 2002 Kyrgyzstan's special services are tightening security measures to prevent an inflow of religious extremists and terrorists from Afghanistan, Interfax quoted Kyrgyz First Vice Chairman of the […]

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 19, 2002 Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai left Saudi Arabia on Saturday night for Japan after a brief visit, Kuwait's official KUNA news agency reported. Karzai, who […]

PARIS, Jan 17, 2002 Some Taliban elements are still active in the southwest of Afghanistan, said Mehrabuddin Mastan, charge d'affaires of Afghanistan's embassy in France, on Thursday. "The majority of […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11, 2002 The United Nations Security Council on Friday agreed to exclude the Central Bank of Afghanistan from the list of entities subject to U.N. sanctions imposed […]

ISLAMABAD, Jan 5, 2002 Former Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef has crossed over to Afghanistan since Pakistan has turned down his request for political asylum, Pakistani Foreign […]

ISLAMABAD, Jan 5, 2002 Former Taliban Chief Representative to Islamabad Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef has reportedly left Pakistan for an unknown destination, according to a news dispatch reaching here Saturday. […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 24, 2001 Abdul Haq Wasiq, deputy head of the intelligence department of the ousted Taliban regime has been caught by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, the Afghan Islamic Press […]

WASHINGTON, Dec 22, 2001 The following are major news items in leading U.S. newspapers on Saturday. The Washington Post: -- President Bush will make a dramatic increase in spending on […]

KABUL, Dec 22, 2001 Afghanistan's new interim leader Hamid Karzai appealed Saturday for reconciliation and international help to help rebuild his war-shattered country. "We should put our hands together to […]

TEHRAN, Dec 21, 2001 Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said on Friday that Tehran has devised extensive plans for reconstruction of Afghanistan, the official IRNA news agency reported. In an […]

TEHRAN, Dec 16, 2001 The head of Afghanistan's interim government, Hamid Karzai, on Sunday called on the Afghan people to forget the past and strive for the country's peace and […]

BEIJING, Dec 10, 2001 The following are the latest developments related to U.S. strikes in Afghanistan. -- The United States has obtained a videotape of Osama bin Laden describing the […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 9, 2001 Southern Afghan province of Zabul, the last one controlled by the Taliban militia, was handed over to local elders and commanders on Sunday, according to the […]

TEHRAN, Dec 9, 2001 U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's special envoy on Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi is scheduled to arrive in the Afghan Capital of Kabul on Tuesday to secure power […]

BERLIN, Dec 8, 2001 The following are major news items in leading German newspapers on Saturday. Frankfurter Allgemeine: -- The Taliban regime is at an end. The Afghan fundamentalists on […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 07, 2001 Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar disappeared Friday after Taliban forces surrendered their last stronghold to a tribal council, according to the Afghan Islamic Press. (Afghanistan-Omar) […]

LONDON, Dec 7, 2001 Britain said on Friday that it was up to the United States to decide the fate of Afghanistan's Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. "It is almost […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 7, 2001 The Afghan Taliban regime, which had been controlling 95 percent of Afghanistan for more than five years, lost its rule in the country after the surrender […]

LONDON, Dec 7, 2001 The following are major news items in leading British newspapers on Friday: The Financial Times: -- The Taliban era was nearing its end in Afghanistan last […]

TOKYO, Dec 7, 2001 The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapers Friday. Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: -- Taliban supreme leader Mohammed Omar has decided to surrender […]

LONDON, Dec 6, 2001 British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday welcomed the apparent surrender of the Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, saying the military campaign in Afghanistan had […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 6, 2001 Afghan Taliban and anti-Taliban forces in Kandahar on Thursday reached a ceasefire agreement after the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar agreed to hand over control […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 6, 2001 Afghan Taliban's Supreme Leader Mullah Mohammed Omar decided Thursday to hand over Kandahar, the last stronghold of the Islamic militia, to a former anti-Soviet commander Mullah […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 5, 2001 The following are major news items in leading Pakistani English newspapers on Wednesday. Pakistan Observer: -- Pakistan on Tuesday condemned Israeli strikes against Palestinian installations and […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 4, 2001 The American marines in southern Afghan city of Kandahar are not engaged in Afghan war and are still in the process of consolidating their positions around […]

by Jiang Xiaofeng TEHRAN, Dec 1, 2001 Iran has taken a major step toward improving ties with Pakistan when its foreign minister visited the Muslim neighbor at the weekend to […]

TEHRAN, Dec 1, 2001 Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Jozias van Aartsen, heading a high-ranking delegation, arrived in Tehran Saturday, the Radio Payam (message) reported. During his two-day stay in […]

BONN, Dec 01, 2001 Afghan factions in the United Nations-guided talks here entered a crucial day Saturday to finalize a deal on power sharing for proposed temporary authorities in Afghanistan's […]

MOSCOW, Nov 30, 2001 The embattled Afghan Taliban have deployed some 20,000 people in its last stronghold Kandahar for a tough resistance against anti-Taliban forces, a diplomat of the Afghan […]

BEIJING, Nov 30, 2001 The following are the latest developments related to U.S. strikes in Afghanistan. -- The Pentagon said Thursday that some senior Taliban officials have defected and the […]

MOSCOW, Nov 29, 2001 A Northern Alliance unit and the armed forces of local Pushtun tribes, also part of the Taliban troops defending their last stronghold of Kandahar in south […]

MOSCOW, Nov 29, 2001 A Northern Alliance unit and the armed forces of local Pushtun tribes, also part of the Taliban troops defending their last stronghold of Kandahar in south […]

ISLAMABAD, Nov 29, 2001 An Afghan, accused of spying for the United States, was executed by the Taliban militia Thursday morning in the southern city of Kandahar, according to the […]

, Nov 28, 2001 The United States has identified over 40 sites in Afghanistan and is checking them systematically in a bid to find out whether the places have been […]

ISLAMABAD, Nov 28, 2001 Former Taliban chief representative Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef said Wednesday that their supreme leader Mullah Omar was safe and sound after U.S. bombing on the southern […]

ISLAMABAD, Nov 28, 2001 Former Taliban chief representative Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef said here Wednesday that their supreme leader Mullah Omar was safe and sound after U.S. bombing on the […]

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26, 2001 Afghanistan's Northern Alliance Foreign Minister Abudullah Abudullah said Monday that the alliance's information showed Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden are […]

, Nov 26, 2001 Tajikistan has agreed to offer an airfield in Kulyab, a city bordering Afghanistan, as a base for a number of French bombers, Russian news agencies quoted […]