Chronology: Afghanistan

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2000

Apr. 16: In Badakhshan, in northeastern Afghanistan, a bomb explosion killed six and injured 13. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing. [417 FBIS]

The Pakistan-based Jang reported that Taliban officials had arrested Akhtar Muhammad Mansoori, Chief of the Afghan Air Force, and ten other officials, for their alleged involvement in opposition leader Isma'il Khan's 26 March escape from a Kandahar prison. [4/18 FBIS]

Apr. 17: The Iran-based Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that in Gusfandi, in northern Afghanistan, the Taliban militia had publicly executed 26 people. [4/19 FBIS]

The Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported that in Kabul, …