KUNDUZ (AIP): A roadside bombing injured three German troops last night in the northern Kunduz province hours after an Afghan soldier shot and killed three German soldiers and wounded several others at a base in the neighbouring Balghlan province, I...

KABUL (AIP): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that veteran diplomat Marc Grossman was officially appointed new US envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Grossman succeeded Richard Holbrooke who died on December 13 of a torn aorta....

KUNDUZ: (AIP): The Afghan National Army (ANA) and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) authorities Saturday (February 19) said the Baghlan incident, which occurred yesterday, was caused by a suicide attack, not due to firing on the ANA troo...

KABUL: (AIP): The Wolesi Jirga on Saturday (February 19) made an agreement to address the issue of parliament speaker through political understanding. The committee which was formed to resolve the matter of speaker for the parliament presented thr...

KABUL: (AIP): Ten students were killed when ice avalanches fell down on houses in Daikundi province, an official said Saturday (February 19). The Daikundi Governor Qurban Ali Uruzgani told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) ice avalanches had fallen down...

KABUL: (AIP): A soldier of the Afghan National Army (ANA) was killed and another sustained injuries during clearing operations in Kunar, Kandahar and Helmand provinces for the last twenty-four hours, a defence ministry press release said Saturday (Fe...

HERAT: (AIP): At least three rockets were fired on Herat Airport late yesterday (Feb. 17) but there were no details of the damage, security source said Friday. The rockets fired from Siao Shan at approximately 9:30 p.m. (local time) landed inside...

KABUL (AIP): A clash between Taliban and foreign forces left a child and two Taliban dead last night in Markazi Baghlan district of Baghlan province, health officials said Friday (Feb. 18). Abdulkhel, a doctor of Markazi Baghlan district, told Afg...

KABUL (AIP): Expressing concern over the killing and wounding of children in Afghan war, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said the number of children killed or wounded during the conflict related incidents has increased in the past two years. T...

KABUL (AIP): A police officer was killed today (Feb. 17) after he was hit by a NATO vehicle in capital Kabul, police said Thursday. The police officer riding a bicycle was critically wounded when a NATO vehicle hit him at approximately 9:00 a.m....