LASHKARGAH (AIP): A key police commander was killed and nine cops wounded in a mine explosion today (Jan. 22) in Nahre Siraj district of southern Helmand province, police Saturday. The vehicle of police commander, Haji Zainuddin, struck a mine du...

Note: Updated with Taliban comments. LASHKARGAH (AIP): A key police commander was killed and nine cops wounded in a mine explosion today (Jan. 22) in Nahre Siraj district of southern Helmand province, police Saturday. The vehicle of police c...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): Three children were killed when an unexploded mortar fuse went-off in Chahadarra district of Kunduz province on Saturday (January 22). The Chahardarra District Chief Abdul Wahid Umarkhel told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) children were...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Unidentified armed men gunned down a local shura member in Arghandab district here yesterday, an official said Saturday (January 22). The Arghandab District Chief Haji Shah Muhammad Ahmadi told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) unknown g...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): The anti-narcotics police arrested two alleged drug-peddlers at the Kandahar Airport here Saturday (January 22). The Kandahar Police Chief Khan Muhammad Mujahid told AIP the anti-narcotics police held two drug-peddlers, residents...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): Five children were killed in separate incidents of violence in Kunduz and Ghazni provinces of Afghanistan on Saturday (January 22). The Chahardarra District Chief Abdul Wahid Umarkhel told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) children were pl...

HERAT: (AIP): Fourteen fuel tankers of the Afghan traders were allowed to cross into Afghanistan using the Iran-Islam Kala border on Saturday (January 22). The Islam Kala border customs official Shamsur Rehman told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) the I...

Karzai, new parliamentarians become agree KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the 34-member delegation of the new parliamentarians have agreed to hold the first session of the Wolasi Jirga on Wednesday (January 26). Complete story...

HERAT (AIP): A roadside bomb killed a civilian and wounded three more yesterday (Jan 20) in Bala Balok district of western Farah province, police said Thursday. A civilian car struck a mine in Shewan area of Bala Balok district, Farah province, as...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Unidentified gunmen killed a tribal elder yesterday (Jan 21) in Nad Ali district of troubled Helmand province, police said Friday. The gunmen attacked Haji Mahmood Katib, member of a local shura, in Nad Ali district, and killed h...