KUNDUZ (AIP): At least three people were killed and another wounded when a vehicle plunged into a river today (Jan 21) in Pul-e-Khumri, capital of northern Baghlan province, traffic police said Friday. Traffic police chief of Baghlan province, Col...

JALALABAD (AIP): Governor of eastern Laghman province escaped a hand-grenade attack today (Jan 21) in the provincial capital Mehtarlam, sources said Friday. Muhammad Iqbal Azizi, governor of Laghman province, was on way to a guesthouse in the prov...

KABUL (AIP): Police arrested a man on charges of acid attack on an Afghan journalist in capital Kabul a few days ago, they claimed Friday (Jan 21). A press release issued by 101st Asamai police zone said a man who allegedly sprinkled acid on Afgha...

GHAZNI (AIP): Afghan officials claimed Thursday (Jan. 20) a commander among 10 Taliban were killed during separate engagements in Zabul and Wardak provinces. Afghan and international forces conducted joint operation against Taliban in Braj village...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday (Jan. 20) left for Moscow on a two-day official visit to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other high-ranking officials. The preside...

KABUL: (AIP): More than 10 Taliban have been killed during a 2-day operation in the northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a press release on Thursday (January 20). The press release sai...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): The foreign forces killed two landmine planters in an airstrike in Arghandab district of Kandahar province yesterday (January 19). A Kandahar press office statement Thursday (January 20) said the air team of the foreign forces tar...

KABUL: (AIP): An Afghan journalist, Hujatullah Mujadidi, who was arrested by the Afghanistan national intelligence authorities in Kapisa province during the Wolasi Jirga elections, was released after a four-month detention yesterday (January 19)....

HERAT: (AIP): A destruction bid was foiled as the security forces seized an explosive-laden vehicle in Shindad district here, an official said Thursday (January 20). The Herat police headquarters spokesman Noor Khan Naikzad told Afghan Islamic Pre...

KABUL: (AIP): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in a press release on Thursday (January 20) admitted that an ISAF soldier, who lost his life in western Afghanistan on January 18, was gunned down by an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldi...