GHAZNI (AIP): At least 11 people were wounded in a traffic accident today (Jan 17) in Ghazni province, police said Monday. The incident happened at approximately 11:00 a.m. (local time) on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Rozi Kotal area near Ghzni City,...

KANDAHAR (AIP): An explosive laden jacket went off after it was discovered inside a mosque in Kandahar City, government said Monday. A press release issued by provincial government said police discovered an explosive strip inside Eidgah mosque of...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Governor of southern Helmand province, Muhammad Gulab Mangal, inaugurated construction of 11 km-long road in provincial capital Lashkargha here on Monday (Jan 17). The 11 km long and seven meters wide will be constructed at a c...

KABUL (AIP): Two vehicles of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were damaged during separate roadside bomb attacks in Sangin district of Helmand province, the military said Monday (Jan 17). Earlier, Taliban spokesman Qari Muha...

LASHKARGAH: (AIP): Six persons were killed and three more sustained injuries when a vehicle struck a landmine in Sangin district of Helmand province yesterday (January 15). A press release Sunday (January 16) said a landmine planted by the opponen...

Serial No 186 January 16, 2011 6 women among nine killed in mine blast AIP: At least nine persons, including six women, were killed in a landmine blast in northern Afghanistan on Sunday (January 16), officials told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). C...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): At least nine persons, including six women, were killed in a landmine blast in northern Afghanistan on Sunday (January 16), officials told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). A vehicle carrying Afghan civilians struck a landmine in Dand Sha...

KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan Minister for Trade and Industries Anwarul Haq Ahadi Sunday (January 16) said the Afghan president had demanded of the Kazakhstan government to provide Afghanistan with 200,000 tonnes of petroleum. Talking to reports in Kab...

KABUL: (AIP): The Pakistan Deputy Foreign Minister Salman Bashir called on the Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential office here Sunday (January 16). A press release said they discussed the issues of anti-terror war and the need of mut...

HERAT: (AIP): General Said Agha Saqib assumed the charge of police chief of western Herat province Sunday (Jan-16). General Said Agha replaced General Muhammad Salim Ihsas who was posted as commander of police Maywand zone in Kandahar province a f...