HERAT: (AIP): A school was opened in Kurkh district of Herat province, an official said Thursday (December 23). The Herat education and training department spokesman Kamran Taqwi told Afghan Islamic Pres (AIP) the school building having eight clas...

GHAZNI: (AIP): There are conflicting reports about an explosion which rocked the third security zone of Ghazni City today evening (December 23), an official said Thursday. The Ghazni Police Chief Zarawar Zahid told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) a sui...

PESHAWAR: (AIP): The Afghan ambassador, during the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, to Saudi Arabia, Islamabad and New York, Maulvi Abdul Wahab, died due to an illness at Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on Thursday (December 23). Maulvi Abdul Wahab,...

HERAT: (AIP): The Shindand district chief survived an explosion on Herat-Shindand road yesterday (December 21), an official said Wednesday (December 22). The Shindand District Chief Lal Muhammad Umarzai told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) a remote-con...

KABUL: (AIP): Two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and six more sustained injuries in separate road mishaps in Wardag and Zabul provinces yesterday (December 21), the defence ministry said Wednesday (December 22). An Afghan Defence...

KABUL: (AIP): A destruction bid was foiled as the security officials seized and torched an explosive-laden vehicle in Maidan City of Wardag province late yesterday (December 21), a press release said Wednesday (December 22). A Wardag press office...

KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai Wednesday (December 22) flew to Istanbul, Turkey, to represent Afghanistan at the 11th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) besides attending the 5th trilateral meeting among Afghanista...

HERAT: (AIP): The Taliban gunned down head of a local shura and his son in Shindand district of Herat province early Wednesday (December 22), an official said. The Shindand District Chief Lal Muhammad Umarzai told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) two ar...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): Unidentified armed men blew up two towers of mobile communications companies in Borka district of Baghlan province, an official said Wednesday (December 22). An official of Borka district in Baghlan province, wishing not to be named...

KABUL: (AIP): The former Laghman Governor Lutfullah Mashal has been appointed as the new national security department spokesman. The announcement was made in Kabul on Wednesday (December 22). Lutfullah Mashal would replace Saeed Ansari who was...