KABUL: (AIP): The Interior Ministry spokesman Zamari Bashari Sunday said that the casualties of the police and civilians have increased while that of the opponents has decreased during the last week in Afghanistan. Addressing his weekly press conf...

KUNDUZ (AIP): German Chancellor Angela Markel arrived on unannounced visit in northern Kunduz province Saturday (Dec. 18), sources said. Sources in the northern Kunduz province told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that Angela Markel met German troops a...

MAZAR SHARIF (AIP): Unidentified gunmen killed a Bangladeshi engineer and kidnapped four more last night in northern Balkh province, sources told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) Saturday. Details to follow. Time: 10:45 GMT

SHEBERGHAN: (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai inaugurated three developmental projects in Andkhwi district of Faryab province on Saturday (December 18). Following the visit to Andkhwi district of Faryab province, Karzai opened an uplift pro...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): The Dhand District Chief Ahmadullah Nazuk escaped unhurt in a suicide attack in Kandahar province on Saturday (December 18). The Dhand District Chief Ahmadullah Nazuk told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) a suicide bomber who wanted to...

KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday met the German Prime Minister Anjela Markel in Mazar Sharif, capital of Balkh province. A presidential office press release said both the leaders believed the Afghan war had gained improveme...

HERAT (AIP): A policeman was killed in an explosion last night in Shaib Koh district of western Farah province, police said Friday (Dec. 17). A police vehicle struck a mine in the limits of Shaib Koh district as a result a police officer, Jamaludd...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): A roadside bomb killed a policeman and wounded three others yesterday (Dec. 16) in Sangin district of troubled Helmand province, security sources said Friday. A water supply tanker of police struck a mine in Zadregi area of Sang...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan border police yesterday (Dec. 16) seized 10,000 kg of chemical material used in opium processing and making of roadside bombs, they claimed Friday. The chemicals transported in three tractors from Pakistan were seized in Bah...

LASHKARGAH: (AIP): Two persons were killed and another sustained injuries when armed men attacked them in Sangin district of Helmand province yesterday (December 15), an official said Thursday (December 16). An intelligence source of Helmand provi...