KANDAHAR (AIP): NATO took the command of southern province of Afghanistan from US during a ceremony held here on Monday (July 31). The southern Afghanistan provinces including Dai Kundi, Helmand, Kandahar , Nimroz, Uruzgan and Zabul will now under the command of NATO. The ceremony was attended...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Five Taliban assailants and six suicide bombers were arrested in Kandahar, official said on Sunday. Spokesman of Governor Kandahar Muhammad Dawod Ahmadi while addressing a press conference in Kandahar city said,"Taliban attacked a security post in Deh Bagh area of Dand district and i...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Coalition and Afghan National Army killed six Taliban fighters and captured eight others in a joint operation, said officials on Sunday. Paktika Governor Muhammad Akram Khpalwak while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press and said, "Coalition and ANA forces conduct a joint opera...

KABUL (AIP): Atleast three people were wounded in a bomb explosion near the Bank of Afghanistan in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said. Earlier reports suggested that six people were injured in the balst. The explosion was occurred in front of the Bank of Afghanistan in Pakhtoonistan Ward leaving three...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Four Taliban fighters including a commander were killed in a heavy battle with coalition forces in Paktika province yesterday, Taliban said Monday (July 31). The US forces besieged Taliban fighters between Deela and Waza Khwa districts of Paktika province yesterday, sparking a fie...

JALALABAD (AIP): Glowing tributes were paid to late Haji Abdul Qadir during a ceremony held here Saturday on the occasion of his fourth death anniversary. The ceremony was held at the Directorate of Tribal affairs in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Ningarhar province. Besides thousands of people th...

KABUL (AIP): An eight-year-old girl was killed and her three minor brothers were wounded in a landmine explosion in Kabul on Thursday, interior ministry said. The incident was happened in Khair Khana area of capital Kabul as an eight-year-old girl stepped on a landmine in front of her house, pres...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Thursday reported to have blown up a vehicle of Afghan National Army in Kapisa province last night. Spokesman of Taliban fighters Dr. Muhammad Hanif phoned AIP and said Taliban blew up a vehicle of Afghan troops with a remote controlled landmine in Chopar area of Tagab...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan security forces foiled a smuggling bid and recovered one and half kilogram of heroin from a female Pakistani national at Kabul airport today (Thursday), security officials said. The security forces of Kabul Airport told journalists that Rubina Younus, 38, resident of Lahore, c...

KABUL (AIP): Unidentified gunmen attacked a police post in Balkh province last night which left a police wounded, security officials said Wednesday. A post of highway police was attacked with rocket-propelled-grenade and small arms fire in Taimourak area of Charbolak district in Balkh province on...