KHOST: (AIP): A security guard of a dam was killed, another injured while three more went missing during an armed attack in Ahmadabad district of Paktia province, officials said Monday (July 18). The Paktia Governor Spokesman Roohullah Samoon told...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): The police chief of Ragistan district and his guard were killed when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province Monday morning (July 18). The Kandahar police headquarters security in-charge Sher Shah Yo...

HERAT (AIP): Unidentified gunmen kidnapped three workers of a mobile phone company late yesterday (July 17) in Daulina district of Ghor province, police said Monday. Three workers of Etisalat mobile phone company were seized by gunmen in the Daul...

KABUL (AIP): NATO and US forces commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, on Monday (July 19) turned over command of NATO forces to his successor Lt. General John Allen. In this connection a ceremony was held in Kabul which was also attended...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Taliban gunmen killed eight police in the outskirts of Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand province, today (July 18), an official said Monday. The policemen manning Sarkar Post, five km to east of Lashkargah city, had fallen...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Two police personnel were killed and another sustained injuries in separate armed attacks in Shah Walikot district of Kandahar province yesterday, a press release said Sunday (July 17). The press release said two cops were killed...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Sound of a heavy explosion was heard in the old city area of Kandahar on Sunday (July 17). The Kandahar police headquarters officials confirmed the blast, saying they had no knowledge about the nature, target and casualties of the...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): Two persons were killed and 13 more injured when unidentified armed men opened fire on a wedding ceremony in Markazi Baghlan district of Baghlan province late yesterday, an official said Sunday (July 17). The Baghlan provincial coun...

HERAT: (AIP): Unidentified people torched a girls school in Saghar district of Ghor province last night, an official said Sunday (July 17). The Ghor Governor Dr Abdullah Haiwad told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that armed Taliban set on fire a g...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Three persons were killed and six more injured when two vehicles collided head-on in Kandahar province on Sunday (July 17). A press release said that two vehicles collided on Kandahar-Speen Boldak highway, leaving three persons de...