PESHAWAR (AIP): Four people were injured when security forces and civilians exchanged fire over banning of music in a fair in Herat on Saturday (August 16, 2003), reports said. Eyewitnesses told AIP that youths were enjoying music in a fair, set up...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A statement of US Embassy Kabul on Friday supported recent administrative changes made by Karzai-led transitional government and said that they (Americans) would fully back Kabul government aimed to transform Afghanistan into a stable...

KABUL (AIP): As many as fifty shops were reduced to ashes when a fire broke out due to cylinder blast in a market in Kabul on Tuesday evening. The fire engulfed the whole market within no time, situated in the west of popular Pull-e-Khisthee Mosqu...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two persons, believed to be lower rank officials of Afghan government, were shot dead by some unidentified assailants on Kandahar-Oruzgan Highway on Tuesday, reports said. An eyewitness told AIP Stinger in Kandahar that some unknown...

KABUL (AIP): A gas cylinder exploded in BBC Monitoring Office in Kabul on Sunday evening. According to details, the cylinder exploded with a bang which was in the kitchen, smashing window panes of the office. However, the AIP did not receive any...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The Ariana Airlines has started its Jalalabad-Herat flights on Sunday after remaining suspended for a long time. The Ariana plane arrived at 2pm (local time) at Jalalabad and later left for Herat via Kabul. Jalalabad Radio said that...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday visited Ghor province. Talking to AIP, Ghor Governor Dr. Ibrahim Malikzada said that the president arrived at Chaghcharran airport this morning. Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Inter...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three Afghan soldiers were seriously injured in two separate landmine explosions in Kandahar on Friday morning, reports said. The first incident took place in Akhund Sahab area, about 60 kilometers away east of Kandahar city when two...

JALALABAD (AIP): A fire broke out on Thursday, causing damage to wood logs and cabins along the roadside in Jalalabad city. According to details, the fire broke out in Kabul Ada (vehicle stand) in Jalalabad, reducing stock of wood and some roadside...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Allied and Afghan troops started fresh operation in Shahi Kot and Zadran areas, Paktia province on Wednesday, reports said. Eyewitnesses told AIP from Zarmat that forces arrived in helicopters early in the morning to Shahi Kot, a mou...