KABUL (AIP): A senior Taliban commander was arrested during a detention operation in Helmand province this morning by ISAF, said a press release issued here on Sunday (Oct 7).The Taliban group targeted in the operation had been planning further attac...

JALALABAD (AIP): Ningarhar governor, Gul Agha Sherzai, has directed all the districts chiefs to go all-out against poppy cultivation in their respective areas, urging elite, tribal leaders and growers to play their due role in eradication of this men...

HERAT (AIP): Some unidentified armed assailants stormed into the house of a tribal elder yesterday (Oct 6), afternoon and shot him dead besides injuring four others in Lash Joen district of Farah province, police said on Sunday (Oct 7). Provincial...

KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion killed two police in Khost province today (Oct. 06), a health official said Saturday. A bomb was exploded on a police vehicle in the Khoni Khwar area between Khost City and Yaqubi district, killing two police...

KABUL (AIP): A suicide bomber struck a US convoy in Kabul today (Oct. 06), killing one coalition soldier, and five Afghan civilians, coalition and Afghan interior ministry spokesman said Saturday. One coalition soldiers was injured in the attack a...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Governor of central Ghazni province, Faizanullah Faizan, claimed Saturday (Oct. 06) that 30 opponents have surrender to government under the reconciliation process. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press the governor said that the group...

HERAT (AIP): Afghan border police killed one smuggler and detained four others with 100 kilograms of opium in two separate districts of western Herat province. While giving details to Afghan Islamic Press here on Saturday (Oct. 06), Commander of 4...

JALALABAD (AIP): Two civilians were killed when foreign troops opened fire at suspected armed militants in Matongi district of Kunar province, said district chief Zalmai Yousafzai on Saturday (Oct 6). The killed persons were in their car when fore...

JALALABAD (AIP): At least one police official was killed and one was injured and district police chief among two were missing as armed Taliban attacked their vehicle in Bargamtal district in Nuristan province on Saturday (Oct 6), police said. A p...

KABUL (AIP)): A civilian employee of ISAF Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) was killed today (Oct. 04) in eastern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said last Thursday night. The ISAF employee was killed when the vehicle he employee was traveling i...