KANDAHAR (AIP): Armed Taliban militants attacked security forces of US Protection and Investigation (USPI) last night on Kandahar-Herat highway near Greshak district in Helmand, sparking a six hour long gunbattle, which resulted in killing of six Tal...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces detained three suspected Taliban during a two-day operation in the eastern Ningarhar province, a coalition statement said late Thursday night (Sept. 13). The operation which concluded this morning was condu...

HERAT (AIP): A group of dacoits stormed a market in Herat City yesterday, killing a money changer and wounding two others, police said Friday. The burglars who attacked the money changers market in the Shehr-e-Naw area of the City also snatched 30...

KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion left five Afghan police dead and one wounded in Khost province today (Sept. 14), a police officer said Friday. The incident was happened in the Khabisat area of Yaqubi district when a police vehicle struck a...

KHOST (AIP): The remaining three abducted workers of a de-mining NGO were freed today (Sept. 13), an official said Thursday. Head of Afghan Technical Consultants (ATC), Kifayatullah Ablagh told Afghan Islamic Press that the remaining three workers...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces killed over 45 Taliban during a clash today (Sept. 13) in Oruzgan Province, a coalition statement said late Wednesday night. The firefight erupted after Taliban attacked a combined ANA and Coalition patrol...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Thursday (Sept. 13) once again rejected reports that Taliban had freed South Korean hostages in exchange for ransom. A statement of Taliban leadership council sent to Afghan Islamic Press by Taliban spokesmen Zabihullah Mu...

JALALABAD (AIP): A missing policeman was found dead while four police were wounded in roadside bomb explosion in the eastern Ningarhar province today (Sept. 13), an official said Thursday. The body of the policeman, who went missing a few days ba...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb went off in the Arghandab district of Zabul province last night, causing no damage, police said Thursday (Sept. 13). Provincial Police Chief General Muhammad Yaqub told Afghan Islamic Press that the explosion happen...

QALAT (AIP): A police vehicle was attacked by some armed militants in Maqur district of Ghazni province, sparking a search operation in the area by Afghan National Army (ANA) on Wednesday morning (Sept 12). Provincial police chief of Ghazni Gen Ali S...