HERAT (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces unearthed a private prison run by detained local Taliban spokesman Bashir Qinaat in Guzra district of western Herat province, a military officer said Wednesday (Oct. 14). The Taliban prison was found in Darb...

KUNDUZ (AIP): A clash between police and gunmen left a police officer and a gunman dead last night in Pul-e-Khumri, capital of Baghlan province, governor said Wednesday. Muhammad Akbar Barakzai, governor of Baghlan province, told Afghan Islamic Pr...

KABUL (AIP): Two soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed and six more wounded in an explosion yesterday (Oct. 13) in southern Zabul province, defence ministry said Wednesday. The interior ministry without disclosing nature of the blast...

KUNDUZ (AIP): A preliminarily court awarded death sentence to two persons in murder and abduction cases today (Oct. 14) in northern Takhar province. A judge Abdul Hanan told Afghan Islamic Press that Noorullah and Safiullah residents of Yangi Qala...

MAZAR SHARIF (AIP): Taliban torched two vehicles of a road construction company late yesterday (Oct. 14) in northern Balkh province, they claimed Wednesday. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of Taliban, told Afghan Islamic Press that Taliban attacked...

MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): Six people, including two midwives, who were abducted from Seri Pul province by Taliban were released today (Oct. 14), informed sources said Wednesday. Reliable sources told Afghan Islamic Press that the abductees were brough...

KABUL (AIP): As many as 41 suspected Taliban were killed last night (Oct. 14) during separate operations in two different provinces of Afghanistan, defence and interior ministries said Wednesday. According to a statement issued by interior ministr...

MAZAR SHARIF (AIP): Taliban captured eight police yesterday (Oct. 12) in northern Faryab province, security officials said Tuesday. Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi told Afghan Islamic Press that Taliban attack police patrol in Korchi...

HERAT (AIP): Afghan officials claim 54 fighters of slain Taliban commander Ghulam Yahya Siah-o-Shani have surrendered weapons in western Herat province during the past four days. Muhammad Farooq, an officer of 207th Zafar Crops Herat told Afghan I...

HERAT (AIP): Taliban reportedly chopped off a hand and a foot of a man on charges of robbery in western Herat province today (Oct. 13), an official said Tuesday. Noor Khan Naikzad, spokesman of Herat police department while giving details to Afg...