KABUL (AIP): Five US soldiers serving under NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed during separate attacks of Taliban Aug. 18 and 19 in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said Thursday (Aug. 20). Two International Security Ass...

HERAT (AIP): Taliban fired rockets on a district police headquarters in Badghis province yesterday (Aug. 19), killing four police and wounding five more including district police chief, residents said Thursday (Aug. 20). A resident of the Ghorma...

KABUL (AIP): Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan has announced one hour extension in duration of polling for presidential and provincial council elections being held today (Aug. 20). The previous ending time was 4:00 p.m. [local time] b...

KHOST (AIP): Two soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed and three wounded in a roadside bomb attack today (Aug. 20) and a woman was killed and three children injured in a rocket in Khost province, eyewitnesses and military official said T...

KABUL (AIP): A US soldier serving in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed today (Aug. 20) as a result of a mortar attack in eastern Afghanistan, the force said Thursday. Capt. Jon Stock, a US spokesman confirmed t...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Taliban captured five police after an attack on a check post in northern Kunduz province last night, officials said Wednesday. Earlier, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan Islamic Press that Taliban attacked a police pos...

KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion left five civilians dead in Paktika province yesterday (Aug. 19), a spokesman said Wednesday. The incident happened in the vicinity of Sharana, capital of Paktika province, a civilian vehicle struck a landmin...

HERAT (AIP): A roadside bomb killed 13 civilians in southwestern Badghis province today (Aug. 19), police said Wednesday. The incident took place in Sang-e-Atish area near Qala Naw, capital of Badghis province when a passenger vehicle hit a landmi...

KABUL (AIP): An ISAF soldier died of non-combat related injuries in southern Afghanistan today (Aug. 19), ISAF said Wednesday. Captain Jon Stock, a US spokesman confirmed the deceased soldier was from the United States. He would not disclose fur...

JALALABAD (AIP): A rocket hit a house in eastern Kunar province last night, killing two people and wounding three more, police said Wednesday (Aug. 19). Police chief of Kunar province, Khalilullah Ziai, while giving details to AIP said the rocket...