KABUL (AIP): Presidents of insurgency hit Pakistan and Afghanistan met US President Barack Obama in White House, Washington Wednesday (06) and discussed war on terror and other issues confronting by three allies. Talking to journalists after the m...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered investigations in to possible civilians casualties during operations by foreign forces against Taliban in the western Farah province. A press release issued from the office of the president sa...

KABUL (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion left seven police dead and another wounded in Andar district of Ghazni province today (May 06), police and interior ministry said Wednesday. The incident was happened on Kabul-Kandahar highway when the roadsi...

KHOST (AIP): Police recovered 225 kg of hashish and nine landmines from a house in Paktia province yesterday (May 04), interior ministry said Tuesday. The interior ministry in a statement said police raided a house in Machalgho area of Ahmadabad dis...

KHOST (AIP): Taliban on Tuesday (May 05) claimed they had shot down a pilotless aircraft of foreign forces in Paktia province last night. The foreign forces unmanned aircraft was shot down with the help of a new weapons in Sahak area of Zarmat dis...

JALALABAD (AIP): Iranian Consular General Mehran Khurasani handed over relief good, to be distributed among victims of earthquake in Sherzad district, to Governor Ninarhar Gul Agha Sherzai Tuesday (May 05). The aid goods worth 300,000 dollars are...

KABUL (AIP): Deputy Governor of Parwan province Abdul Baseer Salangi has formally been appointed as governor of the said province. There was no word about the new responsibilities of former governor Abdul Jabbar Taqwa. Abdul Baseen Salangi is a...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday (May 04) submitted his nomination papers for the upcoming presidential elections. The Afghan president went to the election commission office amidst strict security arrangements to submit his candi...

KABUL (AIP): A suicide bomber killed seven people including a mayor today (May 04) in Mehtarlam, capital of Laghman province, interior ministry Monday. The incident was happened when a suicide bomber attacked the vehicle of mayor in-front of the m...

GHAZNI (AIP): Two guards of a private security company were killed on Monday (May 4, 2009) when their vehicle struck a landmine in Zabul province, police said. Provincial Police Chief Abdur Rehman Sarjang told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that the i...