KABUL (AIP): Fourteen suspects including a Taliban commander were detained yesterday (May 3) by Kandahar military personnel during an operation in Kandahar City, a military official said Monday. Commander of 205 army corps General Sher Muhammad Za...

HERAT (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed 30 suspected Taliban including two commanders during operations in western Farah province today (May 04), governor said Monday. Governor of Farah province Roohul Aminn told Afghan Islamic Press that th...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A bomb exploded near district headquarters of Greshk in Helmond province this morning (May 3), causing casualties to 11 people, an official said Sunday Helmond governor spokesman Muhammad Daud Ahmedi told Afghan Islamic Press that exp...

KABUL (AIP): A Grand Jirga of Loya Paktia (Paktia, Paktika and Khost) have been making efforts for the last few days in Kabul to reduce the number of Afghan presidential candidates so as to mitigate difficulties and problems of Afghanistan. A mem...

KABUL (AIP): Personnel of counter narcotics conducted an operation and seized 847 kg opium yesterday (May 2, 2009) in Nozad district of southern Helmond province, interior ministry said Sunday. The operation was aimed at destroying drug laboratori...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A bomb exploded near district headquarters of Greshk in Helmond province this morning (May 3), causing casualties to 11 people, an official said Sunday Helmond governor spokesman Muhammad Daud Ahmedi told Afghan Islamic Press that...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has appointed a former Jihadi commander Baz Muhammad Ahmedi as new governor of Badakhshan province. The newly appointed governor will replace former governor Munshi Abdul Majeed. The outgoing governor...

HERAT (AIP): Two police including a district police chief were killed in a roadside bomb attack today (May 02) in the western Herat province, police said Saturday. Abdul Momin, police chief of Farsi district was way to Herat city along with other...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Saturday claimed that they destroyed three vehicles of foreign forces last night (May 1) in Mani Kando area of Argun district, Paktika province, killing all soldiers onboard. Spokesman of Taliban Zabihullah Mujahid told Afg...

KABUL (AIP): Ali Ahmad Jalali, a strong potential candidate of presidential elections, has decided not to contest upcoming polls, sources said. Informed sources told Afghan Islamic Press that Jalali took the decision after he failed to form an eff...