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...

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...