LASHKARGAH (AIP): A roadside bomb exploded on a police vehicle in the southern Helmand province today (Feb. 26) but there was no loss of life, an official said Thursday. Earlier, Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi, spokesman of Taliban, told Afghan Islam...

JALALABAD (AIP): Afghan Health Minister Muhammad Fatimi has announced the construction three hospital in the eastern Ningarhar province. The health minister arrived in Jalalabad today (Feb. 26) and met Gul Agha Sherzai, Governor of eastern Ningarh...

KABUL (AIP): Etisalat, a mobile phone company of United Arab Emirates has provided 1000 handsets to its subscribers. The handsets were provided to the winners of a luck draw arranged by Etisalat Phone Company in a local hotel in Kabul, said a press...

KABUL (AIP): International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and Afghan National Security Forces began joint operations against Taliban earlier today (Feb. 25) in the Jalrez district of Wardak Province in central Afghanistan, ISAF said Wednesday....

KABUL (AIP): Three soldiers of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated in southern Afghanistan today (Feb. 25), ISAF said in a statement Wednesday. It would not disclose identi...

HERAT (AIP): Unidentified gunmen abducted two Iranians in Zinda Jan district of western Herat province today (Feb. 25), security officials said Wednesday. According to security officials the two Iranian transporting oil in a tanker to Herat City w...

KABUL (AIP): Presidential election is likely to be held between 22nd April and 21st May instead of 20th August, earlier announced by election commission of Afghanistan, informed sources said Tuesday (Feb. 24). Sources told Afghan Islamic Press that...

HERAT (AIP): Afghan border police seized 90 kilograms of opium yesterday in Lashjoveen district of Farah province, they claimed Tuesday. The opium which was to be smuggled to Iran were recovered from a vehicle, Malham Shah, commander of border pol...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan Health Minister Amin Fatimi and UNICEF Representative for Afghanistan Ms. Catherine Mbengue signed the 2009 annual workplan with a total budget of $27.1 million. The annual workplan covers all provinces and supports national pr...

KABUL (AIP): Some 200 protestors in Kabul on Monday (Feb. 23) demanded of the government to release Muhammad Aman Khairi allegedly involved in the death of former deputy president Haji Abdul Qadir. They claimed that he had not been involved in the...