KABUL (AIP): A soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) died of wounds yesterday (Feb. 16) in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said Tuesday. ISAF would not disclose nationality of the deceased soldier, accurate location of the incide...

KABUL (AIP): A convoy of Afghan National Army (ANA) was attacked by Taliban as a result fierce clashes erupted yesterday (Feb. 16) in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, defense ministry said in a statement Feb. 17. The statements said that 13 ins...

KHOST (AIP): Taliban on Monday (Feb. 16) killed a man on charges of spying for foreign forces in Khost province. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of Taliban, told Afghan Islamic Press that the man named Sadri was killed in the vicinity of Yaqubi dist...

JALALABAD (AIP): Authorities of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) inaugurated a bridge over Kunar river between Khiwi and Noor Gal districts in Kunar province today (Feb.16). The bridge is 100 metres long and seven metres wide. The project has...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Pakistani security officials said (Feb. 16) that US drones conducted an air strike in Kurram Agency. They said the camp of an Afghan commander Behram Khan Kochi was targeted in the strike which is located in Lada tehsil of Sadda, K...

PESHAWAR (AIP): NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has announced (Feb.16) that an agreement has been signed between the provincial government and Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM) for enforcement of Islamic Sharia in Swat and Malakand....

JALALABAD (AIP): Izadullah Akhunzada was elected as a new speaker of Kunar provincial council yesterday (Feb 15). Akhunzada secured five out of nine votes and declared successful while Torpekai Rasooli, a female member of the council, were elected...

KABUL (AIP): Two ISAF soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in southern Afghanistan on Saturday (Feb.14), ISAF said. It said that an ISAF serviceman died of wounds suffered in a direct fire incident in southern Afghanistan. In a separate...

KABUL (AIP): An Afghan contractor was killed Yesterday (Feb.14) when an Improvised explosive device (IED) went off just before Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and Coalition forces were attacked by insurgents during a patrol in the Shaheed Has...

HERAT (AIP): Six kidnappers were arrested yesterday (Feb.14) in Farah province. Farah Provincial Police Chief Samonwal Abdul Ghafar Watandar while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) today (Feb. 15) said that the alleged kidnappers had ki...