KANDAHAR (AIP): A man was killed when his car struck a mine planted under a small bridge in southern Helmand province today morning, police said Sunday. A police official Mohammad Hussain Andiwal told AIP that the incident took place in Greshak d...

KABUL (AIP): A former Taliban commander Saturday (Jan. 05) claimed he escaped from the lockup of intelligence department in Kabul yesterday by paying bribe. While talking to Afghan Islamic Press, Mulla Naqibullah who claimed to be a former Taliban...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Director of Helmand health department, Dr. Inayatullah Saturday rejected reports of the outbreak of measles disease in the province. There were reports that approximately 30 children were killed by the outbreak of measles or such like...

KABUL (AIP): A suspected kidnapper and an alleged thief was rounded up by anti-crimes police personnel in Kabul, police said Saturday (Jan. 05). A statement issued by the office of anti-crimes police said the suspected kidnapper, Aziz Ahmad was de...

KHOST (AIP): Afghan officials distributed aid goods among 550 families who migrated to Paktia province from the Kurram Agency, a tribal district of Pakistan, due to bloody sectarian clashes. Governor of Paktia province, Juma Khan Hamdarad told Afg...

QALAT (AIP): Taliban seized two vehicles of Word Food Programme (WFP) loaded with wheat in Ghazni province yesterday (Jan. 03), police said Friday. The WFP vehicles were on way to Qarabagh district from Ghazni City when intercepted them in the Lew...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Police killed four Taliban and detained 11 others in the southern Kandahar province last night, governor said Friday (Jan. 04). Governor Kandahar Asadullah Khalid told Afghan Islamic Press that the operation was conducted in the Na...

KABUL (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former jehadi commander in Baghlan province today (Jan. 04), sources said Friday. The former jehadi commander, Qari Muhammad Alam, was returning to his home after offering Friday prayers when three assa...

KABUL (AIP): Five suspected Taliban were detained in 6th Kandahar City police zone yesterday (Jan. 02), interior ministry claimed Thursday. The Afghan interior stry said in a statement the detained suspects were the residents of Panjwayee district...

JAJALABAD (AIP): Minister for Health, Sayyed Muhammad Amin Fatimi has disclosed that millions of dollars would be spent on the construction of health centres in eastern provinces of Afghanistan. This he said during his visit of eastern provinces w...