TORKHAM (AIP): A vehicle supplying fuel to foreign forces based in Afghanistan was damaged in an explosion inside Pakistan near Afghan border in today (March 19), sources said Thursday. The explosion happened on Peshawar-Torkham highway between Landi...

LASHKRGAH (AIP): Eight Taliban were killed during operations by Afghan and ISAF forces in Helamand province yesterday (March 18), police said Thursday. The operations were conducted in area covering Bolan and Chanjeer, the vicinity of Lashkargah,...

KHOST (AIP): Unidentified gunmen destroyed a school in the Nadar Shah Kot district of Khost province last night, an official said Thursday (March 19). The gunmen had planted eight bombs Uoom School which had 24 classrooms for girls and boys and we...

KABUL (AIP): A soldier of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier was killed today (March 19) in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said Thursday. The statement would not disclose exact location...

KABUL (AIP): Six drug laboratories were destroyed by the officials of interior ministry in Bahramacha area of Desho district in Helmand province, interior ministry said in a statement today (March 18) Wednesday. The statement said that 5,800 kilog...

KABUL (AIP): Three civilians sustained minor injuries today (March 18) when a bomb exploded in Meerwais Maidan Square of Kota Sangi area of Kabul city around 7:00am (local time), interior ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The statement said...

KHOWST (AIP): Five children were injured yesterday (March 17) when an old land mine went off in the vicinity of Zazi Ariyob district of Paktia province, an official said Wednesday. Zazi Ariyob district chief told Afghan Islamic Press the injured c...

KHOWST (AIP): US-led coalition forces and Afghan forces last night (March 17) detained a number of suspected people in Laghari Peran village in Khowst province, press office of foreign forces in Khowst told Afghan Islamic Press Wednesday. The pres...

KHOWST (AIP): Unidentified men torched a religious seminary and books last night (March 17) in Khowst province, an official said Wednesday. Sabari district chief Gul Qaseem Jihad Yar told Afghan Islamic Press that some unknown persons set the reli...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has strongly opposed strengthening of local provincial administrations instead of central government. Addressing a joint press conference with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Wednesday (March...