HERAT (AIP): A 15-bed hospital constructed by Iranian Red Crescent was opened in the western Nimroz province today (Jan. 29), governor said Thursday. Ghulam Dastagir Azad, governor of Nimroz province told Afghan Islamic Press that work on the cons...

HERAT (AIP): Unidentified gunmen abducted an Iran national in the western Herat province today (Jan. 28), police said Wednesday. The Iran national who was driver was abducted Ghoryan district along with his vehicle but his vehicle was later found...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan security personnel seized one tons of explosive materials in Torkham area of the eastern Ningarhar province yesterday (Jan. 27), interior ministry said Wednesday. A statement issued by the interior ministry said the explosiv...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A military court awarded 17 years jail term each to two policemen Wednesday (Jan. 28) after founding them guilty for raping a child in the southern Helmand province. The policemen, Dad Muhammad and Hamid had raped a child six month...

KABUL (AIP): Fresh foreign troops have arrived in Logar and Maidan Wardak provinces of Afghanistan today (Jan 27), ISAF said Tuesday. A statement issued by ISAF press office in Kabul said the newly-arrived soldiers would maintain security in the s...

JALALABAD (AIP): A roadside bomb killed two border police and wounded four more in eastern Kunar province yesterday (Jan. 26), a commander said Tuesday. Muhammad Zaman Mamozai, commander of 1st border force in eastern zone, told Afghan Islamic Pre...

KABUL (AIP): Two ISAF soldiers were killed today (Jan. 27) in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said Tuesday. ISAF would not disclose nationality of the deceased, cause of their dead and exact location of the incident. But Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesma...

KABUL (AIP): Afghanistan has decided to buy weapons from former rival Russia and in this connection a high level Afghan military delegation will soon visit Moscow, informed sources said Tuesday (Jan. 27). The sources told Afghan Islamic Press that...

HERAT (AIP): Two of the five workers of World Food Programme (WFP) seized by Taliban nearly one month back were freed last night, governor said Tuesday (Jan. 27). The aid distribution workers of WFP had been kidnapped in Kang district and were releas...

KABUL (AIP): Police seized huge quantity of drugs in the Ahmadabad District of Paktia province yesterday (Jan. 24), interior ministry Sunday. The interior ministry in a statement said that national police recovered 386 kg hashish and 56 kg raw has...