KABUL (AIP): Counter narcotics police seized 34 kg of opium in Kandahar police yesterday (Jan. 25), interior ministry said Monday. The interior ministry in a statement said the drugs were recovered from a house in Mirwais Maina. It said owner o...

KABUL (AIP): Air ambulance wing was established following an agreement between health academy, air force and ISAF, defence ministry said Monday (Jan. 26). A statement issued by defence ministry said a helipad was constructed at 400-bed Kabul hospi...

KABUL (AIP): A soldier of NATO-led ISAF was killed today (Jan. 24) in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said in a statement. ISAF would not disclose nationality of the deceased soldier and exact location of...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Three police were killed and two wounded during a clash with Taliban in the southern Kandahar province last night, police said Saturday (Jan. 24). Earlier, Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi, spokesman of Taliban told Afghan Islamic Press...

JALALABAD (AIP): A girl was killed and another wounded in a rocket attack today (Jan. 23) in the eastern Kunar province, security officials said Friday. The girls were fetching water when the rocket landed near them at the bank of a river in Chigh...

KABUL (AIP): Security forces launched operation near Kabul today (Jan. 23) to stop rocket attacks on capital, police said Friday. The operation was started two days back in Paghman, located 20 km to west of Kabul, General Muhammad Ayub Salangi, Po...

HERAT (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Indian Foreign Minister Parnab Mukerjee jointly opened Zaran-Dilaram highway today (Jan. 22) in Nimroz province. The Afghan president and Indian foreign minister accompanied by Afghan Foreign minister D...

JALALABAD (AIP): A soldier of NATO force was wounded in Taliban attack in the eastern Kunar province today (Jan. 22), an official said Thursday. The NATO soldier was injured after Taliban attacked their convoy in Jalala area of Ghaziabad district,...

KABUL (AIP): US commander General David Petraeus met Afghan President Hamid Karzi here yesterday (Jan. 20) and discuss matters of bilateral interests, a statement said Wednesday. The statement said besides defence and interior ministers, security...

HERAT (AIP): Afghan officials Tuesday (Jan. 20) said Taliban killed three police and captured seven more alive in Nimroz province, near Turkmenistan border. Muhammad Ayub Niazyar, police chief of the western Badghis province, told Afghan Islamic P...