KABUL (AIP): President of the Pak-Afghan Joint Peace Jirga and Interior Minister of Pakistan, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao officially announced here on Saturday that President General Pervez Musharraf will arrive in Kabul tomorrow (Aug. 12). Aftab Ahm...

GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban Saturday (Aug. 11) said they set free two South Korean female hostages on humanitarian basis on Saturday.  A purported Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousaf told AIP that the two female hostages were freed...

KABUL (AIP): A Coalition air strike killed 10 Taliban near the Washir town of Helmand province today (Aug. 09), a coalition statement said Friday. Afghan and coalition forces conducting a combat patrol in the vicinity of Payowak, when they were ambu...

HERAT (AIP): Three soldier of the Afghan National Army (ANA) and as many Taliban were killed during a clash in the western Badghis province today (Aug. 10), police said Friday. Taliban attacked an ANA patrol in the Chapchal area between Ghormach...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban have sent two member team to Ghazni for face to face talks on S. Korean hostages after security guarantee by local officials, Taliban spokesman said Friday. "Ghazi officials and Afghan officials in Kabul have given us a writt...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban leaders and South Korean officials have started talks to decide the fate of 21 South Korean hostages at 6:10 pm (PST), said a purported Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousaf Ahmadi on Friday. Ends

KANDAHAR (AIP): Two Afghan civilians were killed and four others wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Kandahar today (Aug. 08), ISAF said Thursday. ISAF Press office in Kandahar told Afghan Islamic Press that the incident was happened in the Ze...

HERAT (AIP): Afghan security forces detained a group of suicide bombers during a raid in the western Herat province early today (Aug. 09), an official said Thursday. The national security force conducted a raid on a centre of suicide bombers in th...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A Talib was killed while a policeman and another Talib were wounded during a clash in the Abndar district of Ghazni province yesterday (Aug. 09), an official said Thursday. Taliban attacked security police at Sardi Dam, injuring on...

KHOST (AIP): A district chief and his driver were killed in Taliban attack in Paktika province yesterday (Aug. 07), an official said Wednesday. A local official who whished not to be named told Afghan Islamic Press that in-charge of Deli district,...