KABUL (AIP): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived on a surprise visit to the southern Helmand province Monday (Dec. 10). He met British soldiers in Helmand where Afghan and British NATO troops have retaken Musa Qala district which was captu...

QALAT (AIP): Afghan police on Saturday (Dec 8) recovered two logistic carrying vehicles from the Taliban, they seized in Oband district of Ghazni province few days ago when they were carrying logistics for foreign troops, said Ghazni governor Faizanu...

KHOST (AIP): Near a dozen Taliban were eliminated and their two key commander were detained during Musa Qala operation yesterday (Dec 8), the Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement issued here Sunday. The statement said ten Taliban militants h...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least six people including a policeman were killed when a suicide car bomber smashed his explosive-filled vehicle into a police checkpost in Swat valley, northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said. The blast occurred in Ka...

KHOST (AIP): Two people including man and a woman were killed in hand-grenade explosion and two police killed in Taliban attack in Khost yesterday (Dec. 07), police said Saturday. Public relations officer of Khost police department, Colonel Wazir...

HERAT  (AIP): Taliban shot dead a district chief along with a relative and four police personnel in the western Farah province yesterday (Dec. 07), a parliament member said Friday. Female member of parliament from Farah, Balqis Roshan, confirme...

KHOST (AIP): A three-day training workshop of district chiefs started here on Saturday (Dec. 08). The workshop organized by International Development Association (IDA), a non-governmental organization, will discuss to improve administrative works,...

KHOST (AIP): Soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) opened fire on two motorcycle riders near Gardez prison in Pakita province yesterday (Dec. 07, killing one civilian and injuring another, police said Friday. Both were civilians but the ANA troop...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Heavy fighting is continuing between Taliban and foreign forces in the Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province, residents said Saturday (Dec. 08). Afghan and foreign forces launched operation last night to capture Taliban con...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A landmine blast left seven Taliban dead in the southern Kandahar province last night, an official said Friday (Dec.07). The Taliban fighters were placing a landmine in Deh Bagh area of Dand district when the landmine went off, sai...