QALAT (AIP): A contingent of 200 police personnel has been deployed on Zabul-Ghazni highway to maintain security, a security officer said Thursday (Dec. 06). Security chief of Ghazni Muhammad Zaman told Afghan Islamic Press that the police personnel...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban attacked a check post in Helmand province last night, causing no damage of live or property, police said Thursday (Dec. 06). The attack on Wazirmanda post in Gereshk district was repelled by police after a brief clash, said...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces claimed killing 77 Taliban during separate clashes in Helmand and Farah provinces yesterday (Dec. 05). A statement issued by coalition forces here on Thursday (Dec. 06) said armed Taliban attacked a comb...

KABUL (AIP): A suicide car bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a bus carrying Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Chehal Satoon area, south of Afghan capital Kabul, killing 13 including six soldiers and seven civili...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan security forces and Nato-led foreign troops on Wednesday (Dec 5) launched a joint operation in Musa Qila, southern Helmand province to flush out armed Taliban militants and establish writ of the government there, said Helmand g...

QALAT (AIP): NATO-led ISAF and Afghan troops battled with armed Taliban in Darazgan area of Shajoy district of Zabul province on Wednesday (Dec 5) noon, killing ten insurgents, an Afghan army commander of Zabul province told AIP. The commander Mullah...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Counter-narcotics police arrested 23 poppy growers in Kandahar yesterday (Dec. 03), an official said Tuesday. Head of the counter-narcotics wing of Kandahar police department, Colonel Khanzada told Afghan Islamic Press the poppy gr...

HERAT (AIP): Five small explosions in different areas of Herat late last night left a security personnel wounded, sources said Tuesday (Dec. 04). Security sources told Afghan Islamic Press that two explosions were happened in front of Bagh Azadi w...

MAZAR SHARIF (AIP): A bomb explosion was happened in Mazar Sharif City, capital of northern Balkh province early today (Dec. 04), causing no damage of life or property, police said Tuesday. The explosives placed in a garbage dump 20 to 25 meters f...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Four Taliban and as many police were killed during a clash in Ghazni province yesterday (Dec. 03), police said Tuesday. Provincial police chief, General Khan Muhammad told Afghan Islamic Press that firefight took place in the Rashi...