KABUL (AIP): Coalition forces detained four suspects today (Oct. 19) in Zabul Province, a coalition statement said Friday. The coalition forces were carrying out an operation against Taliban in the Shahjoy district when they came under fire duri...

HERAT (AIP): Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in the western Herat province of Afghanistan today (Oct. 19) to attend Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) conference. The Iranian foreign minister arrived at 11 a.m. local time....

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai on Friday (Oct. 19) condemned bomb explosions on the welcoming procession of Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, in Karachi last night and termed it a barbaric step. "Benazir Bhutto is a brave w...

JALALABAD (AIP): Two brothers were killed in a landmine blast in the eastern Ningarhar province today (Oct. 19), residents said Friday. Both were playing when one of them stepped on a mine in Samar Khail, Behsud district at approximately 11:30 a.m...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Coalition forces killed 13 Taliban during an airstrike in the southern Helmand province today (Oct. 19), the US-led coalition said Friday. In a statement issued by coalition press office in Kandahar said coalition aircraft struck T...

KHOST (AIP): At least four policemen were killed and three others were injured when armed Taliban attacked a vehicle of police at Ali Sher district of Khost province near border with Pakistan this morning, said an official on Thursday. Taliban ha...

JALALABAD (AIP): Two security men on foot were killed in a mine explosion in Nari district of Kunar province yesterday evening (October 17), said an official on Thursday. The incident occurred following a rocket attack at a base of foreign troops, sa...

KABUL (AIP): A vehicle of PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team) hit a mine in Dehna Ghori district of Baghlan province yesterday (Oct 17), casusing no casualties, said Baghlan police chief Abdur Rehman Syed Khaili on Thursday. He added that the min...

HERAT (AIP): The 17th meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states commenced on Wednesday (Oct 17) in the ancient city of Herat, the capital of Herat province amid extraordinary security measures, said a spokesman for Afghan f...

JALALABAD (AIP): Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were found dead in eastern part of Jalalabad in Majborabad area, police said Tuesday (Oct 16). No one has claimed responsibility for killing the three soldiers who were in uniform, said Abdul...