KANDAHAR (AIP): Renowned jehadi commander of Kandahar, Mulla Naqibullah Akhunzada died of heart attack last night and laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Arghandab district today (Oct. 12). Over 100,000 people including a delegation represe...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Thursday (Oct. 11) said seven of the executed inmates of the notorious Pul-e-Charkhi Jail were Taliban. An email received by Afghan Islamic Press while quoting Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi said, "Seven...

KANDAHAR (AIP): As many as 18 political prisoners were freed from the Kandahar jail Thursday (Oct. 11) after president announcement of remission on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. Provincial attorney Ubaidullah Usmani told Afghan Islamic Press that the 18...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban supreme leader Mulla Muhammad Omar has warned government employees to stop working for the government. In a scanned copy of a press release received by Afghan Islamic Press by email, the Taliban leader said those who promis...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Education Ministry Muhammad Hanif Atmar on Thursday (Oct. 11) said that 100 new schools would be constructed in Kandahar. Addressing a gathering of tribal elders and government officials, the minister said that government planned t...

JALALABAD (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces killed one suspect and detained three others in the Khugyani district of eastern Ningarhar province yesterday (Oct. 10), an official said Thursday. Four people were planting a landmine at a road when a...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Newly constructed offices of the provincial headquarters of Nimroz province were opened. Governor of Nimroz province Ghulam Dastagir Azad told Afghan Islamic Press Wednesday (Oct. 10) that the new provincial headquarter building wa...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Seven suspected Taliban were killed and a commander detained during operation in the southern Kandahar province, police claimed Wednesday (Oct. 10). Afghan forces launched operation in the Zehri district yesterday which continued t...

KABUL (AIP): Unidentified gunmen opened fire on worshipers in Madan Wardak province last night, killing two and wounding 10 people, a police official said Wednesday (Oct. 10). A local police official who wished not to be named told Afghan Islamic...

KABUL (AIP): German engineer who was kidnapped by Taliban three months back was freed in the Maidan Wardak province, interior ministry spokesman confirmed Wednesday (Oct. 10). "The German engineer Rudolf Blechschmidt and his four Afghan colleagues w...