KANDAHAR (AIP): Like other parts of the country, Independence Day was celebrated in southern Kandahar province with national zeal and fervor. In this connection, a gathering was held in Omomi Bagh area of Kandahar city, which was participated by...

GHAZI (AIP): Two Taliban were killed after an attack on a district centre in Zabul province last night, an official said Saturday (Aug. 18). A group of approximately 200 Taliban attacked headquarters of Deh Chopan but police strongly retaliated as...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign security agency in Kandahar City today (Aug. 18), killing 15 and wounding 25 people, police said Saturday. The incident was happened in Bagh Pul area, western part of Kandahar City wh...

JALALABAD (AIP): Police seized 93 kg opium and arrested a man in the Khugyani district of Ningarhar last night. Spokesman of Ningahar police, Colonel Abdul Ghafoor told Afghan Islamic Press that counter-narcotics police raided a house in Wadisar v...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen abducted four Afghan engineers in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province yesterday (Aug. 17), police said Saturday. The abducted engineers were working for Hashim Construction Company and all were Afgha...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban leader Mulla Muhammad Omar urged unity among Afghans on the eve of Afghanistan 88th Independence Day. In a statement issue Saturday the Taliban supreme leader said, "We are celebrating our independence day in such a situati...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A district chief and his three children were killed in a suicide attack in Kandahar City today (Aug. 17), police said Friday. In-charge of Zehri district, Khairuddin was standing in front of his house in Kandahar City with his five...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained seven suspected Taliban during an operation south of Kandahar City early today (Aug. 17), a coalition statement said Friday. One of the detainees is suspected of being a major Taliban improvis...

HERAT (AIP): Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in Farah province today last night, injuring two people, police said Friday (Aug. 17). Provincial police chief, Abdur Rahmand Sarjang told Afghan Islamic Press it was a wedding vehicle whic...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained four suspected Taliban during an operation in Ghazni province today (Aug.17), the US-led coalition said Friday. In a statement issued by coalition forces said the operation was conducted on "credib...