GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban have agreed to release four more South Korean hostages today (Aug. 29), a tribal elder said Wednesday. "We have turned in a total of eight hostages to ICRC and South Korea officials but South Korea was insisting on the release...

GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday (Aug. 29) released a third group of four South Korean hostages which raised the number of hostages freed today to 12. The third group of four more South Korean hostages consisting of three women and a male was tu...

QALAT (AIP): Troops of Afghan National Army (ANA) detained seven Taliban in the Pattan district of Paktia province yesterday (Aug. 28), an officer said Wednesday. A local Taliban commander named Zaker Shah was also among the seven suspected detain...

JALALABAD (AIP): Four Afghan National Army soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in an explosion in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province last night, a coalition spokesman said Tuesday (Aug. 28). The Afghan National Army soldiers f...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban and Korean officials have begun face to face talks at the ICRC office in the central Ghazni province today (Aug. 28). Provincial police chief, Ali Shah Ahmadzai told journalist that direct talks between the two sides were unde...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained five Taliban and killed others during an operation southwest of Kandahar City early this morning (Aug.28), a coalition statement said Tuesday. "One of the insurgents is suspected of being a Taliban...

KANDAHAR (AIP): The representatives of Indonesian government have also joined face to face talks between Taliban and South Korean officials that began in Ghazni today to decide the fate of 19 hostages. "Formal face to face talks started approximat...

KABUL (AIP): Three ISAF soldiers were killed and six others wounded in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan today (Aug.28), an ISF statement said Tuesday. ISAF forces were working on a project at a bridge construction site when a suicide bomber e...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces detained five suspects during a raid on a compound in the Shinwari district of eastern Ningarhar province early today (Aug. 27), a coalition statement said Monday. "The forces suspected the targeted compoun...

KABUL (AIP): One ISAF soldier was killed during a patrol today (Aug. 27) in eastern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said Monday. The unit took small-arms fire during a dismounted patrol when one ISAF soldier was wounded and immediately evacuated t...