JALALABAD (AIP): Ningarhar police recovered seven and half kilograme of opium from a passenger on Monday and arrested him on charges of smuggling, police sources said.Spokesman of Ningarhar police department, Colonel Abdul Ghafoor while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press said, "Police intercepte...

JALALABAD (AIP): Incharge of Khugyani district of Ningarhar province handed over 15 heavy and small arms to DIAG programme on Monday.As per details, Haji Malik Muhammad Omer, district incharge of Khugyani, Ningarhar province submitted arms with Disarmament of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) Commission i...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Acting Interior Minister of Afghanistan distributed compensate-money among the heirs of the people killed in Spin Boldak suicide explosion on Saturday.As per details acting Interior Minister, Engineer Zarar Ahmad, governor Kandahar and member of provincial council went to Spin Boldak...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A protest rally was held here in Qissa Khwani Bazaar against the killing of innocent people in US airstrikes of Damadola, a bordering village of Bajaur Agency.The rally was started soon after Friday prayers on the call of Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal, an alliance of six religious parties,...

 KABUL (AIP): A US soldier was wounded in Helmand Province when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy at approximately 4 p.m. Jan. 14. The Regional Corps Assistance Group Soldier was transported by air to the Medical Center at Kandahar Air Field where he was treated for...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Besides human loss to Canadian troops, two civilians were also killed and more than a dozen of Afghans were wounded in Kandahar suicide attack.The bodies of two civilians, killed in a suicide attack in eastern part of Kandahar city, have been brought to Mir Wais Hospital where ten vi...

KABUL (AIP):  Three Coalition troops were wounded when a suspected improvised explosive device detonated in Kandahar on Sunday, spokesman of coalition troops said.The troops, who are members of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), were conducting security-presence patrol in an up-armored veh...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A rocket landed in a village near Khost bazaar on Tuesday but did not cause any damage.A local newsman told Afghan Islamic Press that the rocket landed at barren land at distance from his home in Khatki village and caused no damage to his house.When Afghan Islamic Press contacted off...