KABUL (AIP): Government claimed security forces had killed six Taliban in Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces during the past 24 hours while Taliban said they had killed 13 Afghan police in Maiwand district today (Jan. 13). A statement issued by interi...

KABUL (AIP): Governors of highest poppy growing provinces, officials of interior ministry, counter- narcotics ministry and local governance Saturday (Jan. 12) held talks on effective eradication of poppy crops. A press release issued here said the...

KABUL (AIP): Police arrested two weapons smugglers in Kabul yesterday (Jan. 11), interior ministry said Saturday. The two smugglers, Abdul Kabir and Abdul Karim was arrested during an operation in the Khawaj Baghra area 5th police zone and recover...

KABUL (AIP): ISAF conducted a precise strike on a compound in Kapisa Province targeting a senior Taliban commander and leaders today (Jan. 12), an ISAF statement said Saturday. The compound, located in the Pasha Qari village of Tagab Valley , was...

KHOST (AIP): A woman was killed and 15 other people injured in separately incidents of the collapse houses after heavy rains in Pakita province yesterday (Jan. 10), police said Friday. Seven houses cave-in in the Kehwon area of Zerok district yest...

KHOST (AIP): Police held a suspected man in Paktia today (Jan. 11) and recovered explosives materials from his procession, a security officer said Friday. The suspected person was held near the headquarters of Zazi Aryub district, said Ghulam Dast...

KABUL (AIP): One soldier of NATO-led International Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed and another injured in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan today (Jan. 09), an ISAF statement said late Wednesday night. Neither the statement disclose...

JALALABAD (AIP): Sex people including three children and as many women were killed in eastern Ningarhar province as the roof of their house caved-in last night, an official said Thursday (Jan. 10). The roof of the house collapsed due to heavy snow...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber, targeting ISAF troops in Qalat, capital of Zabul province, detonated himself today (Jan. 10), injuring one passer-by, police said Thursday. Police Chief of Zabul, General Muhammad Yaqub told Afghan Islamic Press t...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Twenty five people including police and civilians were killed and around 70 wounded in a suicide bomb explosion near High Court building in Lahore, capital of the Punjab province of Pakistan today (Jan. 10), television channels report...