PESHAWAR (AIP): A group of Taliban have accepted the responsibility of several attacks against American, Afghan and allied forces inside Afghanistan, saying that Jihad (holy war) was the only way through which enemy forces could be defeated. A press...

PESHAWAR: The Afghan Defense Minister General Qaseem Faheem has appointed the following army officers with immediate effect. 1- General Gul Zarak Zadran. 2- General Mir Anjamuddin Agha. 3- Lt. General Ameer Muhammad. 4- Major General Mohsin Su...

PESHAWAR (AIP): One person was killed and another injured in rocket attack on Armed Corps No-3 at Gardez last night (Monday). The chief commander of Armed Corps No-3 Major General Attiquallah said that a rocket was fired at a military brigade, kil...

PESHAWAR: (AIP) A fire which broke out two days before (Saturday night February 22) in a store of multi-national company in Jalalabad, has not been controlled yet, inflicting millions of dollars loss on the company. Reports reaching here on Mon...

PESHAWAR(AIP): Zadran tribesmen have blocked Khost-Gardez highway as a protest against impounding of their vehicles by the local authorities in Khost. Reports reaching here said that the road has been blocked for the last three days at Lak Tega ar...

PESHAWAR: A 45-year old man committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun at village Sarkay, district Zarmat, in Paktia. According to Pashto weekly Nan, published from Jalalabad, one Sakhee Jan committed suicide due to financial problems. The...

PESHAWAR: A vehicle of the US troops hit a landmine in Paktia Province on Wednesday. According to details, an American military vehicle struck a landmine, planted in village Mulla Qilla in district Zarmat. The authorities in the district did not s...

PESHAWAR: US forces have seized a huge cache of missiles and other heavy weapons in village Nazyaan, 60km east of Jalalabad few days back. Reports reaching here said that the American troops recovered 100 missiles and other heavy weapons from the ho...

PESHAWAR: A function was held at a school for boys in Qilla Janan, Behsud area near Jalalabad on Sunday. The function was attended by the deputy governor of Ningarhar Dr. Muhammad Asif, Indian Counsel General Ramish Chandera, Afghan and UN offici...

PESHAWAR (AIP): NWFP government has released 37 Afghan prisoners from Central Jail Peshawar who were involved in minor crimes on Monday morning. The Afghan Consular Abdul Khalaq Farahi, NWFP minister for education and other officials were also pres...