PESHAWAR (AIP): A government spokesman in Khost province said that the two fighters, who had killed an intelligence officer, were Arab nationals. Mr. Hayatullah, spokesman of Khost Governor told AIP on Saturday evening that an intelligence officer Hayatullah was killed in an attack by some unknown...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A bomb exploded near the house of British nationals situated in eastern part of Afghan capital Kabul today (Thursday) morning, reports said. AIP sources said that the blast took place at Shash Darak, eastern part of Kabul, damaging a wall and smashing glasses of the house. The expl...

PESHAWAR (AIP): American and Afghan forces have launched a joint operation in Dey Chopan area of Zabul province on Sunday, reports said. Talking to AIP today (Monday), Maulvi Muhammad Omer, deputy governor of Zabul said that the US and Afghan forces reached Dey Choppan area from Kandahar and starte...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Five persons were injured when a bomb exploded in a hotel situated opposite to Jalalabad Customs House last night (Friday), reports said. The bomb exploded in a hotel located opposite to Jalalabad Customs House at Torkhum-Jalalabad Highway, 1500 meters far from the airport and about...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Scores of students of Nangarhar University (NU) Wednesday staged a demonstration in eastern Afghan city, demanding a central government for Afghanistan. The demo held at Daronta (Kabul-Jalalabad highway), Nangarhar University, about eight kilometers west of Jalalabad city. The pro...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Chief commander of Nangarhar Armed Corps No-1 has appointed colonel Khan Wali as acting commander of army division No 100, reports said. Police chief of Laghman Muhammad Zaman Momozai told AIP today that General Hazrat Ali who is also chief commander of armed corps No-1 appointed co...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Six Afghan soldiers died in an exchange of fire at a maternity hospital as U.S. soldiers tried to arrest a military commander in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, witnesses said. U.S. soldiers blocked access to the hospital after the clash, but people who said they s...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The chief commander of 100 Afghan armed division was arrested by the American forces after a clash in Jalalabad today (Thursday), reports said. The US troops detained General Esmatullah Mohabat, the chief commander of Afghan armed division No 100 after fighting in northwest part of...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A child was injured in a bomb blast near Indian Consulate in eastern Jalalabad city on Thursday. Eyewitnesses told AIP that a 10-year old boy was wounded in a small blast near Indian Consulate in Jalalabad, however, it did not damage anything in the building. It is pertinent to men...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The body of a Pakistani engineer, who was killed on Monday (Dec. 08) in Ghazni province, was brought to his hometown Swat, northwest of Pakistan on Wednesday morning. The body of Anwar Shah was shifted through Torkhum border last night at 3am. Sources at Torkhum border said that th...