PESHAWR (AIP): A religious scholar was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Ghazni province last night, security sources said Saturday (August 12). The sources told Afghan Islamic Press that a religious scholar Maulvi Abdul Halim was killed by un know people in Andar district of Ghanzi province la...

KABUL (AIP): Earlier this afternoon, an ISAF soldier died in Northern Helmand Province following a tragic vehicle accident, says a press release issued on Saturday (August 12). It said, the accident occurred whilst the vehicle was undergoing routine maintenance. The circumstances surrounding the...

HERAT (AIP): A doctor who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen a few days back was got freed by Afghan security forces during operations in Herat province yesterday, police claimed Friday (August 11). A series of operations were launched in Shindand district of Helmand province yesterday for reco...

KABUL (AIP): A suicide bomber detonated his explosive laden car near the convoy of ISAF troops in Kandahar province Friday (August 11), killing on ISAF soldier, says a press release issued by the ISAF today. It said the incident occurred on the road from Spin Boldak to Kandahar, when a white Toyot...

HERAT (AIP): One policeman was killed and one wounded while another was kidnapped as Taliban attacked a check post in Nimroz province last night, an official said Friday (August 11). Taliban attacked a check post of highway police in Dilaram district of Nimroz province last night, spokesman of gov...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Friday claimed to have attacked a base of Afghan soldiers with rockets in Kunar province last night (August 10). Spokesman of Taliban fighters Dr. Muhammad phoned the office of Afghan Islamic Press and said, "Taliban fired 15 rockets at a base of soldiers in Sarkano dist...

KABUL (AIP): Two soldiers of NATO- International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) were killed and seven wounded, one of them critically, in separate hostile and non-hostile incidents in Afghanistan Wednesday (August 9), ISAF statement said late Wednesday. It said one ISAF soldier died in Kabul fo...

JALALABAD (AIP): A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of US troops in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Ningarhar province on Thursday (August 10), leaving six people wounded. The incident was happened in western part of Jalalabad city on a highway leading to Kabul. An eyewitness told Afghan Is...

JALALABAD (AIP): Police said the explosion occurred earlier today in Jalalabad City (August 10) was caused by the landing of rocket. Talking to journalists at the site of the explosion, a high-ranking police officer said it was neither a roadside bomb blast nor a suicide attack. He informed th...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan National Army (ANA) and the Afghan National Police (ANP), launched a Joint security operation in Faryab province on August 8 with the support of ISAF, says a press release issued by ISAF on Thursday (August 10). It said the operation launched in response to recent fighting betw...