GHAZNI (AIP): Gunmen freed abducted female director of woman affairs department of Paktika province, sources said Thursday (April 22). Miss Guldana, director of woman affairs department of Paktika province, was abducted by unknown gunmen along wit...

HERAT (AIP): A health centre was opened in Shebkoh district while the foundation stone of another health centre was laid Qala Gah district of Farah province, an official said Thursday. The health centre in Shebkoh district was constructed with th...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Key election rival of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the recently held presidential elections, Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Ghani, made a surprised visit to Helmand province today (April 21). The former presidential candidate met provin...

KABUL (AIP): European Union donated equipments worth five million US dollars to agriculture ministry of Afghanistan for processing of quality seeds. Muhammad Asif Rahimi, minister for agriculture and irrigation, told a press conference here on Wed...

KUNDUZ (AIP): At least 15 girl female students of a secondary school mysteriously fainted today (April 21) in Kunduz City, capital of Kunduz province, doctors said Wednesday. Muhammad Hamayum Khamosh, in-charge of 200-bed hospital in Kunduz city,...

KABUL (AIP): A roadside bomb killed two police officers and wounded another cop yesterday (April 20) in Mosahi district of Kabul province, interior ministry said Wednesday. The incident happened in Qala Abdur Rauf area of Mosahi district when a po...

KABUL (AIP): A soldier of Afghan National Army (ANA) was killed in Taliban attack yesterday in Kuna province and 12 suspects were detained in Kandahar province, defence ministry said Wednesday. The ANA soldier was wounded in heavy weapons attack b...

HERAT (AIP): Foundation stone of hostel of Afghan-Turk high school was laid in Herat province Wednesday. Kamran Taqwa, media officer, Herat education department, told Afghan Islamic Press that the hostel would be constructed at a spending of 800,0...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Unidentified gunmen abducted eight workers of a local construction company today (April 20) in northern Kunduz province, an official said Tuesday. Mahboobullah Saeedi, spokesman of governor Kunduz, told Afghan Islamic Press that the...

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai appointed Abdul Qayum Katwazay as new deputy chief of National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghan spy agency, state TV reported Tuesday (April 20). Katwazai also served as intelligence chief of Kandahar province...