KANDAHAR (AIP): ISAF troops killed an Afghan civilian last night in Kandahar City, an official said Thursday (April 01). The Afghan civilian was shot dead by ISAF troops during patrol in Loya Wala area of Kandahar City, Zalamay Ayubi, spokesman of...

SHORAB (AIP): A new corps named 215th Maywand corps was established in Afghan National Army (ANA) and officially opened during a ceremony held in Gereshk district Helmand province Thursday (April 1). The ceremony was attended by Afghan Defence Minist...

HERAT (AIP): Taliban on Thursday (April 01) claimed that 17 security personnel were killed in a suicide attack in Farah province. Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousuf Ahmadi told Afghan Islamic Press that a Taliban fighter named Muhammad Anwer r...

KABUL (AIP): A soldier of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed today (April 001) in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said Thursday. A press release issued by the NATO-led force said the soldier died as a result of Im...

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai on Thursday (April 01) appointed Abdul Jabar Naemi as acting governor of Khost province. Abdul Jabar Naemi also served as governor of Maidan Wardak province but later resign from office as protest against non-c...

KABUL (AIP): Unknown armed men gunned down chief of a local shoora (council) in Chak district of Wardak province today (April 01), a spokesman said Thursday. Shahidullah Shahid, spokesman of Wardak governor told Afghan Islamic Press that Muhammad...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Thursday claimed that several foreign soldiers were killed and injured during a clash in eastern Kunar province today (April 01). Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan Islamic Press that the clash took place afte...

KABUL (AIP): A roadside bomb killed a soldier of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) yesterday (March 30) in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said Wednesday. The ISAF soldier died as a result of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) strike, th...

KABUL (AIP): Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said that a massive operation would soon be launched against Taliban in southern Kandahar province. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday (March 31), he said...

MAJAH (AIP): Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived today (March 30) on a sudden visit to Marjah district of Helmand, recently retaken from Taliban by Afghan and forces. Besides meeting governor of Helmand province and...