HERAT (AIP): Afghan officials claimed Friday (March 26) that 30 Taliban surrendered to government in Shindand district of western Herat province. Sharif Mujaddidi, head of National Reconciliation Programme in western zone, told Afghan Islamic Press t...

JALALABAD (AIP): A traffic accident left one person dead and 17 more wounded today (March 26) in the Chaparhar district of Ningarhar province, health official said Friday. The incident happened in Teerli area when a mini coach collided with a heav...

HERAT (AIP): Poppy crop cultivated over 200 jerab of land in the Shindand district of western Herat was destroyed during the anti poppy drive, an official said Thursday. Lal Muhammad Omarzai, chief of Shindand district, told Afghan Islamic Press t...

KABUL (AIP): Two civilians were killed and four others sustained injuries when rockets reportedly fired by NATO troops struck a house in southeastern Khost province last night (March 24), residents said Thursday. The residents told Afghan Islami...

KABUL (AIP): Two persons, including a woman, were held at Kabul International Airport on charges of smuggling heroin to India, an official said. Muhammad Asif Jabbar, a commander of border police at Kabul Airport told Afghan Islamic Press that 1....

KABUL (AIP): Severn suspected Taliban were killed while 16 others detained in separate incidents in different provinces of Afghanistan, it is learnt. Six Taliban were killed and another was detained yesterday (March 24) during a search operation in s...

GHAZNI (AIP): Three police and as many Taliban were killed last night during a clash in the Andar district of Ghazni province, police said Wednesday (March 24). The clash erupted when Taliban attacked a police post in the Nani area, killing three...

JALALABAD (AIP): A mine blast left two police personnel wounded in Ghani Khel district of eastern Nangarhar province today (March 24), a police spokesman said Wednesday. Ghafoor Khan, spokesman of provincial police chief told Afghan Islamic Press...

HERAT (AIP): A newly constructed building of a school was officially inaugurated yesterday (March 24) in the Karkh district of western Herat province. Kamran Taqwa, head of press office of the education department of Herat province, told Afghan Is...