LASHKARGAH (AIP): At least 12 civilians were killed and 15 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Greshk district of southern Helmand province today (March 21), a spokesman said Sunday. Muhammad Daud Ahmadi, spokesman of Helmand...

KABUL (AIP): The festivities of Nauroz were celebrated across Afghanistan with traditional zeal and fervor. According to details, the main flag hoisting ceremony was held in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of northern Balkh province which was attended by...

JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban on Saturday (March 20) claimed they had killed three police and wounded two others in attack on a district centre last night in eastern Ningarhar province. Taliban attacked the headquarters of Spin Ghar district with small...

GHAZNI (AIP): Unknown gunmen shot and injured former chief of Qara Bagh district in Ghazni province today (March 20), police said Saturday. Provincial Police Chief Khayal Baz Sherzai told Afghan Islamic Press that unidentified armed men opened fi...

KHOST (AIP): A soldier of Afghan National Army was killed and another sustained injures in a mine blast in Bak district of southeaster Khost province today (March 20), an ANA officer said Saturday. Zaheer Wardak, a high-ranking officer of Afghan...

KABUL (AIP): 1st Deputy President of Afghanistan Marshall Muhammad Qaseem Fahim along with a delegation has arrived in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of northern Balkh province. Informed sources in Kabul told Afghan Islamic Press that the deputy presiden...

KABUL (AIP): A high level delegation of Hezb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) is engaged in talks with the members of peace commission after its arrival in Kabul today (March 20). Informed sources in Kabul told Afghan Islamic Press that the delegation led by...

KABUL (AIP): As many as 614 employees of interior ministry, including 402 soldiers of Afghan National Army, were killed in separate incidents of violence across the country in the outgoing Afghan year (1388), an interior ministry spokesman said Satur...

KABUL (AIP): Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Kabir Farahi has told the Afghan parliament that the ministry has not received any reports that 3000 Afghans are on death row in Iran. He said that he discussed this issue with the Afghan ambassador to Ir...

JALALABAD (AIP): Two powerful blasts occurred in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday night, according to reports. Jalalabad Radio said in a broadcast that the explosions took place at 08:45 p.m. (local time) at Pushtonistan W...