KABUL (AIP): Shiv Shankar Menon, the national security adviser to the Indian prime minister, arrived in Kabul Friday (March 05) and passed on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh message to Afghan President Hamid Karzai. A statement issued by the office...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Heavy floods have destroyed approximately 200 houses and killed dozens of livestock today (March 05) in the northern Baghlan province, an official said Friday. Haqmal, spokesman Baghlan province, told Afghan Islamic Press that the he...

KABUL (AIP): Hezb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) on Thursday claimed that their fighters destroyed a vehicle of foreign forces in a mine blast (March 04) in eastern Laghman province, killing nine soldiers. ISAF, however, rejected the claims Waliullah, spoke...

HERAT (AIP): Operative of National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Thursday (March 04) seized around 160 kg of crystal and detained seven people in this connection in western Herat province, it is learnt. According to details, NDS personnel condu...

KABUL (AIP): A soldier of Afghan National Army (ANA) was killed yesterday (March. 03) in an explosion in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province, defence ministry said Thursday. Two roadside bombs exploded near a vehicle traveling in by ANA troo...

GHAZNI (AIP): Two persons were killed and 12 others injured when a passenger bus overturned in Maqur district of Ghanzi province yesterday (March 03), police said Thursday. Chief of Ghazni police Khyal Baz Sherzai told Afghan Islamic Press that the i...

GHAZNI (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion left two cops dead and another wounded today (March 04) in the Saidabad district of Wardak province, an official said Thursday. The incident occurred before noon in Gul Bedin area of Saidabad district when a...

HERAT (AIP): Operatives of National Directorate of Security (NDS) seized 5,300 kg explosives in separate operations in different regions of Afghanistan, it is learnt. Around 2,000 explosives were confiscated in Sheendand, Adraskan, Injeel and Guzr...

GHAZNI (AIP): A roadside bomb hit a vehicle of a private security company in southern Zabul province today (March 03), leaving two guards wounded, a spokesman said Wednesday. The incident took place in Siyori district, Muhammad Jan Rasooli, spoke...

KABUL (AIP): Two soldiers of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed yesterday (March. 01) in two separate attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan, boosting the numbers of troops killed yesterday to six, the NATO-led force said...