HERAT (AIP): Police arrested two persons and recovered 62kg crystal from their possession in Ghorban district of western Herat province today (Feb. 09), police said Tuesday. Dilawar Shah Dilawar, security in-charge of provincial police department...

KABUL (AIP): A British soldier serving in International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed by an IED strike in southern Afghanistan yesterday (Feb. 08), the forces said Tuesday. It, however, has not disclosed the exact location of the inc...

KABUL (AIP): Heavy snowfall and rains trapped many passengers along with their vehicles in the northern part of Salang on Kabul-Mazar-e-Sharif Highway yesterday (Feb. 08), a highway official said Tuesday General Rajab Ali, an official at the highw...

HEART (AIP): A policeman killed his colleague and wounded three more late yesterday (Feb. 07) in the western Herat City, a police said Monday. General Ikramuddin Yawar, commander of western police zone in Herat province, told Afghan Islamic Press...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban claimed they had killed four Swedish troops yesterday (Feb. 07) in an explosion and small arms attacks in northern Balkh province. Taliban blew up an armoured vehicle of foreign forces in the Gortepa area of Charbolak distr...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Flash flood caused by heavy rains have killed six people while 10 more were missing in the Shah Walikot district of Kandahar province in last night, governor said Monday. Toryali Vesa, governor of Kandahar province, told Afghan Is...

KABUL (AIP): Counter-narcotics police seized two tons of hashish in Ningarhar province yesterday (Feb. 08), interior ministry said Monday. The interior ministry said in a statement that counter narcotics police raided a house in the Mian Jee Baba...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Tajikistan on Monday (Feb. 08) deported 171 Afghans to Afghanistan, police said. The Afghans who had been detained for committing different crimes were handed over to Afghan officials by team of Tajik justice ministry officials at th...

HERAT (AIP): Two brothers were killed and another person injured in a mine blast in Sheendand district of western Herat province today afternoon (Feb. 08), an official said Monday. Lal Muhammad Umerzai, chief of Sheendand district told Afghan Is...

KABUL (AIP): Gunmen attacked a convoy of French soldiers in Mehmood Raqi, capital of Kapisa province today (Feb. 08), a spokesman said Monday while Hezb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) claimed it carried out the attack. Abdul Haleem Ayyar, spokesman of Kapis...