KABUL (AIP): Two Afghan soldiers were killed yesterday (Dec. 16) in two separate attacks in Laghman and Kandahar provinces, defence ministry said Wednesday. A soldier of Afghan National Army (ANA) was returning to his duty place after leave when h...

JALALABAD (AIP): Two people were killed in two separate incidents in Ningarhar, and Kunduz province, officials said Wednesday (Dec. 16). A man stabbed to death another person over water dispute in Khwaran area of Khugyani last night, district chi...

KUNDUZ (AIP): A joint military operation by Afghan and foreign forces left a suspected Taliban commander dead and five others wounded in northern Kunduz province today (Dec. 16), police sources said Wednesday. Provincial Police Chief Muhammad Razi...

KABUL (AIP): A heavy explosion happened in a high security zone of capital Kabul today (Dec. 15) but there were no immediate details of the damage, sources said Tuesday. The explosion happened closed to Russian embassy in the high security area of...

KABUL (AIP): A heavy explosion happened in a high security zone of capital Kabul today (Dec. 15) but there were no immediate details of the damage, sources said Tuesday. The explosion happened approximately 9:05 a.m. local time closed to the offic...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Afghan security forces detained four suspected Taliban, including a local commander, during an operation in Takhar province, a police official said Tuesday. Provincial Police Chief Ziauddin Mahmoodi told media that the operation was...

JALALABAD (AIP): Unknown gunmen shot dead a former Jihadi commander along with his son and nephew in eastern Laghman province today (Dec 15), provincial council member said Tuesday. Gulzar Sangarwal, a member of Laghman Provincial Council told Afg...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan Health Minister Syed Muhammad Ameen Fatimi has said that a three-day anti-polio campaign has been launched in 14 provinces in the country. Talking to newsmen in Kabul today (Dec. 15), he said that polio drops would be administe...

KABUL (AIP): A US soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack last night in Oruzgan province, police said Monday. The incident happened in Chatto area of Dehraud district when a roadside bomb exploded near US troops, General Juma Gul Hemmat, prov...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Taliban ambushed police in southern Kandahar province last night, wounding five policemen, an official said Monday (Dec. 14). Haji Abdul Ahad, district chief of Gereshk, told Afghan Islamic Press that Taliban ambushed police patr...