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...

KANDAHAR (AIP): At least 17 passengers sustained injured when a coaster rolled over in Shehr-e-Safa district of Zabul province today (Dec. 14), an official said Monday. Ghulam Jilani Farahi, security in-charge of Zabul police department told Afgha...

KUNDUZ (AIP): A suspected Taliban fighter was killed while three more were detained today (Dec. 14) during a clash with police in northern Takhar province, police said Monday. Provincial Police Chief Ziauddin Mahmoodi told Afghan Islamic Press tha...

KABUL (AIP): Chairman US Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen called on the Afghan President Hamid Karzai here on Monday (Dec. 14) and discussed matters of mutual interest. According to a statement issued by the presidential office said tha...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan lower house of parliament Monday (Dec. 14) decided not to approve nominated ministers having double citizenship. Voting was held in Welesi Jirga on the issue in which a clear cut majority of 115 members of the parliament voted...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai will welcome a high ranking British official in Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand province today (Dec. 13), informed sources said Sunday. More details to follow soon

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai will welcome a high ranking British official in Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand province today (Dec. 13), informed sources said Sunday. A little while earlier, Helmand Governor Muhammad Gulab...