KABUL (AIP): Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) has announced the names of the successful candidates of Nangarhar Provincial Council. The IEC declared the results on its website, according to which Haji Jamal Khan Qadeer, Fazal-e...

HERAT (AIP): An agreement has been signed between the governor of Herat and Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) today (Dec. 06) to construct emergency unit of Herat Hospital. An official of the PRT said that the project would be completed an est...

KABUL (AIP): Acting minister for counter-narcotics General Kudiadad said that exemplary punishment would be given to poppy growers. Talking to reports in Kabul today Dec. 05, he said that the president issued a decree to give exemplary sentences...

KANDAHAR (AIP) A clash between police and Afghan National Army troops caused casualties to civilian today (Dec. 04) in Uruzgan province, police said Friday. Nabi Khan, security chief of Uruzgan province, confirmed the incident to Afghan Islamic Pr...

JALALABAD (AIP): Five people were killed late yesterday (Dec. 02) in a traffic accident on Torkham-Jalalabad highway, an official said Thursday. The incident happened in Dakah area when a motorcar coming to Jalalabad collided head on with heavy ve...

GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban have allegedly stolen huge quantity of medicines worth millions of afghani in Wardak province on Dec. 01, a health official said Thursday. The medicines aimed for 29 health clinics and centres in Paktika province were loaded...

HERAT (AIP): Four people were killed and three others injured last night (Dec. 02) when two rival groups exchanged fire in Ghor province, a police official said Thursday. Abdul Rasheed Jamshedi, security in-charge of provincial police department t...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday (Dec. 03) praised the outstanding performance of national cricket team in the 12-nation Asia Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup held in Dubai. A statement issued by presidential office said that player...

KABUL (AIP): US President Barack Obama has announced deployment of additional 30,000 troops to war-ravaged Afghanistan. In a speech at US Military Academy in New York, he said that the troops would be deployed to troubled regions to defeat Taliban...

PESHAWAR (AIP): An official of Pakistan navy was killed and four others, including two navy personnel, sustained injures today (Dec. 02) when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the naval headquarters in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. Securi...