KABUL: (AIP): The NATO commander in Afghanistan General David Petraeus and several Afghan authorities called on the Wardag Governor Muhammad Halim Fidai during their visit to the Maidan Haar, capital of Wardag province, on Monday. The Wardag gover...

KABUL: (AIP): The foreign force killed 20 Taliban during airstrikes in Zadran district of Paktia province, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) press release said on Thursday. A local Taliban spokesman told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) tha...

KABUL: (AIP): AT least 13 persons were killed and 11 more sustained injuries in a road accident on Kabul-Jalalabad highway near the Sarubi bazaar on Thursday. A former official of Kabul told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that 13 persons, including th...

KABUL (AIP): The holy month of Ramadan begins today (Wednesday) in Afghanistan following announcement by Supreme Court of the country late Tuesday. A statement released by the Supreme Court said the Ramadan moon had been sighted in Saudi Arabia, t...

HERAT (AIP): A suicide bomber detonated prematurely inside a mosque in Farah City today (Aug. 11), killing himself and another person, police said Wednesday. The incident happened at approximately 10:30 a.m. (local time) when the would-be suicide...

GHAZNI (AIP): At least eight people including children were killed and five others wounded during separate insurgency related incidents yesterday (Aug. 10) in Ghazni, Helmand and Logar provinces, ISAF and Afghan officials said Wednesday. A civili...

KABUL: (AIP): An ISAF servicemember died following attack of armed opponents in south of Afghanistan on Wednesday, International Security Assistance Force press release said. The release did not mention identity of the dead soldier and site of the...

KABUL: (AIP): An ISAF servicemember died following attack of armed opponents in south of Afghanistan on Wednesday, International Security Assistance Force press release said. The release did not mention identity of the dead soldier and site of the...

KABUL: (AIP): At least 20 Taliban were arrested in separate incidents in Zabul, Wardag, Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) press release said Wednesday. The ISAF press release said 15 opponents were ar...

KABUL: (AIP): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Wednesday claimed to have killed nine opponents in Wardag province. The ISAF press release said the combined force came under attack by armed opponents in Chak district of Wardag pro...