KUNDUZ: (AIP): Two persons were killed and six cops injured when clashes erupted between residents and anti-narcotics police in Drayam district in Badakhshan province on Sunday when the later wanted to destroy cookine crops in Daamjan village. An...

JALALABAD: (AIP): Two foreign troops were killed following small-arms attack in southern parts of Afghanistan on Sunday (June 27), said a statement issued by the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) press office in Kabul. The statement,...

KABUL (AIP): An explosion happened near foreign ministry building in the Afghan capital Kabul today (June 26), but there were no details of the damage, eyewitnesses Saturday. Eyewitnesses told Afghan Islamic Press that the blast occurred at approxim...

KABUL (AIP): Interior ministry said Saturday that three civilians and seven Taliban were killed during separate explosions on June 24 in Helmand province. The interior ministry said in a press release that an explosion killed two civilians and wou...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai submitted a list of seven nominated ministers to Welesi Jirga Saturday (June 26) which will hold voting whether to approve the cabinet nominees or not. The list of the nominees includes, Gen. Bismullah M...

HERAT (AIP): A mine blast left a civilian dead and two others wounded today (June 26) in Rabat Sangi district of western Herat province, an official said Saturday. A civilian car travelling to Herat City from Rabat Sangi district struck a mine in...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): At least three persons were killed in a road accident in Baghlan province early Saturday (June 26). The spokesman for the regional police told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that two over-speeding vehicles collided head on with each...

HERAT: (AIP): The Afghan authorities Thursday (June 26) said the combined forces gunned down 10 Taliban and injured seven others in separate operations in Maqar district in Badghes province. The western zone police chief spokesman Abdul Rauf Ah...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): A suicide bomber exploded himself near the vehicle of Uruzgan Governor Khudai Rahim in Trinkot on Saturday (June 26). However, the governor escaped unhurt in the explosion. The Uruzgan Governor Khudai Rahim, when contacted by the Afg...

KHOST (AIP): Taliban on Friday (June 25) claimed they have caused heavy losses of life and property to foreign forces during an attack on a combined base of Afghan and foreign troops last nigh in Sabari district of Khost province. Local officials, ho...