KABUL (AIP): A roadside bomb killed two police officers and wounded another cop yesterday (April 20) in Mosahi district of Kabul province, interior ministry said Wednesday. The incident happened in Qala Abdur Rauf area of Mosahi district when a po...

KABUL (AIP): A soldier of Afghan National Army (ANA) was killed in Taliban attack yesterday in Kuna province and 12 suspects were detained in Kandahar province, defence ministry said Wednesday. The ANA soldier was wounded in heavy weapons attack b...

HERAT (AIP): Foundation stone of hostel of Afghan-Turk high school was laid in Herat province Wednesday. Kamran Taqwa, media officer, Herat education department, told Afghan Islamic Press that the hostel would be constructed at a spending of 800,0...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Unidentified gunmen abducted eight workers of a local construction company today (April 20) in northern Kunduz province, an official said Tuesday. Mahboobullah Saeedi, spokesman of governor Kunduz, told Afghan Islamic Press that the...

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai appointed Abdul Qayum Katwazay as new deputy chief of National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghan spy agency, state TV reported Tuesday (April 20). Katwazai also served as intelligence chief of Kandahar province...

KUNDUZ (AIP): A traffic accident left four people dead and 26 others wounded today (April 20) in Takhar province, an official said Tuesday. The incident happened in Kalafgan district when a passenger bus coming to Badakhshan province from Takhar c...

MAZAR SHARIF (AIP): A mild earthquake hit northern Afghanistan last night, killing at least seven people and wounding 15 more, police said Monday (April 19). The quake with the intensity of 5.3 struck Ravi Duab, Dara Sauf Bala and Dara Sauf Payan...

KABUL (AIP): A team of Wolesi Jirga led by its speaker Muhammad Younus Qanooni held in-camera meeting with President Hamid Karzai today (April 19) on proposed controversial electoral law. Talking to journalists after the meeting which lasted for o...

KABUL (AIP): A soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) was killed and three more wounded in an explosion today (April 19) near Khwaja Rawash Airport in capital Kabul, defence ministry said Monday. The ANA soldiers were busy in getting training of h...

GHAZNI (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed 13 Taliban and a local civilian earlier today (April 19) in Ghazni province, police said Monday. Combined force raided a house in Begikhel area of Qarabagh district, killing 13 suspected Taliban inclu...