LASHKARGAH (AIP): Mine explosion and Taliban attack left three workers of a security company dead while six vehicles destroyed in southern Helmand province yesterday (March 27), a police official said Sunday. A high-ranking official of Helmand pol...

KABUL (AIP): Police foiled a bid to abduct a pro-government prayer leader and killed an alleged kidnapper in Logar province today (March 28), interior ministry said Sunday. According to a statement issued by the interior ministry said that severa...

KABUL (AIP): Personnel of anti-terrorism department of the interior ministry apprehended three suspected terrorists in Parwan province, a spokesman said Sunday. Speaking at a press conference here on Sunday (March 28), Brigadier Abdul Razzaq Amee...

KABUL (AIP): US President Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan on a surprise visit. Well informed sources told Afghan Islamic Press that President Barack Obama met with President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace. It is learnt that th...

KABUL (AIP): Acting Health Minister Suraya Dalil Sunday said that efforts were being made to improve the condition of state-run hospital in the country. She said this while addressing the annual function held by donor agencies in Kabul today (Marc...

HERAT (AIP): Afghan officials claimed Friday (March 26) that 30 Taliban surrendered to government in Shindand district of western Herat province. Sharif Mujaddidi, head of National Reconciliation Programme in western zone, told Afghan Islamic Press t...

JALALABAD (AIP): A traffic accident left one person dead and 17 more wounded today (March 26) in the Chaparhar district of Ningarhar province, health official said Friday. The incident happened in Teerli area when a mini coach collided with a heav...

HERAT (AIP): Poppy crop cultivated over 200 jerab of land in the Shindand district of western Herat was destroyed during the anti poppy drive, an official said Thursday. Lal Muhammad Omarzai, chief of Shindand district, told Afghan Islamic Press t...

KABUL (AIP): Two civilians were killed and four others sustained injuries when rockets reportedly fired by NATO troops struck a house in southeastern Khost province last night (March 24), residents said Thursday. The residents told Afghan Islami...

KABUL (AIP): Two persons, including a woman, were held at Kabul International Airport on charges of smuggling heroin to India, an official said. Muhammad Asif Jabbar, a commander of border police at Kabul Airport told Afghan Islamic Press that 1....