KABUL (AIP): 1st Deputy President of Afghanistan Marshall Muhammad Qaseem Fahim along with a delegation has arrived in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of northern Balkh province. Informed sources in Kabul told Afghan Islamic Press that the deputy presiden...

KABUL (AIP): A high level delegation of Hezb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) is engaged in talks with the members of peace commission after its arrival in Kabul today (March 20). Informed sources in Kabul told Afghan Islamic Press that the delegation led by...

KABUL (AIP): As many as 614 employees of interior ministry, including 402 soldiers of Afghan National Army, were killed in separate incidents of violence across the country in the outgoing Afghan year (1388), an interior ministry spokesman said Satur...

KABUL (AIP): Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Kabir Farahi has told the Afghan parliament that the ministry has not received any reports that 3000 Afghans are on death row in Iran. He said that he discussed this issue with the Afghan ambassador to Ir...

JALALABAD (AIP): Two powerful blasts occurred in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday night, according to reports. Jalalabad Radio said in a broadcast that the explosions took place at 08:45 p.m. (local time) at Pushtonistan W...

JALALABAD (AIP): Two powerful blasts occurred in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday night, causing no casualties, a spokesman said. Abdul Ghafor, spokesman of Nangarhar police department told media that the explosions too...

KHOST (AIP): A child was killed and two more wounded today (March 19) in Nadar Shahkot district of Khost province when an unexploded ordnance they were play with went off, a health official said Friday. Amir Badshah, director of Khost health depar...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Friday (March 19) claimed they had killed 25 foreign troops during separate attacks in Badghis and Helmand provinces. ISAF, however, said there were no casualties to their troops. Taliban involved in a fierce firefight with...

KABUL (AIP): Director of Ningarhar education department, Muhammad Iqbal Azizi, has been appointed as governor of the neighbouring Laghman province, sources said Thursday. Aziz to replace Lutfullah Mashal who was accused of corruption by media repo...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Thursday (March 18) claimed they have fired rockets on Bagram and Jalalabad airports last night causing loss of life and property to foreign forces. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of Taliban, told Afghan Islamic Press that T...