KABUL (AIP): Medicines and food items worth 30,000 USD were handed over to officials in Lashkargah, capital of Helmand province to be distributed among the displaced people of Marja and Nad Ali district today (Feb. 28), interior ministry said Sunday....

KABUL (AIP): A mine explosion left two policemen dead in southern Kandahar province yesterday (Feb. 26), interior ministry said Saturday. The incident occurred in Arghistan district when a police vehicle hit a roadside bomb, leaving two police per...

KABUL (AIP): Anti-poppy drive would be launched in 25 provinces of Afghanistan on 15 March. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday (Feb. 27), Zalmay Afzali, spokesman of anti-narcotics ministry said that the campaign would be run in 25 p...

HERAT (AIP): Two people were wounded in an explosion today (Feb. 26) in the Rabat Sangi district of Herat province, an officials said Friday. Muhammad Asif Sakha, district chief of Rabat Sangi, told Afghan Islamic Press that the explosion was caus...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Three policemen were wounded in Taliban attack in southern Helmand province last night (Feb. 25), police said Friday. Asadullah Sherzad, provincial police chief told Afghan Islamic Press that Taliban attacked a police post at Sa...

KABUL (AIP): A soldier of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed yesterday (Feb. 24) in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said Thursday. The ISAF soldier died in an improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack...

HERAT (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion left a man dead and another wounded today (Feb. 25) in the Dilaram district of western Nimroz province, police said Thursday. Abdul Jabbar Purdali, provincial police chief, told Afghan Islamic Press that the...

JALALABAD (AIP): A vehicle supplying oil to foreign forces was destroyed in an attack last night in the Batikot district of eastern Ningarhar province, eyewitnesses said Thursday (Feb. 25). Passengers who arrived Jalalabad, capital of Ningarhar pr...

HERAT (AIP): Police seized 40 kg opium after a brief clash with alleged smugglers in Lash Joyand district of Farah province last night (Feb. 24), police said Thursday. Muhammad Faqir Askar, provincial police chief told Afghan Islamic Press that t...

KABUL (AIP): A NATO spokesman has said that 40,000 soldiers, including 30,000 US service members would soon arrive in Afghanistan. This he said while addressing a joint press conference along with General Muhammad Tahir Azeemi, spokesman of inter...