KABUL (AIP): The Tripartite Commission, composed of senior military and diplomatic representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Coalition Forces in Afghanistan, and the NATO International Security Assistance Force, held its 18th meeting Aug. 23 here, say a press release issued by the coalition f...

KABUL (AIP): Coalition and Afghan forces conducted a pre-dawn raid on a compound August 22 and arrested three suspects, a coalition statement said Tuesday. It said the compound was housing suspects near Paru Khail village in Khost province. Three suspects were taken into custody and assorte...

KHOST (AIP): Unidentified gunmen attacked a school in Paktia province last night. However, local volunteer militia repelled the attackers, security official said Tuesday (August 22). Security chief of Paktia province, Matiullah Rahmati, told Afghan Islamic Press that some unknown gunmen attack Kh...

KANDAHAR (AIP): An explosion occurred near a NATO vehicle closed to the office of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Kandahar today (August 22). Casualties feared in the explosion. No details of casualties were available as NATO and Afghan forces have cordoned off the area. Sounds of sm...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Tuesday (August 22) reported the killing of two coalition soldiers in Laghman province today. Coalition forces, however, rejected these reports. Spokesman of Taliban fighters, Dr. Muhammad Hanif, phoned the office of Afghan Islamic Press from an undisclosed location and...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Four NATO troops were wounded as a suicide car bomber rammed his explosive laden car into the convoy of NATO forces in Kandahar today (August 22), a spokesman of NATO-led ISAF said Tuesday. It was a suicide attack mounted on NATO troops in Komanda area of Kandahar city, spokesman o...

JALALABAD (AIP): Three rockets landed in a district headquarters of Laghman Province last night, causing no damage, police said Tuesday (August 22). Police Chief of Laghman province, Muhammad Leqa Inderabi, while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press said, "Three rockets fired from and unknown lo...

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai expressed deep grief and sorrow over the unfortunate death of 58 people in Egypt. According to reports, one commuter train slammed into another at about 7 a.m. at the edge of a cornfield outside this town 20 kilometers north of Cairo, killing at least 58 peopl...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Tuesday (August 22) admitted that two of their fighters were killed and three others wounded during ISAF air strike in Zabul last night. Spokesman of Taliban fighters, Qari Muhammad Yousaf, phoned the office of Afghan Islamic Press and said ISAF aircraft pounded Taliban...

KABUL (AIP): German Foreign Minister Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that Germany is dedicated to further strengthen its ties with Afghanistan. German Foreign Minister was on his visit to Afghan capital Kabul. He met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his counterpart Dr Rangen Dad Spanta in Kabul. M...