GHAZNI (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed three suspected Taliban during joint operation last night in the Qarabagh district of Ghazni province, police said Thursday (Jan. 21). The combined force raided a house in Baran Qala area of Qarabagh...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan Border Police (ABP) on Thursday (Jan. 21) claimed to have arrested a man trying to smuggle three kg of heroin to India. Col. Abdul Razzaq of border police while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press said that ABP personnel...

KHOST (AIP): An explosion left three Afghan youths wounded in Khost city today (Jan. 21), a police official said Thursday. The explosion occurred at around 05:00 p.m. (local time) at Khabashkhela area in the north part of the city when a powerful...

KHOST (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday (Jan. 20) claimed they had killed two police during an attack last night in the Zarmat district of Paktia province. Taliban attacked a police post in the Ibrahimkhel area of Zarmat district, killing two police and...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban claimed they had inflicted losses of lives and property on foreign forces during direct and roadside bomb attacks in eastern and southern Afghanistan Jan. 20. Taliban attacked a base of foreign forces in the Gantali area of Na...

HERAT (AIP): Afghan officials claimed Wednesday (Jan. 20) that 15 Taliban were killed during air strike and ground operation by Afghan and foreign forces in the Bala Murghab district of western Badghis province last night. US special forces accomp...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Interior ministry provided six vehicles including five fire engines and an ambulance to the fire department of Helmand province. Asadullah Sherzad, police chief of Helmand province, told journalists that the fire engines and the...

KABUL (AIP): Personnel of counter-narcotics police seized some 1129 kg narcotics during separate operations in southern Helmand and Kandahar provinces yesterday (Jan. 19), interior ministry said Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the in...

KABUL (AIP): The new foreign minister Dr. Zalmay Rasooli was formally introduced to his subordinates by Second Deputy President Muhammad Karim Khalili. In this connection, a ceremony was held here on Tuesday (Jan. 19) which was also attended by fo...

KABUL (AIP): Three health clinics constructed with the financial assistance of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) were opened Tuesday (Jan. 19) in the eastern Laghman province. Said Ahmad Safi, spokesman of governor Laghman, told Afghan Isl...