KABUL (AIP): Five Afghan civilians were killed and two more wounded in air strike by ISAF forces in the Zehri district of Kandahar province yesterday (Feb. 15), ISAF and Afghan officials said Tuesday. A combined patrol saw some people digging eart...

HERAT (AIP): A tribal leader, abducted some 20 days ago was found dead in Guzra district of western Herat province today (Feb. 16), sources said Tuesday. An operative of provincial National Intelligence department told Afghan Islamic Press on cond...

KANDAHAR (AIP): At least three policemen were killed and five others wounded when the vehicle, they were traveling in, hit a roadside bomb in southern Kandahar province today (Feb. 16), police said Tuesday. Provincial Police Chief Sardar Muhammad...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Monday (Feb. 15) claimed they had inflicted heavy losses of life and property on foreign troops during separate attacks in Afghanistan. ISAF, however, denied any damage to their equipments and troops. Taliban mounted eight att...

HERAT (AIP): Residents of the Bakwa district of Farah province held a protest rally Monday (Feb. 15) against the killing of 10 civilians by Afghan and foreign forces two days back. A local resident told Afghan Islamic Press that women and childre...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Afghan defence minister and NATO commander visited today (Feb. 15) Nad Ali district of Helmand province. A high-level team comprising of Afghan Defence Minister General Abdur Rahim Wardak, Interior Minister Muhammad Hanif Atmar,...

KABUL (AIP): US President Barack Obama continuously is monitoring Marja operation launched by scores of foreign and Afghan forces on Saturday. A spokesman for the white house told media that the president was being briefed on the ongoing operation...

KABUL (AIP): A soldier of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed by an IED strike in southern Afghanistan today (Feb. 14), the NATO-led force said Sunday. The alliance, however, did not disclose the nationality of the fallen sol...

KABUL (AIP): One person was killed and four others sustained injuries in a collision between a car and a truck in Medan-e-Shehr, capital of Wardak province yesterday (Feb. 13), a spokesman said Sunday. Shahidullah Shahid, spokesman of Wardak gover...

KABUL (AIP): Twelve Afghan civilians were killed when two rockets fired by ISAF forces landed 300 meters off their target in Nadali district of Helmand province today (Feb. 14), ISAF said Sunday.