JALALABAD (AIP): Oil-tankers carrying fuel for foreign forces were attacked on Kabul-Jalalabad highway at Rakhmeen Tangi area in Kabul province today (Feb. 02), eyewitnesses said Tuesday. An eyewitness told Afghan Islamic Press that he was travel...

HERAT (AIP): A doctor kidnapped by unknown gunmen a few days back was released last night in exchange for money, a health official said Monday (Feb. 01). Dr. Muhammad Asif Kabir, director health Herat province, told Afghan Islamic Press that the a...

KABUL (AIP): A US soldier was killed today (Feb. 01) in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said Monday. The US soldier serving under the command of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed in a strike of Impro...

KABUL (AIP): A soldier of NATO-run International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) died of wounds sustained during a firefight in southern Afghanistan today (Feb. 01), the military alliance said in a statement issued on Monday. Today four foreign s...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Two soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed and three others sustained injuries in a roadside bomb blast in Uruzgan province today (Jan. 31), an ANA officer said Sunday. General Hameedullah, an ANA commander in Kandahar...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Taliban have been handed over bodies of their comrades killed in a shootout on (Jan. 29) in Lashkargah, capital of restive Helmand province. Muhammadullah Ahmadi, chief of Red Crescent Society told Afghan Islamic Press that he he...

HERAT (AIP): Taliban torched 11 vehicles of World Food Programme (WFP) during an attack on a convoy of 30 vehicles in Maqur district of Badghis province yesterday (Jan. 31), a police official said Sunday. Syed Ahmed Samay, provincial police chief...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Infighting among militiamen in Kunduz city left a commander wounded on Saturday evening, police said Sunday (Jan. 31). Muhammad Razzaq Yaqoobi, provincial police chief told Afghan Islamic Press that a clash took place among militiame...

JALALABAD (AIP): Work on a 4-km long protection wall was started with the financial assistance of 0.5 million USD in Qarghi district of eastern Laghman province today (Jan. 31), a spokesman said Sunday. Syed Ahmed Safi, spokesman of Laghman govern...

HERAT (AIP): Unknown gunmen abducted a doctor last night in Herat city, a health official said Saturday (Jan. 30). Ghulam Saeed Rashid, director health of Herat province, told Afghan Islamic Press that four gunmen force their entry in the house of...