HERAT (AIP): A border police was killed and two an alleged smugglers were wounded during a clash in the western Herat last night. Commander of 4the border corps of western zone, General Rahmatullah Safi told Afghan Islamic Press that a clash took...

HERAT (AIP): Health Minister Sayyed Muhammad Amin Fatimi opened a newly constructed burn unit at Herat Hopital yesterday (Oct. 07). The burn unit was constructed at a cost 700,000 US dollar in a period of one year. Besides senior Afghan officia...

KABUL (AIP): An Afghan child was killed and two more were injured today (Oct 8) in Khost province in unclear circumstances, said an ISAF press release issued here Monday. The release said that at this time, it was unclear as to exactly how the i...

KABUL (AIP): A would-be suicide bomber was shot dead before he could blow himself up, who entered police headquarters in police uniform in center of Logar province, police said Sunday. In-charge of crime branch of Logar province, Qudratullah Ar...

KUNAR (AIP): A large number of people held a protest demonstration in Soki district of Kunar province against foreign troops for killing two civilians during a clash with armed Taliban militants, sources told AIP on Sunday. The people from variou...

KABUL (AIP): A senior Taliban commander was arrested during a detention operation in Helmand province this morning by ISAF, said a press release issued here on Sunday (Oct 7).The Taliban group targeted in the operation had been planning further attac...

JALALABAD (AIP): Ningarhar governor, Gul Agha Sherzai, has directed all the districts chiefs to go all-out against poppy cultivation in their respective areas, urging elite, tribal leaders and growers to play their due role in eradication of this men...

HERAT (AIP): Some unidentified armed assailants stormed into the house of a tribal elder yesterday (Oct 6), afternoon and shot him dead besides injuring four others in Lash Joen district of Farah province, police said on Sunday (Oct 7). Provincial...

KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion killed two police in Khost province today (Oct. 06), a health official said Saturday. A bomb was exploded on a police vehicle in the Khoni Khwar area between Khost City and Yaqubi district, killing two police...

KABUL (AIP): A suicide bomber struck a US convoy in Kabul today (Oct. 06), killing one coalition soldier, and five Afghan civilians, coalition and Afghan interior ministry spokesman said Saturday. One coalition soldiers was injured in the attack a...