PESHAWAR (AIP): The chief commander of 27-army division who had been injured in a clash between security guards of governor Zabul and local policemen succumbed to his injuries at Qallat, capital of Zabul province last night. Talking to AIP today morning, spokesman of 27-army division col. Qudratul...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The office of United Nation Higher Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) came under attack from unknown persons in southern Afghan province on Monday night, reports said. Eyewitnesses told AIP from Kandahar that the attackers who were traveling in a vehicle, hurled a bomb and later opened...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least seven persons including an official of an intelligence agency were killed in a rocket attack in Khost on Saturday morning, reports said. AIP sources said that some unidentified-armed men attacked a vehicle of Khost Intelligence Agency at Mandezi area, Khost-Gardez Highway,...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A government spokesman in Khost province said that the two fighters, who had killed an intelligence officer, were Arab nationals. Mr. Hayatullah, spokesman of Khost Governor told AIP on Saturday evening that an intelligence officer Hayatullah was killed in an attack by some unknown...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A bomb exploded near the house of British nationals situated in eastern part of Afghan capital Kabul today (Thursday) morning, reports said. AIP sources said that the blast took place at Shash Darak, eastern part of Kabul, damaging a wall and smashing glasses of the house. The expl...

PESHAWAR (AIP): American and Afghan forces have launched a joint operation in Dey Chopan area of Zabul province on Sunday, reports said. Talking to AIP today (Monday), Maulvi Muhammad Omer, deputy governor of Zabul said that the US and Afghan forces reached Dey Choppan area from Kandahar and starte...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Five persons were injured when a bomb exploded in a hotel situated opposite to Jalalabad Customs House last night (Friday), reports said. The bomb exploded in a hotel located opposite to Jalalabad Customs House at Torkhum-Jalalabad Highway, 1500 meters far from the airport and about...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Scores of students of Nangarhar University (NU) Wednesday staged a demonstration in eastern Afghan city, demanding a central government for Afghanistan. The demo held at Daronta (Kabul-Jalalabad highway), Nangarhar University, about eight kilometers west of Jalalabad city. The pro...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Chief commander of Nangarhar Armed Corps No-1 has appointed colonel Khan Wali as acting commander of army division No 100, reports said. Police chief of Laghman Muhammad Zaman Momozai told AIP today that General Hazrat Ali who is also chief commander of armed corps No-1 appointed co...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Six Afghan soldiers died in an exchange of fire at a maternity hospital as U.S. soldiers tried to arrest a military commander in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, witnesses said. U.S. soldiers blocked access to the hospital after the clash, but people who said they s...