PESHAWAR (AIP): Two Taliban insurgents were captured in a joint operation by Afghan and American forces in southern Afghan city on Tuesday, official said. The deputy commander of 205 army corps Kandahar General Muhammad Sarwar told AIP Wednesday that the joint forces concluded its clean-up operation...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The coalition forces on Monday issued the following press release:  BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - A U.S. Army airborne infantry battalion is preparing to deploy to Afghanistan to provide additional flexibility in the fight against terrorism and to support the National Assembly...

Two persons were killed and one another wounded when an explosion...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban militia on Monday accepted responsibility for killing 12 Afghan soldiers in Paktika province on Sunday. Talking to AIP, student militia spokesman Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi said that they had killed 12 Afghan soldiers in a landmine blast at Jani Khail area yesterday.  Ask...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The coalition forces on Monday issued the following press release:  KABUL, Afghanistan - Senior members of the Afghan National Army's Logistics Command will travel to the United States this week to visit the Army Materiel Command headquarters at Fort Belvoir, Va., and other...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The coalition forces on Monday issued the following press release:  BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Four detainees in the Bagram Airfield detainment facility are unaccounted for, prompting an extensive search here. The detainees were reported missing at approximately 5...

PESHAWAR (AIP): About 800 foreign troops assisted by Afghan forces were searching to hunt down four Arab prisoners escaped from American detention center in Kabul on Monday amid appeal from Taliban militia, requesting people to provide shelter to the escapees.    The police chief of P...

Cleric council member dies of wounds, confirms official July 3, 2005PESHAWAR (AIP): A top member of Afghan cleric council died after received serious wounds in a deadliest attack by unknown gunmen in southern Kandahar City on Sunday, official confirmed.

PESHAWAR (AIP): A top member of Afghan cleric council died after sustaining serious injuries when unknown gunmen opened for on him in southern Kandahar City on Sunday, deputy governor confirmed. Deputy Governor of Kandahar Dr. Humayun told AIP that Maulvi Muhammad Nabi Mesbaah, in-charge of Counc...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Saturday said that their council would decide the fate of American soldiers captured in Kunor province a few days ago. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP by phone that the soldiers were detained when they arrived at Sharak mountainous area after cr...