PESHAWAR (AIP): One person was killed and another injured in rocket attack on Armed Corps No-3 at Gardez last night (Monday). The chief commander of Armed Corps No-3 Major General Attiquallah said that a rocket was fired at a military brigade, killing one person and while injuring another. He...

PESHAWAR: (AIP) A fire which broke out two days before (Saturday night February 22) in a store of multi-national company in Jalalabad, has not been controlled yet, inflicting millions of dollars loss on the company. Reports reaching here on Monday said that the fire engulfed the store of the c...

PESHAWAR(AIP): Zadran tribesmen have blocked Khost-Gardez highway as a protest against impounding of their vehicles by the local authorities in Khost. Reports reaching here said that the road has been blocked for the last three days at Lak Tega area, 30km away from Khost. The AIP sources said...

PESHAWAR: A 45-year old man committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun at village Sarkay, district Zarmat, in Paktia. According to Pashto weekly Nan, published from Jalalabad, one Sakhee Jan committed suicide due to financial problems. The deceased Sakhee Jan who shot himself dead, was fat...

PESHAWAR: A vehicle of the US troops hit a landmine in Paktia Province on Wednesday. According to details, an American military vehicle struck a landmine, planted in village Mulla Qilla in district Zarmat. The authorities in the district did not say anything about the casualties; however, they co...

PESHAWAR: US forces have seized a huge cache of missiles and other heavy weapons in village Nazyaan, 60km east of Jalalabad few days back. Reports reaching here said that the American troops recovered 100 missiles and other heavy weapons from the house of one Khan Zali, residing in village Nazyaan....

PESHAWAR: A function was held at a school for boys in Qilla Janan, Behsud area near Jalalabad on Sunday. The function was attended by the deputy governor of Ningarhar Dr. Muhammad Asif, Indian Counsel General Ramish Chandera, Afghan and UN officials. Reports said that each student of school...

PESHAWAR (AIP): NWFP government has released 37 Afghan prisoners from Central Jail Peshawar who were involved in minor crimes on Monday morning. The Afghan Consular Abdul Khalaq Farahi, NWFP minister for education and other officials were also present on the occasion. Speaking on this occasion, t...

PESHAWAR: One Afghan soldier was killed when his comrade opened fire on him across the Torkhum border on Monday. Reports reaching here said that the slain Nasir Khan was killed by his colleague for unknown reasons. The motive behind the incident could not be ascertained. Ends

Serial No 53 PESHAWAR (AIP): Seven people, including three children and two women were killed when roofs of a house collapsed in Kunar province last night (Saturday). Reports reaching here said that a two-storey building caved in due to torrential rains in village Goro, Munogi district, killin...