PESHAWAR (AIP): Three persons including a local judge and intelligence were killed on Sunday in an attack in restive Helmond province, an official confirmed. A Helmund official Mohiauddin told AIP that three persons including a local judge and intelligence official were killed by unknown gunmen...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Four heroin factories were destroyed by Afghan forces in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, police said. A police official of Acheen district told AIP that four heroin factories were eliminated during an operation at Loee Ghar and Damgal Darra, Acheen district. He said th...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Hundreds of houses were affected due to rising of water level in Kunor River on Saturday. According to reports, many houses situated near the river were affected at Noor Gul, Khas Kunor, Pashad, Soakey and Narang districts. Hundreds of acre agricultural land, small bridges, roads...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said that they had killed a suspected US spy in Uruzgan province on Sunday. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP that Saadi Gul was reportedly involved in spying for the Americans. He said that Taliban arrested and later slaughtered him at Siah Choee...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A fire broke out at an Inn in Kabul, causing thousands of rupees loss on Saturday. Eyewitnesses told AIP from Kabul that the fire erupted at central part of the capital. The witnesses said that the fire was extinguished after hectic efforts made by firefighter. Ends

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban dismissed the claim that their three fighters had been killed and claimed that three Afghan soldiers were killed in Zabul province. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP on Saturday that Taliban torched three government security posts after capturing th...

PESHAWAR (AIP): One police killed and five others including district in-charge wounded in a bomb blast in southern Helmund province on Friday, an official said. A government spokesman in Helmund Muhammad Wali told AIP that car of district in-charge of Khak-e-Nesheen, Shah Jehan hit a landmine, k...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have killed four Afghan soldiers on Friday night in southern Kandahar province. Taliban spokesman Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP that their fighters attacked Mianesheen district, about 85 kilometers south of Kandahar city and killed four government soldiers...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The newly appointed police chiefs of Nangarhar and Zabul provinces have started work after taking charge of their offices on Saturday. A high ranking official of Interior Ministry Humayun Asfee introduced the new police chief of Ningarhar General Khalilullah Zyayi at a gathering...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The foundation stone of a bridge to be built over River Ammu between Afghanistan and Tajikistan was laid by President Hamid Karzai and President Imam Ali Rahmanove on Saturday. The ceremony was held in Kundoz province attended, by outgoing US ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khal...