PESHAWAR (AIP): Baghlan police said that commander Jalaluddin whose ammunition depot caught fire on Monday was disarmed under DDR programme recently. A police official of Baghlan General Sayed Afandi told AIP that six houses and a mosque were destroyed in the explosion, killing 28 people and wou...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Police claimed to have arrested three suspects allegedly involved in killing of three women in Baghlan province on Monday. Police official of Baghlan General Sayed Afandi told AIP that the accused were being grilled. He said the detainees included two military officials disarmed...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A blast rocked outside area of provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Kandahar City on Monday, causing no casualties. The AIP sources from Kandahar said that the explosion took place in front of PRT office on the roadside, however, it did not cause any damage. Police sources...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Commander of 100th army division Laghman General Asmatullah Mohabat has been released by the American forces from Bagram Airbase on Sunday. The general was freed along with other Afghans after remaining in custody of the US forces for 17 months. Mr. Mohabat was arrested by th...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A mine explosion on Saturday left three high ranking government officials dead in Kunor province, governor said. Talking to AIP, Governor of eastern Kunor province Asadullah Wafa said that the incident occurred at Dara Peech when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb. The governo...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have killed 20 soldiers of Afghan National Army during a clash in Zabul province on Friday. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP that clashes started at 11:00 am today which are still going on at Tangi Charan locality of troubled Dai Chopan d...

April 29, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): A bomb placed by unknown miscreants near a school was defused in northern Faryab province on Friday. Governor of Faryab Aamer Abdul Lateef told AIP that the bomb had been placed at the backside of police headquarters near a school in Maymana, capital of the provinc...

PESHAWAR (AIP): An American soldier was injured during an operation against Taliban in Zabul province on Friday, police said. A police official of Dai Chopan district Shah Mehmood told AIP the US and Afghan forces launched an operation during which the soldier was injured at Tang-e-Chaneraan....

PESHAWAR (AIP): American forces on Wednesday freed 10 Afghan civilians who had been detained four days ago in eastern Nangarhar province, an official confirmed Thursday. The official told AIP on condition of anonymity that US forces had detained the civilians in Khogyani district on Sunday (April...

April 27, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Spokesman of governor Zabul Gulab Shah Ali Khail said that a Taliban commander was arrested by Afghan National Army at Dai Chopan area on Tuesday. Talking to AIP on Wednesday, the spokesman said that Mulla Momin, who was an official in Ningarhar Army Corps during T...