January 11, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Poppy crop cultivated over hundreds of acres of land were eradicated and growers were charged with violating government ban on poppy in Uruzgan province, an official said. Security chief of Yakhdan district Muhammad Wazeer told AIP on Tuesday that poppy exterminat...

January 10, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Police chief of Uruzgan was injured on Monday when his vehicle hit a landmine in Deharwad district in the province, police said. Rozi Khan, provincial police chief sustained injuries when his vehicle struck a landmine reportedly placed by Taliban in Deharwad distr...

January 10, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Security Chief of Kunduz Mutlaib Baig said that a terrorist act was foiled following arrest of three Afghans who were planning to blast fuel storage of a Chinese company in the province. Talking to AIP, the security chief said that thee Afghans working a Chinese c...

January 09, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Four people were killed on Saturday (January 08) when the residents of two villages exchanged fire over the ownership of a piece land in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. It is leant that a clash erupted between the residents of Huda and Lalma villages w...

January 09, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): One child was killed and two others wounded when a shell dumped in scrap blasted in southeastern Zabul province, governor said Sunday. Zabul Governor Khyaal Muhammad Hussaini told AIP that the shell was collected by children in scrap and dumped in a street at Ali...

January 09, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Laghman security chief on Sunday handed over heavy weapons to the national army under Disarmament and Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programme. General Gul Karam handed over heavy weapons to the government forces at a gathering which was attended by the of...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan agriculture minister Abdul Rameen paid a visit to Jalalabad City and inspected several projects on Sunday. The minister visited Huda Farm, Olive farms, animal husbandry and later left for Kabul. Several agricultural projects initiated by the government in Jalalabad would...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A clash took place between the residents of two villages over the ownership of a piece of land in Jalalabad City on Saturday, however, there was no report of casualties. Residents of Hada and Lalma villages situated 10 km to the south of Jalalabad City exchanged heavy fire which...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have made it clear that they were not involved in Uruzgan-Dehrawad clash which took place between government forces and local people on Wednesday (Jan. 05). Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi called AIP on Friday and said that the clashed occurred due to injust...

January 7, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Paktia police recovered 2,000 km hashish in various raids in the last few days, governor said Friday. Paktia Governor Asadullah Wafa told AIP the hashish worth thousands of US dollars was recovered by police in raid on different places in the province. He said t...