PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday attacked the base of US forces with mortar shells in eastern Kunor province yesterday evening. Taliban commander Mulla Muhammad Ismail phoned AIP and that Taliban fired 20 mortars shells at a base of US troops at Manogi district. He said though they had n...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least two rockets fired by unknown persons landed at eastern Jalalabad City on Wednesday night. A resident of Jalalabad told AIP that one rocket landed in east part of the city but caused no damage. ENDS

PESHAWAR (AIP): A key Taliban commander was arrested at Nobahar district, Zabul province on Tuesday, governor claimed. Talking to AIP over phone from Qallat, Governor Khyaal Muhammad Hussaini said that Muhammad Suleman Baheer was arrested along with his four accomplices today. Mr. Hussaini d...

PESHAWAR (AIP): An explosion took place near a tank of American forces in southeastern Paktia province on Monday however there was no information about casualties, eyewitnesses said. An eyewitness told AIP from Zarmat district that a mine blasted near the tank of US forces at Stogan area, Gardez...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three soldiers of Afghan National Army were wounded when a blast erupted in an arms and ammunition depot in southern Kandahar yesterday evening, an official said. A spokesman for Kandahar administration Khalid Pashtoon said that the explosion occurred in arms dump of the soldiers...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two bomb blasts rocked Khost City last night, however, there was no report of casualties. Informed sources told AIP that an explosion took place in front of Khost police headquarters while the second blast occurred behind traffic police headquarters. Authorities of Khost said...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan security forces on Friday launched large-scale search operation to recover three kidnapped foreigners who had been abducted by unknown persons from Afghan capital on Thursday. Three foreign election workers including two women were abducted by unidentified gunmen from Kabu...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A landmine blasted in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday morning but there were conflicting reports about the casualties. A Taliban spokesman Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP on Wednesday afternoon that six or seven American soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a lan...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Governor of Ghor province Qazi Abdul Qadeer Elim has said Thursday that an anti-government commander Ahmad Khan has agreed to hand over heavy weapons following his negotiations with foreign forces. The governor told AIP over phone that progress had been made in talks between co...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday claimed to have killed seven Afghan and American soldiers in Zabul province. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP over phone that the American and Afghan troops launched a clean-up operation against Taliban fighters at Dara-e-Khordak, Dai C...