PESHAWAR (AIP): French Ambassador to Afghanistan Tuesday visited eastern Jalalabad City and called on governor Nangarhar and other officials. AIP stringer in Jalalabad said that the French ambassador arrived by road from Kabul, and attended a gathering organised by elders, local chieftains and l...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Authorities of Jalalabad City, Nangarhar province recovered 70 kg heroin from a truck on Tuesday and arrested two persons, an official said. Talking to newsmen at Jalalabad, director of Anti-Drug Cell in Nangarhar Mr. Ahmad Shah Heemat said they had been tipped off that heroin was...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A grand meeting of 22 district in-charges, elders and local chieftains was held in eastern Jalalabad City on Tuesday regarding prevention of poppy cultivation in Nangarhar province. Speaking on the occasion, Governor of Nangarhar Deen Muhammad said called upon the people no to cu...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday claimed several US and Afghan soldiers were killed on Sunday night in Kandahar, Zabul and Khost provinces. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP over phone from an undisclosed location that five Afghan soldiers were killed when Taliban attacked...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Counting of votes have completed in Oruzgan and Helmund according to initial results Hamid Karzai achieved landslide victory in both the provinces. According to detail 61540 votes were poled in Oruzgan province out of which 497 were declared invalid. Hamid Karzai got 46702 vo...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Officials of anti-narcotics department on Saturday seized 17 km heroin in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said Sunday. Director of the department Ahmad Shah Heemat told journalists at Jalalabad that the security forces recovered the heroin from a house at Behar village, ab...

PESHAWAR (AIP): An Afghan soldier died of drinking toxic liquor while four others fainted on Thursday (Oct. 21) in eastern Kunor province. The sources told AIP from Asadabad, capital of Kunor that five Afghan soldiers got drunk at the army center where the US forces were also based. One sold...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban shot dead a district election official in Oruzgan province, an official alleged Sunday. Talking to AIP over phone provincial election in-charge Haji Atequllah said that Dr. Muhammad Ibraheem was an election official of Khas Oruzgan district was killed while his two sons w...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Saturday claimed to have killed four US soldiers in a mine explosion in eastern Nangarhar province. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP over phone that that Taliban destroyed a vehicle of US forces at Wazeer area, Khogyani district, Jalalabad, killin...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Thursday night claimed to have shot down an American helicopter in Herat province. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi phoned AIP that the helicopter was shot down at Taiwara area. He also claimed that two vehicles of US forces were destroyed on Wednesda...