KABUL (AIP): Police evacuated 600 passenger trapped in snow on Kabul-Kandahar highway today (Jan. 08), interior ministry said Tuesday. A statement issued by the interior ministry said 600 passengers strapped in snow in Kotal Takhat area, near Mai...

KHOST (AIP): Like other provinces of the country, torrential rains destroyed houses blocked roads and faced people with severe problems in southeastern Paktia province. Heavy downpours destroyed 25 houses and killed dozens of livestock in the Jani...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Governor of southern Kandahar province, Asadullah Khalid opened a bridge during a ceremony on Tuesday (Jan. 08). The bridge linking Zehri with Pajwayee district was recently built on Arghandab River. It is said that the bridge...

KABUL (AIP): Hundreds of Afghan pilgrims, stranded at Jeddah Airport after performing Hajj rituals, have been facing severe hardships as Kam Air line failed to bring them back to Afghanistan as per schedule. "Pilgrims scheduled to be flown to Afgh...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan authorities appointed a former Taliban commander as chief of the Musa Qala district of Helmand province which was recaptured by ISAF and Afghan forces from Taliban last month, reports said Tuesday (Jan. 08) Mullah Abdul Sala...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Two Canadian troops were killed in a road mishap in the southern Kandahar province yesterday evening (Jan. 06), a PRT spokesperson said Monday. The vehicle traveling in by the Canadian troops, serving under the Provincial Reconstru...

KABUL (AIP): Two civilians were found dead and five others injured after a clash between Taliban and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops in Uruzgan Province Jan. 4 evening, an ISAF statement said Monday (Jan. 07). Tali...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Government terminated the services of 273 police personnel of southwest zone for negligence, corruption and robbery charges during the past two months, an official said Sunday (Jan. 06). Head of outhwest police zone, Ghulam Ali Wah...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Five people were killed and four others wounded during separate attacks in the southern Helmand province yesterday (Jan. 06), police said Monday. A roadside bomb struck a police vehicle in the Nad Ali district, killing one police o...

KABUL (AIP): One Coalition soldier was killed and two others wounded in a roadside bomb explosion the Kot District of eastern Nangarhar Province today (Jan. 07), a coalition statement said late Monday. "The servicemembers were responding to an I...