KABUL (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former jehadi commander in Baghlan province today (Jan. 04), sources said Friday. The former jehadi commander, Qari Muhammad Alam, was returning to his home after offering Friday prayers when three assa...

KABUL (AIP): Five suspected Taliban were detained in 6th Kandahar City police zone yesterday (Jan. 02), interior ministry claimed Thursday. The Afghan interior stry said in a statement the detained suspects were the residents of Panjwayee district...

JAJALABAD (AIP): Minister for Health, Sayyed Muhammad Amin Fatimi has disclosed that millions of dollars would be spent on the construction of health centres in eastern provinces of Afghanistan. This he said during his visit of eastern provinces w...

MAZAR SHARIF (AIP): A district police chief escaped unhurt in Taliban attack on his residence in the northern Kunduz province last night, an official said Wednesday (Jan. 02). Earlier Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid phoned AIP from an unident...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Doctors of different non-government organizations have overpowered the outbreak of a communicable disease which claimed the lives of eight people in Nimroz province. Dr. Ans-ul-Haq, head BARC NGO in Nimroz told Afghan Islamic Press...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Four separate blasts in southern Afghanistan last night (Jan 1) and today left at least five Taliban and two police men dead while injured five others including an ex-jihadi commander, police said Wednesday. Provincial police chie...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Six Taliban insurgents were killed during an operation in southern Urazgan province on Tuesday (Jan 1), police said. The operation involving Afghan National Army and police backed by international troops was conducted in Charchino...

HERAT (AIP): Herat police handed over 45 different kinds of weapons and ammunition, recovered from different illegal groups and people, to Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) programme during a ceremony today (Jan. 02). General Said Jalal S...

KABUL (AIP): One Coalition soldier and his Afghan interpreter were killed and two coalition soldiers were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Khost province today (Jan. 02), a coalition statement said late Wednesday night. The coalition soldier a...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban and Afghan government have made conflicting claims Tuesday (Jan. 01) about a clash in the Bala Murghab district of western Baghis province last night. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid phoned Afghan Islamic Press from an un...