PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Tuesday (Dec. 26) said the two foreign diplomats declared by pesona non grata by Afghan government, were the enemy of Taliban. Afghan government on Dec. 25 declared two high-ranking foreign employees - Mervyn Patterson o...

KABUL (AIP): One person was killed and three others were wounded in a mine blast in southern Kandahar province on Monday (Dec 24), said a Defense Ministry statement issued here Tuesday. Four civilians, who were given a mine by the Taliban to plac...

KABUL (AIP): Two armed highwaymen were apprehended on Samangan-Mazar Sharif highway on the night of 23-24 December, said a statement issued by Afghan interior ministry on Tuesday. The statement said two highwaymen who were planning to rob people...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Foreign forces opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Qalat, capital of Zabul province today (Dec. 25), injuring the driver, police said Tuesday. The vehicle driving by a local Afghan national was rushing towards special foreign forc...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan security personnel have arrested four people for their alleged involvement in the Baghlan explosion, an official said Tuesday (Dec. 25). A bloody explosion killed over 70 people including six members of parliament and around 100 w...

KABUL (AIP): An ISAF soldier was slightly injured during a clash with rebel Taliban militants in eastern Kunar province yesterday afternoon (Dec 23), a spokesman for ISAF said Monday. He said the soldier was treated for minor shrapnel wounds at a...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban have rejected a NATO claim that a rebel commander Asadullah has been arrested during an operation in southeastern Paktia province. Zabihullah Mujahid, who claims to speak for the Taliban, told AIP on Monday (Dec 24) that no...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban said Monday (Dec 24) they killed all the hostages including two police, two ANA soldiers and two drivers of logistic vehicles, who they kidnapped in the past week. A Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AIP over phone...

KANDAHAR (AIP): At least four persons including a police man were killed and four more were injured in two separate incidents in southern Kandahar province, police said Sunday (Dec 23). In the first incident, a mine hit a civilian vehicle in Daha...

KHOST (AIP): NATO-led ISAF forces during a cleanup operation in southeastern Paktika province claimed to have arrested a key Taliban commander Mullah Asadullah during last night clashes (Dec 22-23). ISAF press office told AIP that the operation...