KANDAHAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a mayor, his three sons and an engineer in the Gereshk district of Helmand province today (Aug. 22), an official said Wednesday. Mayor of Gereshk, Dur Ali Khan, was on way to the city with his three so...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi slightly injure during a clash in Helmand province yesterday (Aug. 21). "I suffered minor injuries during a clash in Joshali, Helmand province but now I am well," Qari Muhammad Yousaf A...

JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban dressed in Afghan National Army uniform attack ISAF base in Noristan province early today (Aug. 22), killing two ANA soldiers and wounding 11 ISAF troops. A statement issued by ISAF Wednesday did not identify the location...

KABUL (AIP): Four people were killed and seven others wounded when a suicide bomber crashed his explosive laden car into the motorcade of governor Khost today (Aug. 22), interior ministry said Wednesday. A statement issued by interior ministry sai...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday (Aug. 22) claimed they had captured a Rashidan district of Ghazni province and intelligence of the district. Spokesman of Taliban Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi phoned Afghan Islamic Press from an undisclosed loca...

HERAT (AIP): Afghan police ambushed a group of Taliban in the western Farah province last night, killing six Taliban, an official said Tuesday (Aug. 21). The group consisting of approximately 50 Taliban wanted to attack district headquarter of Gul...

KHOST (AIP): A gypsy was killed and four police were wounded in two separate explosions in Khost province last night, police said Tuesday (Aug. 21). Unidentified assailants hurled hand-grenades at the tints of gypsies in Hindwano village, Khost, i...

GHAZNI (AIP): Police claimed they had killed nine Taliban in two separate clashes in Ghazni province Tuesday (Aug. 21). Police chief of Ghazni province, General Ali Shah Ahmadzai, while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press said Taliban attacked...

HERAT (AIP): An Iranian girl who was abducted by unknown people, was recovered last night in Farah province, an official said Tuesday (Aug. 21). The girl, hailing from the Khurasan province of Iran, was abducted 10 days back and recovered by polic...

KABUL (AIP): Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a district chief in Logar province last night, security sources said Tuesday (Aug. 21). District chief Khawar, Mirza Muhammad was picked up after an attack on his house, sources told Afghan Islamic Press....