JALALABAD (AIP): A clash between police and anti-government elements claimed the life of a civilian in Kunar province last night, security sources said Friday (Dec. 01). The incident happened in the Narang district of Kunar province as government opponents attacked Lamtak Post. Security forces tol...

KANDAHAR (AIP): The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed a Talib fighter during operations conducted in Helmand province last night, residents said Thursday (Nov. 30). The operation was conducted in the Joshali area of Sangin against a Taliban commander Kaku in which armo...

PESHAWAR (AIP): More than half a million Afghans in Pakistan, including over 270,000 in North West Frontier Province, have been registered in an ongoing government exercise to provide official documentation to Afghans who arrived in Pakistan after the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, says a pres...

KABUL (AIP): Unidentified gunmen attacked a former jehadi commander in Takhar Thursday (Nov. 30), killing his one bodyguard and wounding the commander and another bodyguard, interior ministry said. The unknown assailants opened firing on former jehadi commander Arbab Ali at 7:00 when he was coming...

KABUL (AIP): National Security and border police arrested 10 alleged smugglers during a crackdown on smugglers in Badakhshan province yesterday (Nov. 29), interior ministry said Thursday. The operation was conducted in the Shehr-e-Buzarg district of Badakhshan province and the security forces incl...

JALALABAD (AIP): Police arrested former mayor and director of Hajj and Auqaf Kunar province following the orders of attorney general on different charges of corruption. While addressing a press conference Thursday (Nov. 30), Attorney General of Afghanistan, Abdul Jabar Sabit, the former mayor of...

JALALABAD (AIP): Police on Thursday (Nov. 30) arrested two people on charges of involvement in the killing of district chief and district police chief of Khugyani about one month back. One Noor Hashim was arrested from the Wazir area while another alleged murderer, Sayed Agha was rounded up in the...

KHOST (AIP): Government extended assistance to eight religious schools (Deeni Madaris) in Khost province Thursday (Nov. 30). The aid goods including religious books, mats and several other items were distributed among eight schools, Governor of Khost province, Arsala Jamal said. The governor t...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday (Nov. 29) claimed responsibility of suicide attack in Kandahar and killing two ISAF soldiers in landmine attack in Logar yesterday (Nov.28). A Talib suicide bomber attacked Canadian troops in Panjwaee district of Kandahar yesterday, killing a number of troops...

KABUL (AIP): An Afghan national was killed as ISAF forces fired upon a vehicle approaching towards a joint ISAF and Afghan National Security Force patrol in Panjwee district of Kandahar province today (Nov. 28), says the alliance press release Tuesday. Despite clear signals, including the use of...