KABUL: (AIP): Taking the charge as new NATO commander in Afghanistan, General David Patreaus Sunday (July 04) said the foreign forces with assistance of Afghan troops would utilise efforts to maintain law and order in Afghanistan. He said this wh...

KHOST: (AIP): The NATO forces claimed to have gunned down 16 Taliban during attacks the foreign troops conducted on opponents in Spaira district in Khost province to release 12 abducted civilians. The NATO press office told reporters on Sunday (Ju...

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai nominated new spy chief and deputy spy chief of the country, a TV channel said Sunday (July 04). The state-run national television reported that the president nominated Rahmatullah Nabeel as head of National Direct...

JALALABAD (AIP): A fuel supply vehicle gutted after an explosion today (July 04) in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Ningarhar province, police said Sunday. The incident happened at approximately 9:15 p.m. (local time) when a magnetic bomb attached...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Dead bodies of two contractors of foreign forces were found yesterday (July 02) in Panjwayee district of Kandahar province, an official said Saturday. Shah Behram Khaksar, district chief of Pajwayee, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP)...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Taliban captured a police officer and killed his colleague last night after an attack in northern Takhar province, they claimed Saturday. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan Islamic Press that Taliban attacked police in...

KHOST (AIP): Taliban claimed Saturday they had killed seven police last night in the limits of Khost City, capital of Khost province. Taliban attacked Shmal Khwar Security Post at approximately 1:00 a.m. (local time) in limits of Khost city, killi...

KABUL (AIP): Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal was re-elected as head of the Kabul based faction of Hezb-e-Islami on Friday (July 02). Talking to journalists after his re-election, Arghandiwal said that 120 members of the leadership council of Hezb-e-Islami...

HERAT: (AIP): The Khashrod district police chief was injured while his one guard was killed and another injured in a landmine blast in Nimroz province on Saturday (July 03). A high-ranking police officer at Nimroz police headquarters Muhammad Moos...

GHAZNI: (AIP): Two civilians were killed and three others injured in landmine blast in Shahjoi district in Zabul province early Saturday (July 03). The Zabul governor spokesman Muhammada Jan Rasulyar told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) a passengers-ca...