KHOST (AIP): Six people including two soldiers of the Afghan National Army were killed in a suicide explosion in Paktika province today (Aug. 29), an official said Wednesday. The suicide bomber detonated himself in Barmal bazar, at approximately 1...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday (Aug. 29) released another group of five South Korean hostages which raised the number of freed hostages to eight today. Taliban handed over five more Korean hostages including a four women and a man to us who wi...

GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban have agreed to release four more South Korean hostages today (Aug. 29), a tribal elder said Wednesday. "We have turned in a total of eight hostages to ICRC and South Korea officials but South Korea was insisting on the release...

GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday (Aug. 29) released a third group of four South Korean hostages which raised the number of hostages freed today to 12. The third group of four more South Korean hostages consisting of three women and a male was tu...

QALAT (AIP): Troops of Afghan National Army (ANA) detained seven Taliban in the Pattan district of Paktia province yesterday (Aug. 28), an officer said Wednesday. A local Taliban commander named Zaker Shah was also among the seven suspected detain...

JALALABAD (AIP): Four Afghan National Army soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in an explosion in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province last night, a coalition spokesman said Tuesday (Aug. 28). The Afghan National Army soldiers f...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban and Korean officials have begun face to face talks at the ICRC office in the central Ghazni province today (Aug. 28). Provincial police chief, Ali Shah Ahmadzai told journalist that direct talks between the two sides were unde...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained five Taliban and killed others during an operation southwest of Kandahar City early this morning (Aug.28), a coalition statement said Tuesday. "One of the insurgents is suspected of being a Taliban...

KANDAHAR (AIP): The representatives of Indonesian government have also joined face to face talks between Taliban and South Korean officials that began in Ghazni today to decide the fate of 19 hostages. "Formal face to face talks started approximat...

KABUL (AIP): Three ISAF soldiers were killed and six others wounded in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan today (Aug.28), an ISF statement said Tuesday. ISAF forces were working on a project at a bridge construction site when a suicide bomber e...