KANDAHAR (AIP): Residents of Kobar Kili, Musa Qila district in Helmand province said at least 18 civilians were killed in the airstrike last night (August 26). The residents told AIP that the airstrikes were carried out at two different places,...

KABUL (AIP): Six personnel of Afghan Campaign force were killed and two others wounded in a bomb explosion in Khost province today (Aug. 24), NATO said Friday. The roadside bomb went off near a combined of NATO and Campaign troops in the Shinkai a...

KHOST (AIP): Tens of people took out a protest demonstration against the alleged desecration of Kalima Tuiba in Lakhano locality, west of Khost City Saturday (Aug. 25). The protesters while chanting anti US slogans alleged that foreign aircraft dr...

KHOST (AIP): Four Taliban and a policeman were killed during a clash in Paktika province last night, governor said Saturday (Aug. 25). The firefight took place in the Khushamand district of after Taliban attack police, killing one and wounding ano...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban and South Korean officials have reached on an agreement to release 19 Korean hostages, reliable sources said Saturday (Aug. 25). The agreement was reached after the mediation of Saudi Arabia, sources told Afghan Islamic Pr...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Two Afghan security guards of a private US security company were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in the troubled Kandahar province today (Aug. 25), police said Thursday. Provincial police chief, Sayyed Agha Saqib to...

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai left for Tajikistan on a two-day visit Saturday (Aug. 25). Government sources said President Karzai accompanied by a high level delegation will participate in an inaugural ceremony of newly constructed bridge c...

KABUL (AIP): Coalition forces killed one suspected fighter and detained 11 other people during an operation in the Seherzad district, a coalition statement said Friday (Aug. 24). The anti-coalition militant was killed while attempting to engage...

KHOST (AIP): Police detained four suspected Taliban yesterday (Aug. 23) in Paktika province, governor said Friday. The suspected Taliban were held between Tarazo and Sharana, capital of Paktika province, Dr. Muhammad Akram Khapalwak, governor of P...

KABUL (AIP): Three ISAF soldiers were killed and two others injured while on operations in southern Afghanistan on Aug. 23, an ISAF statement said Friday. "All ISAF troops continue to work in difficult, dangerous and challenging conditions, and do...