KABUL (AIP): Seven ISAF soldiers were killed after a Chinook helicopter went down in Helmand province near Kajaki just after 9 p.m. May 30, an ISAF statement said Thursday. The cause of the crash is being determined by military officials, it said...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Thursday (May 31) claimed responsibility for downing ISAF helicopter last night in which according to ISAF press office seven soldiers were killed. "The helicopter was shot down by Taliban," said Koko Agha, a Taliban comman...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen fired rockets at the house of a government official in the southern Tank district of North West Frontier Province (NWF) of Pakistan, killing 13 and wounding two people, police and residents said Thursday (May 31)....

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained three suspected Taliban in a raid on a compound early today (May 31) in the Khost district of Khost Province, a coalition statement said Thursday. The raid was conducted on credible intelligence in...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A landmine explosion left two suspected Taliban dead and one wounded in the Panjwayee district of southern Kandahar province last night, an official said Thursday (May 31). The incident was happened near the district headquarters w...

KANDAHAR (AIP): At least 19 Afghan police were killed and five injured as Taliban attacked police convoy in Zabul province today's morning (May 31), officials said Thursday. "Enemy of the country ambushed police in the Shah Hasan Khail area of Sha...

KHOST (AIP): Participants of a meeting held here on Thursday (May 31) condemned violent clashes in Shebarghan, capital of northern Jowzjan province and demanded disarming of the armed groups. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Jeha...

KABUL (AIP): The NATO-led ISAF has said Taliban fire may have brought down the helicopter in which seven soldiers killed last night. An ISAF statement issued here on Thursday (May 31) said the ISAF helicopter that went down Wednesday (May 30) kill...

KABUL (AIP): The clash between police and Taliban in the Shahjoi district of Zabul province also left 10 dead today (May 31), interior ministry said Thursday. Besides the killing of 16 police, 10 Taliban were also killed in the firefight ignited b...

KHOST (AIP): Taliban on Saturday (May 31) claimed they had captured a district chief in Ghazni province but local officials rejected Taliban's claim. Spokesman of Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid, phoned Afghan Islamic Press from an undisclosed locatio...