KABUL (AIP): Some 200 Afghan Eradication Forces (AEF) began eradicating poppy crop today (April. 26) in Terin Kot District of Uruzgan province. A statement jointly issued by the interior and counter narcotics ministries Thursday said the poppy er...

KABUL (AIP): Infant mortality rates in Afghanistan declined from an estimated 165 per 1,000 live births in 2001 to about 135 per 1,000 in 2006, a survey said. The survey was conducted by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). A health facility assessm...

KABUL (AIP): Five foreign fighter were killed in air strike near Pakistan border after a group of over 10 fighters attacked Afghan Border Patrol officers manning checkpoints seven kilometres east of Chamkani in the Dand Patan District of Paktia yeste...

KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb stuck a vehicle of Afghan National Army in Khost province today's morning (April. 26), causing no casualties, a military official said Thursday. Commander of 203rd Thunder corps, Muhammad Ikram Sami told Afghan Islamic...

HERAT (AIP): Unidentified gunmen ambushed a police convoy in the western Herat province yesterday evening (April. 24), killing three policemen and wounding four others, an official said Wednesday. The security in-charge of Salama Dam, Abdul Hamid...

JALALABAD (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces conducted joint operations in the eastern Kunar province last night, killing five Taliban, police claimed Wednesday. The operation was launched in Sheno Darga area of Wattapur district in which five Talib...

KHOST (AIP): A suicide bomber was killed in bungled attack on a district chief in Paktika province today's morning (April. 25), governor said Wednesday. The bomber detonated himself far away from the vehicle of Hazrat Muhammad, district chief of M...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces discovered explosives and small-arms ammunition during two separate raids and detained two suspects April. 24 in Khost province, a coalition statement said Wednesday (April. 25). The first raid was conducte...

KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb blast killed seven Afghan soldiers and wounded one in Paktika province today's morning (April. 25), governor said Wednesday. The incident was happened in the Kushta area of Waza Khwa district as a vehicle of Afghan Nat...

JALALABAD (AIP): Coalition air strike killed a key Taliban commander in the Alishang district of Laghman province April. 20, the US-led coalition said Wednesday. "Fateh Gul Haqparast, an important militant organizer and leader with extensive ties...