JALALABAD (AIP): The provincial council of Kunar elected two members for the Masharano Jirga on Saturday.A contest was held among the newly elected members of Kunar council to elect two members for Senate. Haji Muhammad Sakhi bagged seven out of nine...

KABUL (AIP): With the announcement of final results of Kuchi (Nomads) seats for Wolesi Jirga and Kandahar province, the results of the September 18 parliamentary elections were completed on Saturday.The spokesman of Joint Electoral Management Body (J...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Saturday claimed to have killed five American troops in Urozgan province.Taliban spokesman, Qari Muhammad Yousaf told Afghan Islamic Press by satellite from an undisclosed location that Taliban guerillas attacked a patrol o...

MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): The provincial council of Balkh province on Saturday elected two members for the Masharano Jirga.Alhaj Abdul Ghani bagged 17 votes out of 19 and elected for the permanent seat of Senate while Ibadullah Naqashbandi secured the te...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban fighters claimed to have killed 12 government soldiers during an attack in Shah Walikot district of southern Kandahar province on Wednesday.Talking to Afghan Islamic Press by satellite phone from an undisclosed location, Talib...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A vehicle of United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) was badly damaged in a landmine explosion in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday.According to details a vehicle of UNOPS hit a roadside landmine in Maiwand district o...

JALALABAD (AIP): The newly elected members of Ningarhar provincial council have elected chief, deputy chief and general secretary of the council here on Thursday.Fazl Hadi Muslimyar was elected as head of provincial council, Maulvi Abdul Aziz Khairkh...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have blown up a US tank with a remote control landmine in troubled Kandahar province on Thursday.Spokesman of Taliban guerillas, Qari Muhammad Yousaf told Afghan Islamic Press by phone from undisclosed location that...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) on Wednesday announced certified results of four more provinces in the parliamentary of Afghanistan.The final results of four more provinces including Kabul, Ningarhar, Paktia and Paktika wer...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide attacker was critically injured in an attempt to ram his explosive laden vehicle with another vehicle of government officials near Governor House in restive Helmand province on Monday, Interior Ministry said.