Kandahar (AIP): Three ISAF soldiers were killed and six others were wounded by suspected Taliban insurgents in Pashmul village, west of Kandahar city Thursday (August 03), ISAF statement said. The statement said ISAF troops were working with Afghan...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Security forces conducted operations in Garmser district of Helmand province last night in which 18 Taliban fighters and one policeman was killed, officials said Wednesday. In-charge of Garmser district of Helmand province, Ghulam...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A soldier of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was wounded in an attack by Taliban fighters on Wednesday, a statement of ISAF said. The statement said the incident happened at approximately 9 a.m. today (August 02) in No...

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday (August 2) nominated five new ministers who will be formally inducted in the cabinet after taking vote of trust from the Afghan parliament. The newly nominated ministers including Karim Khurram,...

JALALABAD (AIP): Flash floods wreaked havoc in the eastern Ningarhar province of Afghanistan, killing atleast 18 people and destroying several houses yesterday. The heavy flood was caused by torrential rains in Sherzad district in the foothills of...

KOHST (AIP): Coalition forces arrests four Taliban in Khost province, coalition official said on Tuesday. An Afghan spokesman of coalition forces in Khost while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press said, "Coalition forces last night arrests four...

KANDAHAR (AIP): NATO jets bombard last night a clinic in Helmand province, local said on Tuesday. Reports arrived from Sangheen district of Helmand province said that a clash occourred between Taliban and foreign forces in district. A local while tal...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban reported to have killed 13 NATO soldiers in two different districts of Helmand province. Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf phoned office of the Afghan Islamic Press and said, "Our guerrillas attacked NATO forces in Mo...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the bombing at the prayer ceremony of Mawlawi Khalis, says a press release issued on late Monday here. "This heinous act is not the work of Afghans as the people of Afghanistan never resort to v...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained four suspected al Qaeda operatives during a raid on Tuesday in Khost Province, says a press release issued by coalition forces here. "The purpose of the operation was to detain al Qaeda operative...