KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces have begun the maneuver phase of Operation Mountain Fury focusing on defeating Taliban resistance in Paktika, Khost, Ghazni, Paktya and Logar provinces early this morning, says a coalition press statement Satu...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Saturday (Sept. 16) threatened to kill the abducted Turkish engineer if the Turkish road construction failed to stop work within 24 hours in Afghanistan. Spokesman of Taliban fighters, Qari Muhammad Yousaf, while talking...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Friday reported to have captured Gulistan district of Farah province after a brief clash last night (Sept. 14). Spokesman of Taliban fighters Qari Muhammad Yousaf phoned the office of Afghan Islamic Press and said Talib...

JALALABAD (AIP): Three border policemen were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Kunar province yesterday, deputy commander of border forces said Thursday (Sept. 14). A vehicle of border police hit a landmine in Barikot area of Narai district,...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan Minister for Telecommunication Sangin Amirzai has said that agreements have been signed with two companies of Iran and India for installation of 150000 lines-digital telephone facility in Afghanistan. Talking to journalists her...

JALALABAD (AIP): Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz and President Hamid Karzai jointly inaugurated 74-kilometers long Torkham-Jalalabad highway amidst tight security on Wednesday (Sept. 13). The inauguration was ceremony was held in Jalalabad...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Atleast three people were wounded in a bomb explosion inside a mosque in Kandahar city on Wednesday Sept. 13, eyewitness said. The bomb detonated in the basement of Syedano Masjid, Landi Bazar, central part of Kandahar city approx...

KABUL (AIP): Both the Coalition forces and a spokesman of Hezb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) on Wednesday (Sept.13) rejected reports of the arrest of , Gulbadin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e-Islami and an associate of al-Qaeda. Rumours, spread in Peshawar, I...

KABUL (AIP): Police arrested four people for carrying anti-government literature in Paktika province yesterday, interior ministry said Wednesday (Sept. 13). Press office of the interior ministry said among the arrested people, two had links with t...

KABUL (AIP): A suspected improvised explosive device expert and sub-commander of Hezb-e-Islamic (Hekmatyar) was captured early this morning (Sept. 12) during an operation in the vicinity of Gorcak in the Khowst Province, says a press release issued...