PESHAWAR (AIP): Two American employees of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) were injured on Tuesday in a hand grenade attack in Laghman province, an official said. The official at Mehtarlaam, capital of Laghman confirmed to AIP that an unknown...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two persons were arrested on Saturday at Pak-Afghan border and some 2,000 pamphlets were recovered from them, an official said Sunday Syed Ibrar, an official of Nangarhar border security force told AIP that two persons were detain...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A blast occurred on Saturday near the vehicle of election workers in eastern Nangarhar province, causing no damage, an official said. A spokesman for election office at Jalalabad Bilal Waqar told AIP on Sunday that the vehicle hit...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Eight seminary students were killed and 18 others injured on Saturday when a bomb went off in at a religious seminary in southeastern Paktia province, an official said. Talking to AIP, Governor of Paktia Asadullah Wafa said that t...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The joint Shooras (councils) of southeastern Afghan provinces have announced support to Hamid Karzai in the upcoming presidential elections. The head of joint Shoora Ghazi Nawaz Tani told AIP that a meeting was held at Khost which...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least three Afghan soldiers were killed and several others wounded in an operation started against Taliban in north parts of southeastern Zabul province three days back, reports said. Talking to AIP on Saturday (August 28) gover...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Conductor of a vehicle carrying goods for coalition forces was killed while its driver was injured on Friday when unidentified armed men opened fire on their vehicle in Khost province, sources said. The sources told AIP that the in...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Governor of Ghazni Haji Asadullah Khalid claimed that a key Taliban commander had been killed by coalition and Afghan forces on Saturday in southern Afghanistan. Talking to AIP on Saturday night he said that coalition and Afghan fo...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have denied issuing threats through a website to kill American defense secretary. Spokesman of Taliban Hamid Agha told AIP over telephone on Friday (August 27, 2004) that they did not issue any threat on any website to kill...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Elders of Zabul on Thursday announced support for Hamid Karzai in the upcoming presidential elections. Deputy chief of central Shoora Sardar Muhammad told AIP today that a meeting attended by representatives of local and central S...