HERAT (AIP): Severe cold and avalanche killed 43 more people including women and children in western Afghanistan last night, police said Thursday (Jan. 10).  In the Ghoryan district of western Herat province 38 people including women and childr...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan border police recovered 1500 kilograms of opium from a vehicle in the bordering Spin Bodak district of Kandahar last night, police claimed Thursday (Jan. 10). The narcotics were being shifted in a vehicle when it was interce...

KABUL (AIP): Defence Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Lazar Elenovski, visited the ISAF headquarters in Kabul today (Jan. 10), a press release issued by ISAF said Thursday. He met with senior ISAF leadership and discussed Mace...

HERAT (AIP): A Taliban commander was killed while two Taliban, a policeman and three civilians were wounded during a clash in the western Farah province yesterday (Jan. 08) afternoon, police said Wednesday. The firefight erupted after Taliban att...

HERAT (AIP): An avalanche hit two transport vehicles late yesterday (Jan. 08) in the western Herat province, killing two people and wounding five others critically, a police official said Wednesday. The transport vehicles were on way to Herat from...

KABUL (AIP): Opium corps over 182 jerab of land were destroyed in the eastern Ningarhar province yesterday (Jan. 08), an interior ministry statement said Wednesday. The crops were destroyed by counter-narcotics police personnel in the Spin Ghar di...

HERAT (AIP): Two girls were killed as an avalanche hit a house in the western Ghor province last night, deputy governor said Wednesday (Jan. 09). The avalanche hit the house in the Daulaina district in which approximately 20 livestock were also ki...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan security forces have detained 11 suspected terrorists including two Pakistanis in different provinces of the country, an official claimed Wednesday (Jan. 09). The suspected terrorists were detained Helmand, Maidan Wardak and Ka...

JALALABAD (AIP): A roadside bomb struck a vehicle of a non-governmental organization in eastern Ningarhar province today (Jan. 09), causing no loss of life, an official said Wednesday. The vehicle of FANKA, a non-governmental organization providin...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan Minister for higher education, Dr. Muhammad Azam Dadfar and Chinese Ambassador signed a Memorandum of Understanding Wednesday (Jan. 09) on opening department of Chinese language in the faculty of literature at Kabul University....