PESHAWAR (AIP): A contingent of 447 police personnel completed training course in eastern Nangarhar province, reports said. AIP stringer in eastern Jalalabad city said that the course was started a month ago aimed at imparting training to police officers. About 105 police officers along with 99 c...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Thousands of residents on Thursday staged a protest demonstration against the decision of higher education ministry for not enrolling students in medical faculty of Khost University from new education year, reports said. AIP sources said the students of Khost University were protest...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Khost administration recovered huge quantity of landmines hidden in a pick-up vehicle on Thursday, reports said. AIP sources said Khost security officials seized the mines packed in a vehicle at Mandezi area, about 15 kilometers away from the city. The driver of the pick-up has been...

PESHAWAR (AIP): An ex-official of present Afghan government was gunned down in southern Afghan province last night, reports said. Former director of Hajj and Auqaf Maulvi Abdul Bari was shot dead by unidentified persons at the door of his house in Sarpaza area, west part of Kandahar city last night...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three persons including two workers of an NGO were killed in an attack of Taliban in southern Afghan province last night, reports said. Eyewitnesses told AIP that Taliban insurgents attacked headquarters of Panjwaei district, Kandahar province, killing an Afghan soldier and two work...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A delegation of NATO called on officials of Northern Afghan province on Tuesday, reports said. The delegation comprising 26 nations was welcomed by governor of Kundoz engineer Muhammad Omer, chief commander Army corps No-7 General Muhammad Dawood and other officials at the airport...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban strongly rejected statement of Afghan president that talks were going on between Hamid Karzai and Taliban. In a press statement issued by Hamid Agha, spokesman of Taliban on Monday said that the American forces must be expelled from Afghanistan if he (Mr. Karzai) wanted to...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Supporters of tribal commander Bacha Khan Zadran staged a protest demonstration demanding central government to implement its agreement made with local commander in southeastern Khost Province on Sunday, reports said. Eyewitnesses told AIP that about 1,000 supporters of Mr. Zadran...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A bid to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a suicide attack was foiled in southern Kandahar province on Sunday, officials said. AIP sources said that security officials have arrested a person and recovered a pistol and a hand grenade near governor house (between governor...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Six Taliban insurgents were killed during clash with Afghan guards protecting workers of provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in southeastern Zabul province on Sunday evening. The AIP sources from Qallat said that the fighting took place at Atghar district. It is learnt that...