PESHAWAR (AIP): Three persons were injured when an oil tanker was set on fire by some unidentified persons at Kabul-Jalalabad Highway last night (Monday), reports said. The passengers arrived at Jalalabad and Peshawar said that the oil tanker was going to Kabul from Pakistan, was torched at Kass...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Thirteen persons who were killed in firing of Pakistan security forces in Wana, south Waziristan Agency on Saturday included six Afghan refugees. Talking to AIP from Azam Warsak today, an Afghan refugee said that among the dead Afghans, three hailing from Slueman Khail tribe, were...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Hundreds of coalition forces started a clean-up operation to track down Taliban student militia and al-Quida fighters in southeastern Afghan province near Pakistan border on Saturday, reports said. Eyewitnesses told AIP that a convoy of coalition troops comprising 35 vehicles inclu...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Khost airport came under rocket attack from some unknown assailants last night, reports said. According to eyewitnesses, at least nine rockets were fired at Khost airport, situated at Sarabagh area, about five kilometers northeast of Khost bazaar. The eyewitnesses living around the...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan government has postponed admission test for Nangarhar University on the demand of hundreds of students who were complaining of unavailability of roll numbers. Reports said that the admission test was scheduled for admission in Nangarhar University Jalalabad tomorrow (Sunday)...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Five Afghan workers of a UN body were killed and two other injured when their vehicle was attacked by some unidentified armed men in northeast of Afghan capital on Wednesday, reports said. The incident took place when a vehicle of Sani Development, which is body of UN came under at...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The UN refugee Agency would resume its voluntary repatriation from March 2, 3004, said a press release issued by the UNHCR Islamabad office on Thursday. Ends

PESHAWAR (AIP): Security forces of southern Zabul province on Monday seized 102 kilograms opium on Kabul-Kandahar highway, reports said. An official of Zabul security told AIP that the opium had been kept in the secret cavities of the vehicle. He added that it was being carried to Kandahar from Gha...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The authorities of eastern Nangarhar province have arrested two persons, who allegedly planned the attack on Jalalabad airport on Saturday evening. The officials said that the accused were detained along with some rockets and remote control bombs at Saraacha area, about eight kilom...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The number of registered voters has been reached one million in Afghanistan on Wednesday, reports said. The registration process is going on in some parts of the country to register more and more voters for the upcoming polls expected to be held in June this year. The number of vote...