PESHAWAR (AIP): Two Afghan soldiers were killed and three others injured including a government commander when their vehicle blew up in a powerful landmine explosion in southeastern Afghan province last night, reports said. Informed sources told AIP on Friday morning that a military vehicle of Afgh...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least three rockets were fired by some unidentified armed persons at Khost airport on Friday morning, reports said. Informed sources told AIP from Khost today that at least three rockets were fired from southwest side of the city which landed in the airport. Sources said that...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Engineer Hakeemullah has been appointed as deputy governor of southern Zabul replacing Maulvi Muhammad Omer, sources said. Reports from Qallat, the center of Zabul province say that the new deputy governor has taken charge of his office and also started work. It is unclear that th...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Seven suspected Taliban fighters were killed and 15 others arrested in during a clean-up operation by coalition troops in southern Afghan province, reports said. Informed sources told AIP from Qallat today morning that coalition forces ended the drive which was started several days...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Spokesman of Jamiat-e-Islami Afghanistan rejected reports that Afghan justice ministry refused to register their party. The Jamiat spokesman Inayatullah Shahdaab told AIP today that the ministry of justice has given them a form for registration of party. He said after submission of...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Spokesman of Jamiat-e-Islami Afghanistan rejected reports that Afghan justice ministry refused to register their party. The Jamiat spokesman Inayatullah Shahdaab told AIP today that the ministry of justice has given them a form for registration of party. He said after submission of...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Chief Justice Maulvi Fazl Hadi Shinwari has said that celebrating Nauroz festival is not un-Islamic rather it is an Islamic practice. In an interview with AIP on Tuesday, he explained the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace be upon him) migrated from Macca to Madina on th...

PESHAWAR (AIP): One person was killed by policemen for unknown reasons in southeastern Khost province on Monday morning, reports said. The eyewitnesses told AIP that one Lal Wazir who returned from the United Arab Emirates was shot dead by policemen at vegetable market, Khost City. The locals we...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Following efforts by local chieftains and tribal elders, ceasefire was brokered between two warring tribes of Khost on Monday who have been fighting for the last few days, reports said. The commander of border security forces Khost province colonel Ghaffar Khan told AIP today morni...

PESHAWAR (AIP): An Afghan soldier was killed and another wounded when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a security post of government troops in southern Kandahar province on Monday, reports said. Talking to journalists, chief commander of Kandahar armed corps No-2 General Khan Muhammad said a sec...