PESHAWAR (AIP): Two containers carrying goods for US forces, seized by the Taliban student militia two days back, were still lying intact on Khost-Gardez Highway. Reports said that the Taliban fighters had blocked Khost-Gardez Highway on Monday (...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A pedestrian was injured when a bomb planted in a car exploded in front of office of an NGO, United Nations Assistant Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Kandahar on Tuesday, reports said. Eyewitnesses told AIP that the explosion took...

PESHAWAR (AIP): American forces on Thursday defused at least three landmines in Khost, reports said. Sources at Khost told AIP that the US troops defused three landmines at Sheikh Ameer area, about 15 kilometers north of Khost. The landmines were pl...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least three rockets were fired at Khost airport by some unidentified assailants last night, reports said. Sources in Khost told AIP that the rockets were fired from south side to hit the airport, however, one of the rockets explo...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A Turkish engineer of a private construction company was kidnapped by Taliban from Kabul-Kandahar Highway, reports said. Sources from Zabul and Ghazni provinces informed AIP that the student militia abducted the Turkish engineer on l...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 25 people were killed in during a gun battle between two government military commanders in Helmund province, reports said. AIP sources from Helmund said that the fighting started yesterday (Friday) around 3pm at Gere Shck be...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Pakistan on Saturday sent troops to Pak-Afghan border to track down suspected Taliban and al-Quida fugitives. The troops were moved following two successive attacks at a post of Afghan forces in Bangi Dar, a border locality of Ghul...

PESHAWAR (AIP): District headquarters of an eastern Afghan province was set on fire after seized by some unidentified persons on Saturday morning, reports said. Informed sources told AIP that a group of unknown persons attacked Wuta Pourr district h...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Chief Justice of Afghan Supreme Court Maulvi Fazl Hadi Shinwari has left for India for treatment. AIP sources said that Mr. Shinwari was feeling pain in his leg for two weeks. Later, he was admitted to a hospital in Kabul for some d...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A bas of combined forces (Afghan and coalition forces) came under rocket attack at Sara Bagh, about five kilometers east of Khost last night. Reports said three rockets were fired at the base of combined troops, however, no immediat...