KANDAHAR (AIP): Police foiled a sabotage bid and recovered a huge cache of anti-personnel mines in Kandahar province yesterday (Nov. 13). The landmine had been hidden in Loya Wiala area of Kandahar city and uncovered during a string of operation w...

PESHAWAR (AIP): International Finance Corporation (IFC), a private sector arm of the World Bank Group, today (Nov. 13) announced it will invest 16 percent stake in BRAC Afghanistan Bank, a start-up full service commercial bank that will focus on micr...

PESHAWAR (AIP): With over 200,000 Afghans registered in Pakistan so far, the UN refugee agency is urging more eligible Afghans to come forward for the government exercise before it ends in December, says a press release issued by UNHCR Monday (Nov. 1...

JALALABAD (AIP): At least one protester was killed and two others wounded Monday (Nov. 13) as police opened firing on people who blocked Torkham-Jalalabad in Ningarhar against the kidnapping of their five tribesmen. Some members of the Shinwari tr...

KABUL (AIP): Two Afghan policemen were wounded during an engagement with Taliban in Kunduz province yesterday night, ISAF said Monday (Nov. 13). "We can confirm you a contact yesterday night in the Khanabad district during a joint ISAF and ANP p...

KABUL (AIP): Minister of finance praised the Coalition's "Afghan First" program, which promotes the use of Afghan suppliers and goods, as a model to help build Afghanistan's economy, says a press release issued by coalition forces Monday (Nov. 13)....

KHOST (AIP): Police on Monday (Nov. 13) reported that a close associate of al-Qaeda Second-in-Command, Aman Al-Zwahiri was arrested a few days back in Khost province. Six people were arrested a few days ago and the investigations revealed that a cl...

JALALABAD (AIP): NATO aircrafts heavily pounded a mountain in Kunar province days before that caused no casualties, local said on Sunday (Nov. 12). According to details NATO aircrafts heavily bombarded the Karmol Dag Mountain in Watapur district o...

KABUL (AIP): Italian foreign minister Massimo Dalema Sunday (Nov. 12) proposed an international conference to rid out problems and difficulties being faced by Afghanistan. He was addressing a joint press conference in Kabul with his Afghan counterp...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Sunday (Nov. 12) rejected reports of the killing of 30 fighters in Kunar and Paktika province, saying that only two fighters were killed and three injured in Paktika clash. In an e-mail to Afghan Islamic Press Taliban sp...