KANDAHAR (AIP): Kidnapped Italian photo journalist was freed in Zabul province today (Nov. 03), police chief of Helmand said Friday. Italian photographer Gabriele Torsello and his Afghan translator were kidnapped by unknown gunmen from Dau Rahi area...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Friday (Nov. 03) said seven civilians including women and children and two Taliban were perished in a strike of ISAF aircraft in Kapisa province. ISAF, however, confirmed targeting a compound and said assessment of the dama...

HERAT (AIP): Six policemen including a district police chief were killed as Taliban attacked a police patrol in Herat province Thursday (Nov. 02), police said. Taliban ambushed a police patrol consisting of Police Chief of Adraskan District, Muhamm...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Holland took the command of foreign troops in Southwest Zone during a ceremony on Wednesday (Nov. 01). The ceremony was held at Kandahar Airbase which was attended by high-ranking military and civilian officials including NATO comm...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Police rounded up the alleged killer of Safia Ama Jan, head of women affairs department of Kandahar. Safia Ama Jan was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on September 25, 2006 in Kandahar as she was on way to office. Police chief...

KANDAHAR (AIP): An ISAF convoy was caught in the blast of a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team this afternoon (Nov. 01), says a press release issued by ISAF Wednesday. It said three ISA...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday claimed killing eight foreign troops during an attack on a military base in Kunar province today (Nov. 01). However, ISAF rejected the Taliban claim as false. Taliban fighters attacked a base of foreign troops i...

KABUL (AIP): An ISAF patrol decisively engaged and killed 55 insurgents and wounded 20 more earlier today (Oct. 30) in the Daychopan district of Zabul Province, says a press release issued by ISAF late Monday (Oct. 30). The statement said that i...

KABUL (AIP): Two soldiers of NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed and two others wounded in roadside bomb explosion in Noristan province yesterday (Oct. 30), ISAF said Tuesday. A vehicle of ISAF struck a landmine in W...

JALALABAD (AIP): Farmers of Sherzado district of Ningarhar province demanded financial assistance in return of poppy crops. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press Tuesday (Oct. 31) an elder of Marki Khail area of Sherzado district, Malak Rahmatullah, sai...