PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 60 people were killed as aircraft of Pakistan Army pounded a madrasas compound in Bajaur Agency Monday (Oct. 30), a tribal region of Pakistan bordering eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, sources said. Informed sources...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday (Oct. 30) claimed the killing of six foreign troops during a clash in Kunar province yesterday (Oct. 29). Spokesman of Taliban fighters, Dr. Muhammad Hanif, phoned the office of Afghan Islamic Press from an undisc...

KABUL (AIP): A convoy of foreign forces was attacked with a hand grand in capital Kabul Monday (Oct. 30), causing no damages police official said. A police official of Kabul city informed Afghan Islamic Press that unknown culprits traveling in a m...

KABUL (AIP): Spain will build a well equipped hospital in the northern province of Badghes, Spanish minister for health said on Saturday (Oct. 28). The Spanish minister for health Alena Sargudo addressed a joint press conference with his Afghan c...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban Saturday (Oct.28) disowned the roadside bomb blast in Uruzgan province which left 14 people dead Friday (Oct. 27). Taliban fighters were not behind the landmine explosion in Tarin Kot capital of Uruzgan province, spokesman...

JALALABAD (AIP): Posters of the leader of Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbadin Hekmatyar was distributed in Khugyani district of eastern Ningarhar province during the nights and days of the Eid-ul-Fitr. Residents of Khugyani district informed Afghan Islamic Pr...

KANDAHAR (AIP): At least 14 civilians killed Friday (Oct. 27) in an explosion in the Urzugan province, official said. Spokesman of the Governor Urzugan, Abdul Qayum Qaumi, while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press said that an explosion occurre...

KAUL (AIP): International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Afghan Ministry of Defence are conducting a joint investigation into reports of civilian casualties in air strike on 24 October in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province, says a p...

HERAT (AIP): Unknown gunman Thursday (Oct. 26) shot dead a young man and injured other two in Zeer Koh area of Shindand district of Heart province when they were busy in games with accordance of Eid-ul-Fitar, reports said. An official of police depar...

KABUL (AIP): The United States awarded $94 million on Oct. 19 to seven Afghan firms to build or improve road and water distribution systems in six Afghan provinces, says a press release issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers on Monday (Oct. 23)....