ISLAMABAD: Afghan returnees are advised go back directly to their place of origin or habitual residence in Afghanistan, especially those who do not own homes or land for housing, says a press release issued by UNHCR on Friday.This is because governme...

KANDAHAR (AIP): One policeman was critically wounded in roadside bomb blast in Helmand province on Friday, sources said.Informed sources told Afghan Islamic Press that a police jeep struck a landmine in Shar Shari area of Marja district in Helmand pr...

JALALABAD (AIP): A tanker supplying oil to coalition forces in Afghanistan from Pakistan destroyed in an explosion in Torkham on Friday afternoon, two kilometers inside Afghan border, said security official said.The flames engulfed the tanker soon af...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Troops of Afghan National Army having the air support of coalition helicopters have reached Spin Boldak so that supporters of Commander Abdur Raziq may not create problems as situation was tense at this border town, eyewitness said Fr...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The bodies of 17 people who were killed by security forces for being Taliban fighters in Kandahar on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, have been brought to Chaman border from where it will be shifted to their respective areas.A...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Six Pakistanis were also among 17 people killed by Afghan forces in Spin Boldak by taking them Taliban, an elder of Nourzai tribe said on Thursday.An elder of Nourzai tribe in border town of Chaman, Haji Abdul Qadar Nourzai told Afgha...

KABUL (AIP): Nau- Roz, the first day of Afghan New Year (1385 A.H.) was celebrated across Afghanistan with great enthusiasm on Tuesday.The day is celebrated in the entire country with special ceremonies and food parties. The biggest ceremony is held...

JALALABAD (AIP): Border forces recovered 13 different kinds of weapons and arrested six people in Ningarhar province on Monday.Deputy incharge of border forces in Ningarhar, Colonel Sayed Ibrar Murad told Afghan Islamic Press on Monday that border fo...

KABUL (AIP):  A former commander voluntarily handed over weapons during a ceremony recently held in Farah, says a press release issued by ISAF headquarters on Tuesday.Ustad Mohammad Alam, who now works as a teacher, gathered his weapons during t...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Nine policemen were killed and three others wounded when a police vehicle, carrying the bodies of for Albanians, hit a landmine in Kandahar yesterday, governor said Saturday.Governor Kandahar Haji Asadullah Khalid told Afghan Islamic...