News
-
KABUL (AIP): One Coalition and one Afghan National Army soldiers were killed in Uruzgan province today (Nov. 02), a coalition statement said late Friday. The statement said both the Afghan and coalition soldiers were killed around 5:30 p.m. while conducting combat operations in northwest Uruzgan...
-
PESHAWAR (AIP): A missile struck the house of a cleric in Miran Shah, North Waziristan today (Nov. 02), killing 10 and wounding six, two of them critically, resident said Friday. It was not immediately clear who had fired the missile that struck the compound in the Datakhail area of North Wazirist...
-
HERAT (AIP): Sixty armed Taliban were detained during the ongoing operation in Badghis province, western Afghanistan, deputy governor of Badghis told AIP on Thursday (Nov 1). The operation which was launched in Ghormach and Faryab districts of Baghdis province on Wednesday (Oct 31) by one thousan...
-
QALAT (AIP): A Coalition commander Karl Mike, who had been studying Islam from last five years in Afghanistan, embraced Islam on Thursday in front of a gathering in Andar district of Ghazni province, an Afghan official said. Mr Mike recited Kalma Tuaiba to formally enter Islam in front of a gath...
-
HERAT (AIP): There were conflicting claims as fighting continues for third day in the Gulistan district of western Herat province. Taliban overran district headquarter of Gulistan on the night between 29 and 30th October. "Although the fighting is not as intense as it was yesterday but it con...
-
JALALABAD (AIP): Two Taliban were killed after an attack on a check post of border police in the eastern Ningarhar province last night, sources said Wednesday (Oct. 31). Taliban attacked the border police post between Trokham and Goshta area but police repelled the attack, an official of Ningarha...
-
HERAT (AIP): Iran has forcefully repatriated approximately 35 Afghan families during the past some days, an Afghan official alleged Wednesday (Oct. 31). The Iran government has once again started forced repatriation of Afghan refugees and during the last some days 120 members of 35 families have...
-
JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday (Oct. 31) claimed they have killed several foreign troops in Noristan and Paktia provinces. Taliban attacked a base of foreign troops in the Kamdesh district of Noristan yesterday (Oct. 30), killing three troops, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afg...
-
HERAT (AIP): Afghan National Army (ANP) has launched military operation in the western Faryab and Badghis province against Taliban, defence ministry spokesman said Wednesday (Oct. 31). The operation was started in the western parts of Faryab province and Bala Murghab, Ghormach, Qadas and Maqur dist...
-
HERAT (AIP): Taliban fired rockets at Herat airport last night, causing no damages, a police officer said Tuesday (Oct. 30). A man identifying himself as Hekmatullah and a local Taliban commander told Afghan Islamic Press that Taliban fired a number of rockets at Herat Airport. He said the roc...