JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday claimed to have attacked a security post in Kunar province last night.Taliban fighters attacked Pironi Post in Watapur district of Kunar province last night, spokesman of Taliban fighters, Dr. Muhammad Hanif told Afghan Islamic Press.Police deputed at the post e...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Two Canadian troops were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Kandahar on Monday, military official said.

KABUL (AIP): Afghanistan got a new national anthem after some 10 years when Taliban came into power in 1996 and banned the anthem.According to the details, the anthem has been written in Pashto language and carrying the word of Allah-o-Akbar (God is Great) and names of different nations living in Af...

HERAT (AIP): The bodies of two employees of UNICEF who were killed yesterday brought to Herat hospital late last night while their bodyguards are still missing, security officials said.A high-ranking security official of Herat Muhammad Rasool while talking to journalists said three rockets were fire...

PESHAWAR: Taliban on Saturday claimed to have fired rockets at a vehicle of Afghan National Army in Wardag province last night. Taliban spokesman Dr. Muhammad Hanif, while talking to Afghan Islamic Press from an un-identified location, said their fighters targeted an army vehicle on the night betwee...

KHOST: The Afghan National Army arrested six armed opponents of government during operations in Paktika province last night, governor claimed Saturday. A serious of operations were conducted last night by Afghan Army in Waramai district of Paktika province, governor of Paktika province Muhammad Akra...

JALALABAD (AIP): About 20 shops were gutted as fire broke out in a timber store in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Ningarhar province on Sunday.The incident happened in eastern side of the Mian Aslam Market in Jalalabad city after a petrol generator used for cutting woods caught fire due to severe hea...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have blown up an armoured vehicle of ISAF in a landmine explosion in Baghlan province on Sunday.Spokesman of Taliban fighters, Dr. Muhammad Hanif, told Afghan Islamic Press by satellite phone Taliban blew up an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of ISAF with a landmi...

KANDAHAR (AIP): As many as 11 Taliban fighters and four Afghan policemen were killed while four police were also wounded during an operation conducted by security forces in Kandahar on Sunday, officials claimed.

KHOST (AIP): Two people were killed and five others wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Khost province yesterday afternoon, security officials said Friday.A civilian vehicle struck a landmine in Yaqoobi district, 25 kilometers from Khost city, a security official who wished not to be named told Afgh...