February 08, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) has constructed 30 schools in far-flung areas of western Herat province, an official said. Addressing a press conference at Herat, the spokesman said that the buildings were mainly constructed in remote areas of the provi...

February 08, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Bad weather conditions on Tuesday hampered the rescue activities to trace the wreckage and bodies of crashed plane which went missing after returning from Kabul Airport in a storm a week ago (Feb. 03). Reports reaching here from Kabul suggest that ISAF, Afghan fo...

February 07, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 23 people including 17 children died of cold-related diseases and scarcity of medicines in Logar province in the last few days. Dozens of elders of Logar gathered at headquarters of Agro district on Monday and demanded of the government to send medicines...

February 07, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Personnel of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have reached the site where the Kam airlines jet crashed on Thursday, informed sources said. The sources told AIP that government took some journalists to the venue by helicopter; however, the copter di...

February 7, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Ninety five per cent former Afghan militia was dismembered after 93 army units surrendered weapons under Disarmament Demobilization and Reconstruction (DDR) programme in southern Kandahar province on Monday. A function to this effect was held at the DDR office at...

February 6, 2005 Peshawar (AIP): Afghan refugees having Pakistani National Identity Cards (NIC) have been directed not to take part in the census being held in the current across Pakistan. It was said in a pamphlet distributed among Afghan refuges; however, it was not known who had circulated it....

February 05, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): A kidnapped Iranian national was recovered by security personnel in Farah province on Saturday, police sources said. Provincial Police Chief Muhammad Rasool told AIP by phone that the Iranian citizen who had been kidnapped by unknown persons for ransom was recove...

February 4, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): An airplane of Kam Airlines went missing yesterday with 96 passengers onboard, sources said Friday. Sources at Peshawar Airport said that they had been told that Kam Airlines plane would land at the airport due to bad weather at Kabul and shortage of fuel. The...

February 4, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Pilot of the Afghan plane told Air Traffic Controller that he wanted to land at Peshawar Airport due to bad weather in Kabul, official sources said. Earlier, it was reported that the pilot had spoken to aviation officials but now it has been confirmed that the pi...

February 4, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Rumors circulated in Afghan capital that the missing plane had crashed near Kabul; however, officials did not confirm it. Reports from Kabul suggest that Kam Airlines Passenger plane crashed at mountainous region of Khake-e-Jabar, 15 kilometers to the southwest of...