PESHAWAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen fired rockets at the house of a government official in the southern Tank district of North West Frontier Province (NWF) of Pakistan, killing 13 and wounding two people, police and residents said Thursday (May 31). Six family members of the Political Agent of Kh...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained three suspected Taliban in a raid on a compound early today (May 31) in the Khost district of Khost Province, a coalition statement said Thursday. The raid was conducted on credible intelligence indicating the compound was housing "known Taliban o...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A landmine explosion left two suspected Taliban dead and one wounded in the Panjwayee district of southern Kandahar province last night, an official said Thursday (May 31). The incident was happened near the district headquarters when the suspected Taliban were planting landmine a...

KANDAHAR (AIP): At least 19 Afghan police were killed and five injured as Taliban attacked police convoy in Zabul province today's morning (May 31), officials said Thursday. "Enemy of the country ambushed police in the Shah Hasan Khail area of Shahjoi district of Zabul province. The firefight las...

KHOST (AIP): Participants of a meeting held here on Thursday (May 31) condemned violent clashes in Shebarghan, capital of northern Jowzjan province and demanded disarming of the armed groups. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Jehadi council, ulema council, political parties and c...

KABUL (AIP): The NATO-led ISAF has said Taliban fire may have brought down the helicopter in which seven soldiers killed last night. An ISAF statement issued here on Thursday (May 31) said the ISAF helicopter that went down Wednesday (May 30) killing all seven on board had just delivered troops w...

KABUL (AIP): The clash between police and Taliban in the Shahjoi district of Zabul province also left 10 dead today (May 31), interior ministry said Thursday. Besides the killing of 16 police, 10 Taliban were also killed in the firefight ignited by Taliban ambush on a police convoy in the Shah Hu...

KHOST (AIP): Taliban on Saturday (May 31) claimed they had captured a district chief in Ghazni province but local officials rejected Taliban's claim. Spokesman of Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid, phoned Afghan Islamic Press from an undisclosed location and said, "Taliban seized the in-charge of Gomal...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces killed six suspected Taliban and detained four others during an operation in the eastern Ningarhar province early today (May 30), the US-led coalition said Wednesday. The firefight erupted in an operation in the mountains west of Jalalabad City after combi...

HERAT (AIP): At least 13 suspected Taliban were killed and as many wounded in two separate clashes in the western Ghor and Farah provinces of Afghanistan, police claimed Wednesday (May 30). Police conducted operation last night against a group of around 30 Taliban who were planning to attack Dash...