JALALABAD (AIP): At least ten people were killed and five others wounded as rockets hit a villages in the eastern Kunar province today (Aug. 31), police said Friday. Taliban fired 13 rockets from area closed to Durand Line (Pak-Afghan border) which struck different houses in Babar village of Chow...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A senior provincial officer was held on charges of financial embezzlement in the southern Zabul province today (Aug. 31), an official said Friday. Engineer Akhtar Muhammad Afzal, director of rural development was held on the order of attorney general, said Muhammad Sadiq Shinwari,...

JALALABAD (AIP): At least 12 missiles were fired at two separate bases of foreign troops in Kunar province last night, an official on the condition of anonymity told AIP on Thursday (August 30). No one was killed or injured in the attacks, he added. Giving details about the incident, he said t...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A purported Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousaf has rejected the report of the assassination of a key Taliban leader Mullah Beradar and said that the report was baseless and misinformation. Earlier, a press release issued by Afghan Interior Ministry claimed that a key Taliban...

JALALABAD (AIP): A suicide bomber detonated an explosive strapped to his body targeting a convey of the foreign troops Dakhta area of Sarkano district in Kunar province today (August 30) at 12:00 pm (local time), killing himself and partially damaging a vehicle, official and an eyewitness said on Th...

KANDAHR (AIP): A security guard of USPI (US protection and investigation) was killed and one was injured during a clash with armed Taliban in Zehri district of Kandahar province, an official of USPI told AIP on Thursday (August 30). He said that the Taliban might have also suffered casualties dur...

 JALALABAD (AIP): At least eight people were killed when their houses were hit by two missiles fired by some unknown persons in Banda area of Manogi district in Kunar province on Thursday (August 30), official and people of the area said. A spokesman for provincial police, Abdul Sabor to...

JALALABAD (AIP): A contracted helicopter struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Kamdesh district of Nuristan province yesterday (August 29) was safely landed with minor damage to it, said a press release issued by Coalition here Thursday (August 30). The pilots were not injured in the attack, the...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A purported Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousaf has said that they would free the remaining seven South Korean hostages after a few minutes and will also release a message of the Taliban for the South Korean government.

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban freed four more of remaining seven South Korean hostages including two women and men on Thursday evening (August 30), Haji Zahir a tribal leader. He confirmed that the four were handed over them by the Taliban. He expressed the hope that the remaining three would be release...