KANDAHAR: (AIP): Two back-to-back blasts rocked the Kandahar City on Tuesday (January 03), an area resident told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). Complete story to follow soon. Posted at 14:40 (GMT)

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Two back-to-back blasts rocked the Kandahar City on Tuesday (January 03), an area resident told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). The blasts took place in the Sardat Madad Khan square in the Kandahar City, the resident said. The for...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Three police and four civilians were killed and 19 more people injured in a suicide attack in Kandahar City Tuesday (January 03). A Kandahar governor's media centre press release, available with the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), sta...

JALALABAD (AIP): A suicide bomber was killed after he detonated prematurely in Behsood district of eastern Ningarhar province today (Jan. 02), an official said Monday. The bomber who was on foot and under strict police observation detonated himsel...

KABUL (AIP): Police recovered 340 bottles of liquor in capital Kabul, they claimed Monday (Jan 02). 101st Asamai police zone in the Afghan capital said in a statement the liquor was recovered after a raid on an inn in the limits of 8th police dist...

KABUL (AIP): Security forces detained 28 armed opponents of Afghan government and killed three others during separate operations, they claimed Monday (Jan. 02). Colonel Najeebullah Najeebi, spokesman for 207th Zafar Corps in western Afghanistan, t...

KABUL (AIP): Three soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed and seven more wounded in Wardak, Nuristan and Laghman provinces, defence ministry said Monday. The ANA troops killed and wounded while discharging security responsibilities in...

KUNDUZ (AIP): At least eight people were wounded when two groups exchanged fire over a petty issue in Dosh district of Baghlan province today (Jan 02), an official said Monday. A dispute over a prayer leader of a mosque led to the exchange of fi...

JALALABAD: (AIP): A former Taliban commander was shot dead in Nangarhar province on Monday (January 02). Residents of Sherzad district in Nangarhar province said the deceased, Muhammad Aseel, was attending a jirga in Totoo area when an armed man g...

KABUL: (AIP): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Spokesman General Carsten has said that 23000 foreign troops, including US forces, would leave Afghanistan in 2012. This he said while addressing a joint press conference with the Af...