KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces detained 28 suspects during separate operations over the past 24 hours, interior ministry claimed Thursday (Dec. 22). The operations were jointly conducted by Afghan National Army (ANA), police, intelligenc...

JALALABAD: (AIP): An explosive device went off on a vehicle of local police here Thursday (December 22). An explosion occurred in an empty police van near Haji Ghalji Market in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar, an eyewitness told the...

KABUL: (AIP): A meeting of the judiciary held at the presidential palace here Thursday (December 22) with the Afghan President Hamid Karzai in chair discussed the killing of former Kandahar police chief and crime branch in-charge. A presidential o...

KABUL (AIP): British Prime Minister David Cameroon who made an unannounced visit to southern Afghanistan late Tuesday spoke to President Hamid Karzai and expressed satisfaction over security situation in Kandahar and Helmand province. In a telepho...

KABUL (AIP): A roadside bomb killed three Polish troops and wounded another in the limits of Ghazni City, capital of Ghazni province, today (Dec. 21), an official said Wednesday. A mine exploded near a vehicle of Polish troops in Rowza area of Gh...

KABUL (AIP): A many as 54 Afghan troops and 50 Taliban were killed during separate operations in the past 30 days in Afghanistan, defence ministry said Wednesday (Dec. 21). Defence ministry spokesman General Zaher Azimi told a press conference in...

MAZAR SHARIF (AIP): Rail began test operation between Hiratan Port and Mazar Shrif in northern Afghanistan Wednesday (Dec. 21). The 75 km long rail track would soon be officially opened by President Hamid Karzai, said Noor Gul Mangal, deputy minis...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed two suspected anti-government gunmen and detained nine others during separate operations over the past 24 hours, interior ministry said Tuesday. The combined force conducted six operations against gun...

HERAT: (AIP): Unidentified people abducted an Iranian driver in Kohsan district in Herat province last night, an official said Tuesday (December 20). Unknown motorcyclists kidnapped an Iranian driver in the limits of Kohsan district last night whe...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): As many as 50 alleged Taliban joined the peace process in Kandahar province on Tuesday (December 20). The Taliban joined the peace process in a ceremony held in Panjwai district in Kandahar province, a press release stated. The Ka...