SHEBERGHAN: (AIP): Following the directives of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the occasion of 92nd Independence Day of Afghanistan, 178 prisoners including 20 women were released from prisons in Jawzjan and Sheberghan provinces on Sunday (Augus...

JALALABAD (AIP): A policeman was injured in a roadside bomb attack this morning (Aug. 27) in Khugyani district of eastern Ningarhar province, an official said Saturday. The mine planted in Qilgho area was detonated through a remote control when a...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Casualties are feared as a heavy explosion rocked Lashkargah, capital of Helmand province, today (Aug. 27), eyewitnesses said Saturday. Eyewitnesses told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that the explosion happened close to a branch o...

HERAT (AIP): Unknown gunmen killed five members of a family in Zaranj City, capital of western Nimroz province, this morning police said Saturday. The gunmen broke into a house in the jurisdiction of 2nd police district earlier today, killing a m...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed eight suspected Taliban and captured 21 others during separate operations over the past 24 hours across the country, Afghan interior ministry said Saturday (Aug. 27). The interior ministry said in a st...

HERAT (AIP): Security forces seized 240 litre of chemicals used in processing narcotics in western Herat province, police said Saturday (Aug. 27). Brig. Said Aqa Saqib, police chief of Herat province, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that the bann...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Two persons were killed and 23 more, most of then children, were injured in separate bomb blasts here Saturday (August 27). A Kandahar governor media centre press release said that an explosive device planted in a vehicle went off...

KABUL: (AIP): A destruction bid was foiled as the security forces held an alleged would-be suicide bomber in Baharak district of Badakhshan province yesterday (August 26). An interior ministry press release Saturday (August 27) said the security f...

JALALABAD: (AIP): Following the directives of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, 41 prisoners including women and children were released from the Nangarhar central prison on Saturday (August 27). A press release issued by the Nangarhar media centre, a...

KABUL (AIP): A commander among three Taliban and as many soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed during a clash in Barak-e-Barak district of Logar province last night, police said Friday. A heavy clash erupted during operation against...