KABUL (AIP): Endorsing the decision of appellate court on disqualification of 62 members of parliament on fraud charges in parliamentary elections, President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday (Aug. 10) ordered Independent Election Commission (IEC) to impleme...

HERAT: (AIP): Seven Afghan civilians were injured in an improvised explosive device blast in Shindand district of Herat province last night, an official said Wednesday (August 10). The western police zone spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi told the Afgha...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over 11 modern ambulances to the Kandahar civil health department. The Kandahar Governor Dr Toryalai Weesa handed over the ambulances to the Kandahar civil heal...

GHAZNI: (AIP): A foreign soldier was injured when police and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops traded fire in Ghazni City last night, an official said Wednesday (August 10). The Ghazni Police Chief Zarawar Zahid told the Afghan...

KABUL: (AIP): The Taliban claimed causing casualties to foreign troops by conducting attacks and blasts on them in various parts of the country on Wednesday (August 10). The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP)...

KABUL (AIP): 1st Afghan Vice President Marshall Muhammad Qaseem Fahim was flown to Germany for medical treatment Tuesday (Aug. 09). The deputy Afghan president has been suffering from heart problem and diabetes since long. Marshall Fahim was fl...

CHARIKAR (AIP): Three people including a militia commander, a Talib fighter and a girl were killed in an explosion followed by a armed clash in Tagab district of Kapisa province, sources said Tuesday (Aug. 09). A commander of local militia, Azizu...

HERAT (AIP): Resident of western Herat City on Tuesday (Aug. 09) took out a demonstration against shortage of water and electricity in the city. The protesters said that they had been facing low electricity voltage since long while recently power...

HERAT (AIP): Security forces found decapitated bodies of four civilians kidnapped by unknown gunmen yesterday (Aug. 08) in western Farah province, police said Tuesday. The dead bodies were found in Zar Mardan area of Bala Baluk district this morni...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): The security forces and Taliban are raising conflicting claims about casualties to each other during clashes in Shah Walikot district of Kandahar province. The Shah Walikot Police Chief Pacha told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) th...