KABUL (AIP): Afghan lower house of parliament once again failed Wednesday to elect its speaker in fourth attempt, furthering crisis in the controversial parliament. Off the five candidates contested election for the slot of speaker, Siddique Ahmad...

SHEBARGHAN (AIP): The Taliban on Wednesday (February 02) claimed killing 11 police and injuring six more in a bomb blast in Shirin Tagab district of Faryab province. The Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP)...

HERAT: (AIP): Torrential rains, heavy snowfall and flash floods destroyed more than 11 houses and large circle of agricultural land here, official sources said Wednesday (February 02). The Natural Disasters Department Chairman Abdul Hameed Mubariz...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): The Afghan Interior Minister Lieutenant General Bismillah Khan Muhammadi has said that 1,200 local police would be deployed in Kunduz to improve law and other of the province. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday (February 02)...

KABUL: (AIP): Five of a family were wounded today (Feb 1) in a mine explosion in Dashtarchi district of northern Kunduz province, an official said Tuesday. Shiekh Saaduddin, district chief of Dashtarchi, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that a mine...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Police chief of southern Kandahar province escaped a bomb explosion today (Feb. 01) in the limits of provincial capital, he said Tuesday. Lieutenant General Khan Muhammad Mujahid, police chief of Kandahar province, told Afghan Isla...

KABUL (AIP): Coalition forces killed several suspected Taliban yesterday (Jan. 31) in Qarghai district of eastern Laghman province, the NATO-led force said Tuesday. Afghan and foreign forces requested close air support after observing several Tali...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): A person was killed and another sustained injuries when a landmine went off on a vehicle in Arghastan district of Kandahar province on Tuesday (February 01). The Arghastan District Chief Syed Ali told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) a...

HERAT: (AIP): A school was opened in Injeel district of Herat province on Tuesday (February 01), official sources said. The Herat education department spokesman Kamran Taqwa told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) the school building was constructed by sp...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): The Taliban claimed killing a commander of the pro-government tribal militia along with his two guards in Nahrain district of Baghlan province on Tuesday (February 01). The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan Islamic Pr...