KUNDUZ: (AIP): At least nine persons, including six women, were killed in a landmine blast in northern Afghanistan on Sunday (January 16), officials told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). A vehicle carrying Afghan civilians struck a landmine in Dand Sha...

KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan Minister for Trade and Industries Anwarul Haq Ahadi Sunday (January 16) said the Afghan president had demanded of the Kazakhstan government to provide Afghanistan with 200,000 tonnes of petroleum. Talking to reports in Kab...

KABUL: (AIP): The Pakistan Deputy Foreign Minister Salman Bashir called on the Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential office here Sunday (January 16). A press release said they discussed the issues of anti-terror war and the need of mut...

HERAT: (AIP): General Said Agha Saqib assumed the charge of police chief of western Herat province Sunday (Jan-16). General Said Agha replaced General Muhammad Salim Ihsas who was posted as commander of police Maywand zone in Kandahar province a f...

KHOST (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a senior official of agriculture department yesterday (Jan 14) in south-eastern Khost province, police said Saturday. The gunmen opened fire on Qareebul Zaman, in-charge of extension wing of provinc...

HERAT (AIP): A man was killed after a collision between a motorcycle and a police vehicle yesterday (Jan 14) in Pusht-e-Rod district of western Farah province, police said Saturday. A police Ranger vehicle hit a motorcycle in the limits of Pusht-e...

HERAT (AIP): Governor of western Nimroz province, Abdul Karim Barahivi, escaped a roadside bomb attack yesterday (Jan 14), police said Saturday. The governor was returning to provincial capital Zaranj after inspecting two uplift projects when a mi...

KABUL: (AIP): The Taliban Saturday (January 15) claimed shooting down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the foreign forces in Nejrab district of Kapisa province. The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) their figh...

HERAT: (AIP): Two persons were killed when the landmine they were planting in western Badghes province went-off yesterday (January 14), an official said Saturday (January 15). Two persons were planting landmine in Joi Khawaja area, Bil-Amarghab di...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Four personnel of the police among ten persons were injured when an explosive device went-off in Kandahar City on Saturday (January 15). The Kandahar Police Chief Khan Muhammad Mujahid told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) an explosive...