HERAT (AIP): The Herat customs department has recorded 43 percent increase in revenue during the past nine months as compared to the same period of last year, officials claimed Monday (Dec. 27). Haji Khalilullah Khaliq, director of Herat customs d...

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai has set up special election court to hear fraud and irregularity complaints in the September 18th parliamentary elections. The court was approved by the Afghan president on the proposal of Supreme Court of Afgh...

LASHKARGAH: (AIP): A person was killed and a woman sustained injuries in an explosion here early Sunday (December 26). An explosive device exploded on a loaded vehicle in Kochani Karez area of Lashkargah City, capital of Helmand, early today (Dece...

HERAT: (AIP): The police foiled a smuggling bid by seizing huge quantity of narcotics on Herat-Islam Kala road yesterday evening (December 25), an official said Sunday (December 26). The Herat police headquarters in-charge (Security) Dilawar Shah...

KHOST: (AIP): Unidentified armed men abducted four Turkish engineers in Dand Patan district of Paktia province on Sunday (December 26). The Dand Patan District Chief Niaz Muhammad told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) unknown gunmen kidnapped four Turki...

KABUL: (AIP): Seven opponents were killed in Ghazni and 33 suspects were detained in separate operations in Logar, Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul and Khost provinces, the Afghan defence ministry and ISAF said Sunday (December 26). A defence ministry pre...

SHEBERGHAN: (AIP): The authorities claimed a would-be suicide bomber was killed in Khwaja Sabz Posh district of Faryab province while the Taliban claimed to have gunned down a police commander in Dolatabad district of the same province. The Faryab...

HERAT: (AIP): A prayer leader of Obeh district of Herat province was held with 25 kilograms explosives while a resident of Injeel district was arrested on the charges of links with opponents, officials said Sunday. The Herat police headquarters sp...

KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai met the France defence minister, a press release said Sunday (December 26). A presidential office press release said Karzai met the France Defence Minister Alain Marie Juppe at the presidential palac...

HERAT: (AIP): Son of the Herat Mayor was injured when some people attacked his vehicle here on Sunday (December 26), an official said. An official in Herat, wishing not to be named, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) some persons possessing logs of w...