HERAT/JALALABAD: (AIP): As many as 25 opponents, including their two commanders, have joined the government, the Badghes and Laghman authorities said Thursday (December 23). The Badghes Police Chief Abdul Jabbar Saleh told Afghan Islamic Press (AI...

KABUL: (AIP): The Taliban Thursday (December 23) claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties on the foreign forces during attacks in Laghman, Khost and Helmand provinces. The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) thei...

KABUL: (AIP): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) claimed killing six opponents in separate attacks in Helmand and Ghazni provinces. An ISAF press statement Thursday (December 23) said the ISAF air force killed three Taliban, includ...

HERAT: (AIP): A school was opened in Kurkh district of Herat province, an official said Thursday (December 23). The Herat education and training department spokesman Kamran Taqwi told Afghan Islamic Pres (AIP) the school building having eight clas...

GHAZNI: (AIP): There are conflicting reports about an explosion which rocked the third security zone of Ghazni City today evening (December 23), an official said Thursday. The Ghazni Police Chief Zarawar Zahid told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) a sui...

PESHAWAR: (AIP): The Afghan ambassador, during the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, to Saudi Arabia, Islamabad and New York, Maulvi Abdul Wahab, died due to an illness at Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on Thursday (December 23). Maulvi Abdul Wahab,...

HERAT: (AIP): The Shindand district chief survived an explosion on Herat-Shindand road yesterday (December 21), an official said Wednesday (December 22). The Shindand District Chief Lal Muhammad Umarzai told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) a remote-con...

KABUL: (AIP): Two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and six more sustained injuries in separate road mishaps in Wardag and Zabul provinces yesterday (December 21), the defence ministry said Wednesday (December 22). An Afghan Defence...

KABUL: (AIP): A destruction bid was foiled as the security officials seized and torched an explosive-laden vehicle in Maidan City of Wardag province late yesterday (December 21), a press release said Wednesday (December 22). A Wardag press office...

KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai Wednesday (December 22) flew to Istanbul, Turkey, to represent Afghanistan at the 11th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) besides attending the 5th trilateral meeting among Afghanista...