SHEBARGHAN (AIP): Afghan officials say 30 suspected Taliban were detained during operations jointly conducted by Afghan and foreign forces Friday (Nov. 26) in northern Jowzjan province. Foreign forces, Afghan National Army (ANA), police and intell...

HERAT (AIP): A man was killed during a clash over the ownership of trees last night in Gulistan district of Farah province, police said Saturday. Two rival groups clashed over threes cutting dispute in the limits of Gulistan district as a result a...

HERAT: (AIP): The Taliban claimed inflicting heavy casualties to the foreign forces during an attack on their convoy in Farahrod district of Farah province Saturday. The authorities, however, disputed their claims. The Taliban spokesman Qari Muham...

KABUL: (AIP): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) claimed seizing huge quantity of explosives in several provinces of Afghanistan. The ISAF press office in a statement on Saturday said the Afghan-ISAF combined forces seized 1,588 ki...

HERAT (AIP): Two police officers were wounded in a mine blast last night in Darra Bom area of Badghis Province, sources said Friday (Nov. 26). A provincial security official, Abdul Haq Bromand, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that the incident hap...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces detained at least 11 suspected Taliban including a commander during separate operations in Paktika, Paktia, Khost and Kunduz provinces, the military said Friday (Nov. 26). The combined force raided a compou...

HERAT (AIP): A rehabilitation and treatment centre for drug addicts was opened Thursday (Nov. 25) in Herat City, capital of western Herat province. The rehabilitation centre which will work with the financial assistance of International Organizati...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): The Taliban claimed to have killed 11 police in a landmine explosion in Kunduz province on Thursday. The authorities, however, disputed the claim. The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) their fighte...

KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged the parliamentary candidates, who are criticising the poll results, and their supporters to quit protests and put forward their complaints before the concerned authorities. A press release...

KUNDUZ (AIP): A would-be suicide bomber was killed and three civilians wounded when the explosives he was carrying went off today (Nov. 24) in Khwaja Bahaudin district of northern Takhar province, an official said Wednesday. Faiz Muhammad Tauhidi,...