KABUL (AIP): Afghan government has closed down eight security companies in the country weeks after President Hamid Karzai ordered the dissolution of illegal security companies operating in Afghanistan, presidential spokesman said Sunday (Oct. 03)....

KABUL (AIP): Third phase of anti-polo campaign was launched Sunday to immunize children 4.6 million children upto five year of age against polio disease across Afghanistan. The drive was opened by acting health minister Dr. Surya Dalil by administ...

HERAT (AIP): Work on five uplift projects opened in Kohsan district of western Herat province yesterday (Oct. 02), an official said Sunday. Shoaib Masoomi, a local official, told Afghan Islamic Press that the projects included expansion of electri...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb blast left two civilians dead and four more wounded yesterday (Oct. 01) in Kandahar province, provincial government said Saturday. The incident happened in Karezgi area of Khakrez district when a civilian car struck...

KABUL: (AIP): The coalition force found large quantity of ammonium nitrate in Arghandab district of the Kandahar province yesterday (September 30), ISAF press statement said Friday. The statement said the coalition force found more than 1,100 kilo...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): The Taliban on Friday claimed to have killed four members of the pro-government armed militia during clashes which erupted in Khwaja Ghar district of Takhar province last night. The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan I...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces detained two suspected Taliban including a commander and killed three more during separate operations in Chahar Dara district of Kunduz province, police claimed Thursday (Sept. 30). Afghan National Police (A...

HERAT: (AIP): The traffic-related issues of the residents were addressed as a bridge was yesterday (September 29) opened in the capital of Farah province, an official said Thursday. The Farah economy department chairman Zahir Shah Khadim told Afgh...

HERAT: (AIP): The building of the security sector-7 department, which was formed by Italian PRT, was inaugurated during a ceremony here Thursday. A press statement issued by the Herat security headquarters on Thursday said the Italian PRT construc...

KHOST: (AIP): A soldier of the Afghan National Army (ANA) was killed and two more sustained injuries when their vehicle hit a landmine in Batoor area of the Zurmat district today (September 30), an official said Thursday. An official of the Zurmat...