MAZAR-I-SHARIF: (AIP): At least nine persons, including children, were killed when an explosive device planted in a handcart went-off in the Balkh province Friday afternoon. The Bakh security headquarters spokesman Sherjan Durrani told Afghan Isla...

KABUL: (AIP): An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) went down in Takhar province today (September 17), ISAF press release said Friday. The release said the UAV was remotely piloted from a ground sta...

HERAT: (AIP): Three civilians were injured in an explosion in the Herat City Friday evening, an official said. The Herat Police Chief Abdul Majeed Rozi told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) an explosive device planted in a bicycle went off in Qilla Ikht...

KUNDUZ (AIP): A candidate in the Afghan parliamentary election among five people were injured and their colleague killed in a traffic accident yesterday (Sept. 16) in northern Takhar province, an official said Thursday. Maulvi Abdul Aziz, governor...

GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban attacked a check post of a private security company last night in Ghazni province, killing five and wounding two guards of the company, an official said Thursday. Muhammad Ismail Jahangir, spokesman of governor Ghazni, told A...

KHOST (AIP): US ambassador to Kabul Karl W. Eikenberry has said Taliban and al-Qaeda have sanctuaries in North Waziristan, a tribal district of Pakistan bordering southeastern Afghanistan. This he said while addressing a press conference during hi...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan security forces conducted operation in Arghandab district of troubled Kandahar province yesterday (Sept. 15) to ensure security for the Sept. 18 parliamentary elections, governor said Thursday. Toryalay Wisa, governor of Kan...

HERAT (AIP): Unidentified gunmen kidnapped four people including a candidate in the parliament elections of Afghanistan yesterday (Sept. 15) in western Adreskan district of western Herat province, a relative said Thursday. The gunmen seized the Wo...

September 16, 2010 KABUL (AIP): Electoral Compliant Commission (ECC) of Afghanistan has disqualified five candidates contesting the parliamentary elections a day before the polls, the commission said Thursday. Ahmad zia Rifat, spokesman of ECC, told...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Four police were injured during two separate clashes with Taliban yesterday (Sept. 14) in northern Baghlan and Takhar provinces, officials said Wednesday. Taliban opened fire on a police vehicle in Gardab area of Central Baghlan dis...