September 15, 2010 KUNDUZ (AIP): Five people were killed in an armed clash between two families yesterday (Sept. 14) in northern Baghlan province, an official said Wednesday. Haji Sangin Khan, governor of Burqa district, told Afghan Islamic Pr...

KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai along with a high-profile delegation Wednesday left for 2-day official visit to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. A statement issued by the President Press Office said Karzai would call on the Pakist...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): The foreign force held seven persons including former member of the Kunduz provincial assembly in the Chardarra district here last night, an official said Wednesday. The Chardarra District Governor Abdul Wahid Umarkhel told Afghan I...

KABUL: (AIP): Following the decision of the cabinet ministers, election centres would not be established in health centres (hospitals etc) in the state capital Kabul and other provinces of Afghanistan on the day of the upcoming Wolasi Jirga elections...

KABUL: (AIP): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan in a press release said the election campaigns of the candidates would come to end at 12 am (local time) Wednesday night. The IEC press release said the Election Complaints Com...

HERAT: (AIP): The Ghowr authorities said 16 election centres in three districts of the province would remain closed due to security reasons. The Ghowr governor spokesman Abdulhai Khatibi told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) 16 election centres in Taiwa...

KABUL: (AIP): A high-ranking official of the Afghanistan defence ministry Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal Aman Wednesday said 0.3 million Afghan and foreign security forces would be deployed in the country on the day of election to maintain law and...

KABUL: (AIP): The ISAF and Afghan combined force held three opponents in Kabul City, ISAF press release said on Wednesday. The release maintained the combined force launched operation in the Kabul City and its suburbs to maintain peace for the upc...

HERAT (AIP): A vehicle of Afghan National Army (ANA) overturned yesterday (Sept. 13) in Rabat Sangi district of western Herat province, leaving two soldiers dead and three more wounded, an officer said Tuesday. Colonel Zainuddin, a commander of a...

HERAT (AIP): Unidentified gunmen kidnapped an Afghan trader last night in Anjeel district of western Herat province, police said Tuesday. Provincial police chief, Muhammad Salam Ihsas, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that the gunmen broke into the...