HERAT (AIP): Two workers of Red Cross, kidnapped by unknown gunmen in western Herat province a week ago, were released last night, officials said Monday (Aug. 30). The two engineers, an unidentified foreigner and an Afghan, were seized by gunmen i...

KABUL: (AIP): About eight tonnes of illegal drugs seized during the last five months in Nangarhar and Kabul were torched in Kabul on Monday. A press release issued by the interior ministry said the drugs included 488 kilograms of heroin, 903 kilog...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Three persons were killed and as many sustained injuries in separate incidents of violence in various areas of Kandahar province yesterday (August 29). A press release Monday said unknown gunmen shot dead a person identified as Gu...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): A cop wad killed and four more sustained injuries in Taliban attack in Uruzgan province last night, official said Monday. The Uruzgan Security Commander Jumma Gul Hemmat told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that the Taliban conducted a...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): The Municipal Corporation and Human Welfare department constructed three-kilometre-long Road in Kandahar City and opened it for routine traffic on Monday. A statement issued by the Kandahar Press Office on Monday said the road was...

GHAZNI: (AIP): The Taliban conducted heavy attack on Ajristan district and claimed to have captured the centre of the district last night, official and Taliban said Monday. The Ghazni security headquarters in-charge Muhammad Hussain told Afghan Is...

JALALABAD: (AIP): Three persons, including two cops, were injured in an explosion in Jalalabad City early Sunday, official told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). The Nangarhar governor spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdalzai told AIP that an explosive device plant...

HERAT: (AIP): The bullet-riddled bodies of five persons working for election campaign of a Wolasi Jirga candidate from Herat province, Fauzai Gillani, who were abducted some days back, were found in Adraskan district on Sunday (August 29). The Adr...

Updated with Taliban comments JALALABAD: (AIP): Three persons, including two cops, were injured in an explosion in Jalalabad City early Sunday, official told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). The Nangarhar governor spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdalzai told AIP...

HERAT: (AIP): Two suicide bombers blew themselves up when the police opened fire on them while they were trying to enter the Farah provincial headquarters building on Sunday. The Farah Security Commander Muhammad Faqir Askar told Afghan Islamic Pr...