LASHKARGAH: (AIP): Five civilians were killed and 20 more sustained injuries in an explosion in Sangin district of Helmand province two days ago (August 14), official said Monday. The Helmand governor spokesman Muhammad Dawod Ahmadi told Afghan Is...

KABUL: (AIP): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in a press release on Monday said a suspected Al-Qaida leader was killed in Aliabad district of Kunduz province yesterday (August 15). The release said the suspected Al-Qaida leader...

HERAT: (AIP): The Taliban and officials made conflicting claims about clashes between the Taliban fighters and combined force in Badghis province. The Badghis security headquarters in-charge Abdul Jabbar told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that the Afgh...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead member of a district council today (Aug. 16) in troubled Kandahar province, an official said Monday. Two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on Mahboob, member of Takhta Pul district council at appr...

SHEBARGHAN: (AIP): Unidentified armed men abducted a candidate of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kohistanat district of Sar-i-Pul province yesterday (August 15), official said. Talking to the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) on Sunday, the Sar-...

KABUL: (AIP): The Taliban claimed to have fired three missiles at the Bagram Army Camp last night, causing heavy casualties to foreign force. However, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed the incident and denied claims about c...

LASHKARGAH: (AIP): Four persons of a family, including a woman and two minors, were crushed to death when a logistic vehicle of the foreign force ran over their motorbike in Nadali district of Helmand province early Sunday. The Helmand governor sp...

HERAT: (AIP): The security authorities torched heavy quantity of illegal drugs in Nimroz province on Sunday, official sources told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). Muhammad Musa Rasuli, an official of the Nimroz security headquarters, told AIP that the...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): Thirteen persons of a family were killed and three more sustained injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a river in Farkhar district of Takhar province yesterday evening (August 14). The Farkhar District Chief M...