PESHAWAR (AIP): Five Afghan soldiers were wounded in a landmine blast in southern Afghan province on Friday, reports said. AIP sources said that a vehicle of government forces ran over a landmine placed at Sozain area, Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar, injuring five soldiers. Police chief of Oruz...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three children were killed and another injured on Thursday in a landmine blast in southern Kandahar province, a government spokesman said. The spokesman alleged that the ousted militia had planted the landmine to destroy vehicles of two key Afghan commanders in Shor Andam village, s...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A commander in central Afghan province threatened to launch attack on Chaghcharran city, the provincial capital of Ghor, if the government failed to resolve matters in the area. Tension is prevailing by each passing day following differences cropped up between two government comman...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Authorities in eastern Jalalabad City have seized 21 kilograms opium on Wednesday. AIP stringer in Jalalabad said that local authorities recovered 21kg opium from a car at Behsoed area, Jalalabad-Kunor highway north part of the city yesterday. Meanwhile, the authorities seized nin...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A government spokesman in southern Afghan province has denied killing 20 Taliban fighters in Arghastan area yesterday. Giving details of the incident, spokesman Khalid Pashtoon told journalists at Kandahar today that they had received information about the presence of 60 Taliban fi...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A branch of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) was inaugurated in eastern Jalalabad City on Wednesday, reports said. A function to respect was held which was attended by the governor Nangarhar, chief of Afghanistan Bank, head of NBP Kabul and several others. Speaking on the occasio...

PESHAWAR (AIP): One person was killed by unidentified armed dacoits in eastern Nangarhar province last night, reports said. AIP stringer from Jalalabad city said that the gunmen entered into the house of one Haji Muhammad Faqir at Beland Ghar area, Behsud, three kilometers north of Jalalabad city....

PESHAWAR (AIP): Disarmament drive kicked off in southeastern Afghan province on Tuesday, an official said. The officials of Paktika told AIP that the campaign was started in presence of a delegation of the United Nations, major general armed corps No- 3 general Muneer Mangal and authorities of Pakt...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Police chief of southeastern Paktika province said that he was alright and no one attacked his car. Talking to AIP on Tuesday evening police chief of Paktika Muhammad Raheem Ali Khel said that reports about his killing was totally baseless, adding he was neither injured nor came und...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two Afghan soldiers were injured in attack of unknown gunmen in Helmund province, reports said. District chief of Nomaish, a far-flung district of Helmund Gul Muhammad Khan told AIP on Monday that some unidentified persons attacked their headquarters, injuring two soldiers two days...