HERAT (AIP): Police claimed to have seized 132 kilogram of opium during a search operation on Herat-Baghdes highway at Kotak Sabzi area in Herat province yesterday evening (Oct 14), police said on Monday (Oct 15). Provincial police chief of Herat...

KABUL (AIP): Hunger strike of the political prisoners in Pul-Charkhi prison against the execution of political and criminal prisoners entered its second week on Monday while the situation of a number of inmates said to be in critical condition. Abdul...

JALALABAD (AIP): At least one person was killed and 18 others were inured in a road accident in Khogiano district of Ningarhar province on Monday (Oct 15), a resident told AIP over phone. He said the incident took place near the bazaar of Khogiano...

HERAT (AIP): A Talib died when a mine he was placing at a roadside exploded in Balabalock district of Farah province last night, police said on Monday. Provincial police chief of Farah province General Abdur Rehman told AIP that the mine killed o...

KUNAR (AIP): A shell fired from unknown place hit a US helicopter in Ghaziabad area in Kunar province but caused no casualty, coalition spokesman for eastern Afghanistan Eng Rahmanullah told AIP on Monday (Oct 15). He said the helicopter after hittin...

KABUL (AIP): Four of a family were killed in Chora district in Aurazgan province when suicide vest wearing by a boy in family detonated, said a press release issued by interior ministry on Monday (Oct 15). The release said that the boy was a student...

KANDAHAR (AIP): At least six people were killed and several others including police were wounded in a suicide attack in the southern Kandahar province late today (Oct. 13), police said Saturday. The suicide bomber detonated his explosive laden motor...

JALLAABAD (AIP): Residents of the Narang district of Kunar province today (Oct. 13) took out a protest rally against the arrest of a cleric by coalition forces. Governor Kunar, Shalezai Deedar while quoting the protesters told Afghan Islamic Press (A...

KABUL (AIP): Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated across Afghanistan today (Friday) with religious zeal and fervor. The government had yesterday (Oct. 11) announced that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated tomorrow (Friday). The announcement was made after t...

KANDAHAR (AIP): At least two police were killed and four others wounded in a roadside bomb blast in the southern Helmand province today (Oct. 12), police said Friday. The roadside bomb hit the police vehicle on Kandahar-Herat highway near Gereshk...