KABUL (AIP): A driver was killed today (July 24) as ISAF troops opened fire on vehicle after it failed to stop on signals in southern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said Tuesday "When the driver failed to slow down or stop after being directed t...

KABUL (AIP): Former king of Afghanistan and father of the nation Muhammad Zaher Shah died in Kabul today (23 July). A meeting of Afghan ministers is underway to announce the funeral and other programmes of his burial. He remained as the king of Afg...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban one again threatened to kill the S. Korean hostages one expiry of the deadline. " Like the past, we urge the Korean government to hold direct talks with us as negotiations with Afghan government are heading for failure," a...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban have blocked a key highway linking southern Afghanistan to central, Taliban and Afghan officials said Monday (July 23). The Kandahar-Tarin Kot highway is closed for all kind of movement as fighting is continuing for the las...

KHOST (AIP): Unidentified gunmen abducted an Afghan engineer in Paktika province yesterday (July 22), police said Monday. Engineer Omar was working with governor Paktika province and was picked up between Sharana, capital of Paktika, and Metta Kha...

KABUL (AIP): The Afghan government announced to observe three- mourn over the demise of former king and Baba-e-Millat, Muhammad Zaher Shah who breathed his lost after protracted illness at the age of 93 in Kabul today (July 23). Announcing the dea...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday (July 23) extended deadline 24 more hours for the release Korean hostages who were captured on July 19 in Ghazni. "The deadline has been extended by 24 more hours. We want S. Korean delegation to come and hold direc...

KABUL (AIP): Qarah Bagh district in-charge Khwaja Mohammad Sadiq Sunday said that there was no operation in the area for the release of kidnapped South Koreans, adding previous operations had also been halted on demand of Taliban. He said earlier...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban announced extension in the deadline set for execution of South Koreans and the next deadline was 10am (Monday). A Taliban commander, who declined to be named said that their talks with representatives of Afghan government were...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban spokesman Qari Yousaf Ahamdi said Sunday that they were extending the deadline for Afghan government by 24 hours to decide the fate of 23 South Korean hostages. Talking to AIP from an undisclosed location, he said the deadli...