KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed 30 Taliban during joint operations conducted in the southern Helmand province yesterday, police said Thursday (Feb. 01). Mulla Sher Agha, a Taliban commander was also among the 30 fighters killed du...

KHOST (AIP): A NATO air strike killed eight Taliban in Paktika province last night, governor said Thursday (Feb. 01). The NATO aircraft struck Taliban in the Pir Koti area of Urgun district after Taliban attacked police, said Dr. Muhammad Akram Kh...

JALALABAD (AIP): Police arrested director refugee of Ningarhar province today (Feb. 2) on charges of embezzlement in government funds, sources said Thursday. Maulvi Shamal Khan, director refugees Ningarhar, was nabbed on the order of Attorney Gener...

KABUL (AIP): A roadside bomb exploded near the vehicle of Chinese road construction company in Faryab Jan. 29, slightly damaging the vehicle, a security official said Wednesday (Jan. 31). The vehicle was damaged but the inmates did not suffer any...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban attacked Forward Operating Base Bari Kot in the Kunar province early Saturday morning, killing one civilian contractor and injuring three others, a coalition statement said Wednesday (Jan. 31). Coalition forces took rocket a...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Two people were killed when a vehicle they were traveling in hit a roadside bomb blast in Kandahar province yesterday, police said Wednesday (Jan. 31). General Asmatullah, police chief of Kandahar province told Afghan Islamic Press...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan police arrested four alleged smugglers and recovered 200 kilograms of opium in two separate incidents yesterday in Kandahar, police said Wednesday (Jan. 31). Police separately intercepted two vehicles in the Arghistan distri...

KHOST (AIP): Taliban attacked a police post in Paktika province today (Jan. 31), killing three policemen and wounding two others, police said Wednesday. Governor of Paktika province, Dr. Muhammad Akram Khpawak told Afghan Islamic Press the police...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Two Taliban were killed in a clash with police in the Mezana district of Zabul province last night, a security officer said Tuesday (Jan. 30). Police ambushed a Taliban commander Qari Razeq and his bodyguard Muhammad Khan in Barko a...

KANDAHAR (AIP): While rejecting Taliban claim of killing a former district chief in Uruzgan today (Jan. 30), spokesman of governor Urugan said the Taliban claim was false. "The ex-police chief of Charcheno district, Naeem Khan, safely reached to h...