JALALABAD (AIP): Two children were killed and eight other people were wounded as roof of a house caved-in in the eastern Kunar province last night, police said Thursday (Jan. 11). The incident was happened in Watla area of Chapi Dar when the roof...

KHOST (AIP): Taliban on Thursday (Jan. 11) strongly rejected the ISAF claim of killing 150 fighters in Paktika province, saying the people killed in the air strike were civilians, not Taliban. The Taliban reaction came after the NATO-led Internatio...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The Afghan Army Chief, General Bismillah Khan, Wednesday (Jan. 10) arrived at Chaklala Airbase Rawalpindi in a special plane. He will attend the tripartite meeting of Pakistan, Coaltion forces and Afghanistan being held in Rawalpin...

HERAT (AIP): Eight trucks of World Food Programme (WFP), loaded with food items, were looted in Farah province yesterday, an official said Tuesday (Jan. 09). The WFP trucks were carrying food goods including 200 tons of wheat, ghee and other items...

HERAT (AIP): Director of National Reconciliation Commission of Southwest Zone, Syed Sharif Mujaddidi has said Tuesday 25 Taliban joined government in the western Badghis province today (Jan. 09). While addressing a press conference he said former de...

KABUL (AIP): ISAF troops opened fire on a civilian vehicle approaching their convoy in Orgun district of Paktika province today's morning (Jan. 09), killing one inmate, says a press release issued by ISAF Tuesday. The statement said the ISAF troo...

JALALABAD (AIP): A rocket landed near Jalalabad City, capital of eastern Ningarhar province last night, police said Tuesday (Jan. 09). The rocket fired from southwestern side landed four kilometers to west of Jalalabad city but did not cause any...

HERAT (AIP): On the directives of President Hamid Karzai, 25 prisoners, jailed for minor crimes, were freed in western Herat province yesterday (Jan. 08), an official said Tuesday. The president had issued the order on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha,...

JALALABAD (AIP): A landmine blast left two children dead in the Peach district of eastern Kunar province last night, police said Monday (Jan. 08). Unidentified people had planted the landmine in the house of one Qadir Gul which went off last night...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan police and NATO forces captured two suspected Taliban fighters during joint operation in Ghazni province yesterday, interior ministry said Monday (Jan. 08). The operation aimed at arresting these fighters was conducted in Andar...