KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai appointed new mayor of capital Kabul Thursday (Nov. 16). The newly appointed Mayor, Roohullah Aman replaced Ghulam Sakhi Nowzad. The former mayor Ghulam Sakhi Nowzad was considered as an active mayor in the e...

KANDAHAR (AIP): An incident involving a routine patrol seven kilometres north of Gereshk in Helmand province tragically resulted in the death of two Afghan civilian adults and the injury of one child yesterday (Nov 15), a press release of ISAF said...

HERAT (AIP): Flash floods, caused by heavy rains, wrecked havoc in western Afghanistan yesterday (Nov. 16), leaving several people dead and dozens missing. An unknown number of people were killed and missing in the Bala Murghab and Ghorghach dist...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Two government employees lost their lives when their vehicle drowned in the flood waters in the eastern Zabul province on Friday (Nov 17), official said. "A vehicle traveling by four government workers plunged into flood waters in Z...

HERAT (AIP): Death toll rose to 47 in the flash floods caused by heavy rains in Badghis province, official said Friday (Nov. 17). "Police recovered 47 dead bodies in the flood hit Balamargab and Goormach districts and search for rest of the missing...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces killed one "terrorist" and captured four other during an early morning operation today (Nov. 16) near Payanden Khel in the Kabul Province, a coalition press release said Thursday. The statement said the com...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The Pakistan government has decided to close Jalozai Afghan refuge camp till 30th April 2007, a local Urdu language newspaper reported Thursday (Nov. 16). The paper reported that the decision was made during a meeting presided over...

JALALABAD (AIP): Governor of eastern Ningarhar province and director USAID jointly opened work on the construction of 27 kilometers long road Thursday (Nov. 16). The road will be constructed between Bahawali area of Surkhrod and Wazir (Karam Khail...

JALALABAD (AIP): Police recovered and defused two landmines in Laghman province yesterday (Nov.15), an official said Thursday (Nov. 16). The Surkhakan-Mehtarlam road remained closed from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for traffic as unknown people had pl...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan and NATO forces killed three Taliban fighters and wounded five others during a joint operation in Zabul province yesterday (Nov. 15), police said Thursday (Nov. 16). The operations were conducted in Khak-e-Afghan district o...