KABUL (AIP): Coalition soldiers killed 15 fighters during a firefight at the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) base in the Kamdesh District of Nuristan Province late Tuesday evening, a coalition statement said Wednesday (August 9).  It said...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces recovered a weapons cache and two explosive devices yesterday Aug. 8 in different locations of eastern Afghanistan, says a coalition statement Wednesday (August 9). The statement said the weapons including 2...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Prisoners clashed with police in Lashkargah Jail on Wednesday (August 9) after the jail administration refused to accept their demands. Administrative Chief and spokesman of Helmand province, Mohiuddin Khan while giving details to A...

KUNDUZ (AIP): ISAF personnel assisted local elders and Afghan forces in brokering an agreement between the two warring factions in Kata Qala, Faryab province yesterday (August 8). A statement issued by ISAF on Wednesday (August 9) said the local po...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Two Taliban were killed during a clash with Afghan forces in the troubled Helmand province last night, police said Tuesday (August 8). Taliban attacked a security post in Garmser district of Helmand province on the night between Mon...

KABUL (AIP): The father of abducted Lebanese engineer on Tuesday (August 8) said the killing of his son by the hands of Muslims will hurt the war stricken people of Lebanon and delight Israel. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press Hussain Hassan, father...

PESHAWAR (AIP): On the appeal of the parents of kidnapped Lebanese engineer, Taliban on Monday (August 7) announced 18 hours extension in deadline to decide the fate of the hostage. We had set 24 hours deadline which expired today 6:00 P.M. local ti...

HERAT (AIP): Two policemen were killed and two other were still missing as some unidentified gunmen attacked a border security post in Badghes province, official said on Sunday. Sher Ali, police chief of Badghes province, while giving details to...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Sunday accepts responsibility for the suicide attack happened on Kabul-Kandahar highway this morning. Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf while talking to Afghan Islamic Press from an unidentified location said, "A Ta...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Sunday said four US troops and a Talib fighter was killed during a clash in Noristan province today (August 06), Taliban fighters attacked a convoy of US troops in Nangraj district of Noristan province today which sparke...