KANDAHAR (AIP): Three Afghan guards and a driver of USPI company were wounded in a suicide bomb blast in Kandahar on Thursday, company officials said.

KABUL (AIP): Minister for Information and culture, Makhdoom Rahin failed to secure trust of the Wolesi Jerga (lower house of parliament) on Thursday.He gained 93 votes in the 244-member national Assembly while 131 votes went against him and was disap...

KABUL (AIP): Minister designate for Trade and Industries, Dr. Haidar Raza was disapproved by Woelsi Jirga which met here on Thursday in connection with trust vote. Dr. Haidar Raza failed to obtain the required vote from the members of low house of Af...

JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday claimed firing two rockets at Jalalabad airport last night. However, local officials termed the Taliban claim as false.Spokesman of Taliban fighters, Dr. Muhammad Hanif, told Afghan Islamic Press that Taliban gue...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Two Canadian troops were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Helmand province on Wednesday, Canadian military said.Spokeswoman of the Canadian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Kandahar, Julie Roberge told journalists th...

KABUL (AIP): Security forces seized 4400 bottles of liquor in Kunduz last night, security officials claimed.Officials of national security forces said their personnel recovered 4400 bottles of liquor from Khanabad motor stand at Khanabad Port in Kund...

HERAT (AIP): As many as 21 commanders handed over different kinds of weapons to DIAG in Badghais province yesterday, military officials said Tuesday.A high-ranking military official of southwestern Zone told Afghan Islamic Press that 21 former comman...

Distt police chief injured in Taliban attack.

KANDAHAR (AIP): An alleged infamous ringleader of robbers was killed in a clash with police on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Zabul yesterday while his two aides were arrested, police claimed Tuesday.Notorious bandit, Abdul Haleem who used to rob people o...

KHOST (AIP): Unidentified armed men attacked and torched the office of CARE International, a foreign non-governmental organization, and wounded its incharge in Paktika province last night, governor said Tuesday.Bandits attacked the office of CARE Int...