BAGRAM AIRFIELD (AIP): A US CH-47 helicopter crashed west of Asadabad today while it was transporting additional forces into an area in support of US forces currently conducting counter-terrorism operations, coalition said Tuesday. US fixed-wing...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban torched six vehicles of a foreign road construction company on Kandahar-Herat Highway in Farah province on Monday, an official said. Security in-charge of the highway Muhammad Naeem told AIP by satellite phone that Taliban...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A Taliban commander was killed by Afghan forces in a clash in Zabul province on Monday, an official claimed Tuesday. Spokesman of Governor Zabul Gulab Shah Alikhail told AIP that commander Zahoorullah was killed during a clash with...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two Taliban commanders were captured in southern Helmund province on Sunday, an official said Monday. An official of Helmund province Mohiauddin told AIP that a clean up operation was started at Washir, Kajakey, Musa Qalla and Desho...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan interior minister has resigned from his post following differences with President Hamid Karzai. Informed sources from Kabul told AIP that interior minister Ali Ahmad Jalali tendered his resignation last week; however, his...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Unknown robbers snatched money from aid workers in Jalalabad City on Monday, NGO official confirmed. Security and logistic coordinator of a non-governmental organization Relief International told AIP that a vehicle of the NGO carr...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD (AIP): Coalition forces killed an Afghan man June 26 after he drew an automatic weapon at a vehicle control point manned by Afghan and Coalition forces east of Qalat in Zabul province, coalition said Monday. The man approached the...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two minor girls were killed and five of a family wounded early on Monday morning in a hand grenade attack by unknown armed men at a refugee camp near Peshawar on Monday. A neighbor of the victim family Abdul Hadi Arghandwal told A...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Seven people were killed when floodwater washed away a bridge in in Badakhshaan province, governor said Saturday. Governor of Badakhshaan province Munshi Abdul Majeed told AIP that water level rose to a dangerous level over the pas...

PESHAWAR (AIP): An American vehicle was destroyed when gunmen fired rockets on their (US) convoy in eastern Kunor province on Sunday morning, commander claims. A local commander Muhammad Ismail told AIP by phone from Kunor that a convoy of America...