March 31, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): A key Taliban commander has joined government in southern Helmund province on Wednesday. Former Taliban commander Abdul Wahid announced support to government at Lashkargha, capital Helmund province. A governmen...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A police official in northern Balkh province was removed by Interior Ministry from his office on the complaints of local people who protested against him for his alleged involvement in criminal activities. The AIP sources from Maz...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday inaugurated construction work on Herat-Kandahar Highway in western Herat province. Mr. Karzai accompanied by US ambassador to Afghanistan Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad and a Saudi diplomat opened c...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three persons were killed on Tuesday in dam rupture incident in Ghazni province, governor said Wednesday. Governor Asadullah Khanlid told AIP that earlier there were reports of six deaths but added that three persons had been kill...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A bomb exploded near Governor House in Jalalabad City of eastern Nangarhar province, killing one person on Wednesday. The explosion reported approximately at 8:10 am (local time) at a distance of some 300 meters from governor hous...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Four policemen were killed and another injured in an attack in Farah province on Wednesday. A border security official Commander Toryali told AIP that unknown gunmen attacked police petrol and killed four policemen including an of...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 10 soldiers of Afghan National Army suffered wounds when three bomb explosions rocked eastern Kunor province on Tuesday, officials confirmed. The AIP sources from Asadabad, capital of Kunor said that a convoy of Afghan Na...

March 29, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): An Afghan National Army soldier was wounded in a land mine blast yesterday near Shindand Airfield, coalition said. The soldier was injured in his bid to save a group of children scavenging inside a known minefield, c...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The death toll rose to 14 following breaking of a dam in central Ghazni province on Tuesday. Police in-charge of Ghazni Abdul Rahman told AIP that 14 persons died in flood related incidents in the area. He said the death toll...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least six persons died when a dam ruptured in central Ghazni province on Tuesday morning, an official confirmed. Governor of Ghazni Asadullah Khalid told AIP over satellite phone from Khawja Umari area that Sultan Dam broke a...