JALALABAD (AIP): Four soldiers of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and several Afghan security personnel were killed during a clash with Taliban in Sarkani district of eastern Kunar province today (Sept. 08), ISAF said Tuesday. ISAF pre...

GHAZNI (AIP): Three guards, escorting a logistic convoy of foreign forces, were killed today (Sept. 08) during a clash with Taliban attack in Wardak province, a spokesman said Tuesday. Shahidullah Shahid, spokesman of Wardak governor told Afghan...

KHOST (AIP): An explosion left two guards of a private security company dead and three more wounded today (Sept. 08) in Paktia province, an official said Tuesday. The incident took place on Khost-Gardez highway at Dowa Manda area when a Sirf vehic...

KABUL (AIP): Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) has announced that President Hamid Karzai is leading with 54.1 percent in the 91.6 percent ballots counted so far. A spokesman for the IEC made the announcement at a press conferenc...

HERAT/KHOST (AIP): As many as 155 prisoners were released today (Sept. 08) from jails in Khost and Herat provinces in connection with the 90th independence day of Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday. General Abdul Majeed Sadiqi, head of Central...

JALALABAD (AIP): Four soldiers of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and several Afghan security personnel were killed during a clash with Taliban in Sarkani district of eastern Kunar province today (Sept. 08), ISAF said Tuesday. ISA...

KABUL (AIP): One of the three rockets fired on Kabul City hit a house last night, killing owner of the house, his wife and a minor daughter, interior ministry said Monday. The interior ministry said that the rockets had been fired from northern si...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Unknown gunmen shot dead a female worker of Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) in southern Kandahar City today (Sept. 07), an official said Monday. A local official of the IEC told Afghan Islamic Press that Latif...

KUNDZU (AIP): Taliban have accused Nato forces of using white phosphorus in Kunduz air strike. According to a press release issued today (Sept. 07) by the Islamic Emirate of Taliban that Taliban had constituted a commission to conduct investigations...

HERAT (AIP): An 18-km long water supply project was inaugurated yesterday (Sept. 05) in western Herat City. The project has been completed by Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) at a cost of 50,100 euros. Some 7,000 residents of Herat Cit...