HERAT (AIP): One police and five Taliban were killed in separate incidents of violence in western Farah province today (Aug. 27), governor said Thursday. A vehicle of police escorting election personnel hit a land mine in the limits of Gulistan di...

KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion left four border police dead and three wounded near Pak-Afghan border in Khost province before noon today (Aug. 27), police said Thursday. the incident took place Barai Thana area of Gorbaz district near Paki...

JALALABAD (AIP): NATO forces killed 23 Taliban during an air strike in Barg-e-Matal district of eastern Noristan province today (Aug. 27), an Afghan spokesman said Thursday. The NATO forces having support of air force conducted the operation after...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb left a district chief dead in southern Kandahar province yesterday (Aug. 26), sources said Wednesday. Haji Said Jan Khakrezwal, member of Kandahar Provincial Council, confirmed to Afghan Islamic Press that the roadsid...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Unidentified gunmen killed a Pakistani engineer and wounded two in the limits of Pul-e-Khumri, capital of Baghlan province yesterday (Aug. 25), police said Wednesday. Police chief of neighbouring Samangan province Abdur Raziq told Af...

KHOST (AIP): Three security guards and two soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed during separate incidents in Khost and Logar provinces yesterday (Aug. 25), Afghan officials said Wednesday. A vehicle traveling in by security guards of...

JALALABAD (AIP): Five workers of a road construction company were injured today (Aug. 26) when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in eastern Nangarhar province, sources said Wednesday. An official at Khugyani police department told Afghan Islamic...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Three Taliban were killed last night (Aug. 25) during a clash in Baghlan province, an official claimed Wednesday. Ameer Gul, chief of central Baghlan district told Afghan Islamic Press that the clash took place after Taliban attacked...

KABUL (AIP): Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) here on Wednesday (Aug. 26) announced that Present Hamid Karzai secured 43 per cent votes while his main challenger Dr. Abdullah Abdullah bagged 34 per cent after calculating 17 per ce...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned the killing of a senior Afghan journalist, Janullah Hashimzada, in Pakistan tribal area of Khyber Agency yesterday (Aug. 24). In a press statement issued here on Tuesday the Afghan...