PESHAWAR (AIP): Eight Afghan soldiers were killed in an attack in Paktika province on Saturday night, Taliban claimed. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP that Taliban fighters attacked district headquarters of Deela District, killing eight government soldiers and torching he...

PESHAWAR (AIP): One police and a military soldier were killed when personnel of Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police clashed with each other in southern Kandahar province, police confirmed Friday. Police chief of Kandahar General Muhammad Ayub Salangi told AIP that ANA soldiers and po...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have fired rockets at Kandahar Airport on Thursday evening. Taliban spokesman Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP that their fighters fired al least 10 rockets at the airport. He claimed that a tower has been damaged partially at the airport. However, th...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least three Afghan refugee camps situated around River Kabul in Peshawar are under threat of flood following rising of water level in rivers over the last few days. According to reports water level is increasing rapidly and the Afghan families living at Khazana, Michini and Ad...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The Afghan government on Thursday announced postings and transfers orders of four provincial governors with immediate effects. According to a notification issued by the Interior Ministry, the Afghan President Hamid Karzai approved posting and transfers of four governors at Kabul...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Kandahar Police Chief General Muhammad Ayub Salangy said that 76 insurgents were killed during a clean-up operation launched in southern Kandahar province. Talking to AIP, he said that the operation was carried out at troubled Mianesheen district, adding that forces were now movi...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said the American aircrafts were still conducting air strikes over Mainesheen district of Kandahar, rejecting the official claims that operation had ended. Talking to AIP on Thursday, spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi brushed aside claims of Kandahar police c...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Four people were killed on Thursday night when a car collided head-on with a bus on Jalalabad-Torkhum Highway. Sources said that the car carrying four passengers collided with a bus coming from the opposite direction at Samar Khail area, about five kilometers west of Jalalabad c...

PESHAWAR (AIP): One policeman was killed during a clash between a local commander and police in Perchaman district of Farah province on Wednesday. A local commander Saaduddin told journalists that district in-charge Muhammad Saleem Mubaraiz attack us due to personal enmity. He blamed that six wo...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The power supply to eastern Ningarhar province has been suspended due to some technical problems amid sweltering heat bringing the temperature to 45 Celsius on Wednesday. The electricity officials said the power supply has been disconnected from Daronta area, a small dam and power...