KHOST (AIP): Groundbreaking ceremony of the construction of Khost-Gardez highway was held here on Friday (Aug. 29). The ceremony was attended by deputy minister of social welfare, governors of Khost, Paktia and Logar provinces. The construction of 101 km log road was the longstanding demand of local...

JALALABAD (AIP): The dead body of Japanese aid worker who was found dead yesterday in Dara-e-Noor (Aug. 27) after Taliban kidnapped him in Khewa District of Ningarhar province, was flown to Kabul from Jalalabad in a special helicopter today (Thursday). Two special helicopters of Afghan Defence Mi...

JALALABAD (AIP): The dead body of Japanese citizen kidnapped by Taliban yesterday (Aug. 26) was brought to governor house in Jalalabad today and its is expected that his corpse will be flown to Kabul. The corpse of the kidnapped Japanese NGO worker was found by security forces in the mountains of...

KABUL (AIP): A bomb explosion followed by a suicide attack wounded three people in the southern Helmand province yesterday (Aug. 26), police Wednesday. The first explosion was happened in the vicinity of Gereshk District, said Muhammad Hussain Andiwal, police chief of Helmand province. When lo...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan border police seized 28 kg of opium in the western Herat province last night, interior ministry said Monday (Aug. 25). The interior ministry in a statement said the opium and one AK-47 riffle was seized in Kamisari and Daktana areas of Islam Qala district, bordering Iran. I...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday (Aug. 24) dismissed three army officers for negligence in their official duty and hiding truth in the killing of civilians in an airstrike in the Shindand District of western Heart province Aug. 22. Commander of 207th Zafar Corps, General Jalandar...

KABUL (AIP): A roadside bomb wounded four soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) in Khost today (Aug. 24), a military spokesman said Sunday. The incident was happened in Khuna area near Khost City when an ANA vehicle was blown up in a mine explosion, said General Gul Muhammad, media affairs offic...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Minister for Rural Uplift and Rehabilitation Muhammad Ihsan Zia inked agreement of 36 development projects with uplift committees and private companies in Kandahar Sunday (Aug. 24). Off the 36 projects, 16 will be started in Chora, Deh Rawad and Tarin Kot districts of Uruzgan prov...

Date 23-8-08 PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 10 people many of which are police cops have been killed and more than nine people were injured in suicide attacks at police check posts in Swat, media reports said on Saturday (Aug 23). Media reports said, a suicide attacker hit...

Date 23-8-08 GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban had attacked Kharwar district of Logar province last night which led to a clash between the security forces and Taliban, provincial police chief Mustafa Hussani told AIP on (Aug 22). He did not accepted any human to loss to them in the attack but claimed that t...