JALALABAD (AIP): Unidentified gunmen killed three security guards of mobile phone company in the Chaparhar district of eastern Ningarhar province last night, an official said Tuesday (Aug. 07). Local residents told Afghan Islamic Press that of the three slain workers two were brothers and the thi...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Coalition forces claimed killing 19 Taliban in Uruzgan province Tuesday (Aug. 07). A press release issued by coalition forces in Kandahar said Taliban attacked coalition forces base in Uruzgan with small and heavy weapons. Afghan forces supported by coalition aircraft repelle...

HERAT (AIP): Three Taliban were killed during a clash in the western Ghor province yesterday (Aug. 06), police claimed Tuesday. Taliban attacked ambushed police in Qamarkoh area of Shehrak district yesterday afternoon, wounding three police, said provincial police chief Shah Jehan Noori. Polic...

KHOST (AIP): Governor Paktia province, Rahmatullah Rahmat, Tuesday (Aug. 07) opened a middle school in the Ahmad Aba district. The school has been constructed at six jerb of land at a cost of 18000 US dollars, the governor told Afghan Islamic Press. He said funds for the construction of middle...

KABUL (AIP): A three-day anti polio campaign was launched today (Aug. 05) in which four million children in Afghanistan will be administered anti-police vaccine. Afghan Health Minister Sayyed Muhammad Amin Fatemi inaugurated the campaign by administering anti-polio vaccine drops to a child. He...

KABUL (AIP): Dozens of people whose dear ones were went missing during war in Afghanistan, held a demonstration in front of UN office in Kabul today (Aug. 05). The demonstrators demanded of the trial of those behind the mass-grave. The protesters, most of them war widows, were holding pictures of...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A rally held here on Monday (Aug. 06) called on Taliban to release South Korean hostages. Around one hundred took out the streets in Kandahar City and termed the kidnapping of South Korean nationals a step contrary to Afghan culture, saying Afghans respect their guests especially...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Three de-mining workers, who were kidnapped July 04, were found dead in Panjwayee district of Kandahar today (Aug. 06), officials said Monday. "Our three workers and two dogs went missing with their vehicle July last Saturday in the Pajwayee district of Kandahr but later through a...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan National Army (ANA) killed over 13 Taliban in the Shah Joyee district of Zabul province yesterday (Aug. 05), officials said Monday. Our forces conducted operation against Taliban in the Hassan Karez area of Shah Joyee district on prior information, said Gulab Shah Ali Khail...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday (Aug. 06) confirmed that direct negotiations with South Korean delegation were continuing on the fate of hostages. A statement read to Afghan Islamic Press by Taliban spokesman, Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi by phone said, "Our direct talks with South Korea is unde...