PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has appointed new Corps Commander for Herat province. According to a notification, Lt. General Baz Muhammad Ahmadi was appointed as chief commander of armed coprs-4 Herat with immediate effect. Mr. Ahmadi (40) was the chief commander of Reshkhor armed...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Four people were injured when security forces and civilians exchanged fire over banning of music in a fair in Herat on Saturday (August 16, 2003), reports said. Eyewitnesses told AIP that youths were enjoying music in a fair, set up at Pool-e-Pashtoon area, situated on Herat-Kandaha...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A statement of US Embassy Kabul on Friday supported recent administrative changes made by Karzai-led transitional government and said that they (Americans) would fully back Kabul government aimed to transform Afghanistan into a stable and moderate state. The statement issued by an a...

KABUL (AIP): As many as fifty shops were reduced to ashes when a fire broke out due to cylinder blast in a market in Kabul on Tuesday evening. The fire engulfed the whole market within no time, situated in the west of popular Pull-e-Khisthee Mosque. The fire inflicted heavy losses on the shopke...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two persons, believed to be lower rank officials of Afghan government, were shot dead by some unidentified assailants on Kandahar-Oruzgan Highway on Tuesday, reports said. An eyewitness told AIP Stinger in Kandahar that some unknown persons had blocked the highway in Speen Kotal ar...

KABUL (AIP): A gas cylinder exploded in BBC Monitoring Office in Kabul on Sunday evening. According to details, the cylinder exploded with a bang which was in the kitchen, smashing window panes of the office. However, the AIP did not receive any other reports of the blast. There was no informa...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The Ariana Airlines has started its Jalalabad-Herat flights on Sunday after remaining suspended for a long time. The Ariana plane arrived at 2pm (local time) at Jalalabad and later left for Herat via Kabul. Jalalabad Radio said that the flight would operate from Jalalabad-Herat via...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday visited Ghor province. Talking to AIP, Ghor Governor Dr. Ibrahim Malikzada said that the president arrived at Chaghcharran airport this morning. Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Interior Minister Ali Ahmed Jalali and other cabinet mi...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three Afghan soldiers were seriously injured in two separate landmine explosions in Kandahar on Friday morning, reports said. The first incident took place in Akhund Sahab area, about 60 kilometers away east of Kandahar city when two Afghan soldiers injured in a landmine explosion a...

JALALABAD (AIP): A fire broke out on Thursday, causing damage to wood logs and cabins along the roadside in Jalalabad city. According to details, the fire broke out in Kabul Ada (vehicle stand) in Jalalabad, reducing stock of wood and some roadside cabins to ashes. The fire continued for about one...