JALALABAD (AIP): A roadside bomb went off in Mehtar Lam, capital of Laghman province today (April. 26), killing one passer-by and wounding another, an official said Thursday. The bomb had been planted under a small bridge in front of anti- terrorism and anti-narcotics provincial office which is a...

KHOST (AIP): Gunmen killed two people in Paktika province yesterday afternoon, governor said Thursday. Both the people were killed in Patana area near Sharana, capital of Paktika province. A man who introduced himself as spokesman of Taliban told local journalist that Taliban executed these pe...

KABUL (AIP): Unknown assailants attacked security post on Mazar Sharif-Ghebarghan highway last night in Balkh province, causing no damage, an official said Thursday (April. 26). "Yes, a check post of highway police was attacked with small arms fire but it did not cause any damage," spokesman of B...

KABUL (AIP): Some 200 Afghan Eradication Forces (AEF) began eradicating poppy crop today (April. 26) in Terin Kot District of Uruzgan province. A statement jointly issued by the interior and counter narcotics ministries Thursday said the poppy eradication campaign will continue for two weeks....

KABUL (AIP): Infant mortality rates in Afghanistan declined from an estimated 165 per 1,000 live births in 2001 to about 135 per 1,000 in 2006, a survey said. The survey was conducted by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). A health facility assessment, also commissioned by the Ministry of Public H...

KABUL (AIP): Five foreign fighter were killed in air strike near Pakistan border after a group of over 10 fighters attacked Afghan Border Patrol officers manning checkpoints seven kilometres east of Chamkani in the Dand Patan District of Paktia yesterday (April. 25), a coalition statement said. Air...

KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb stuck a vehicle of Afghan National Army in Khost province today's morning (April. 26), causing no casualties, a military official said Thursday. Commander of 203rd Thunder corps, Muhammad Ikram Sami told Afghan Islamic Press that a vehicle traveling in by soldiers of...

HERAT (AIP): Unidentified gunmen ambushed a police convoy in the western Herat province yesterday evening (April. 24), killing three policemen and wounding four others, an official said Wednesday. The security in-charge of Salama Dam, Abdul Hamid was on way to his home in Guzara district with oth...

JALALABAD (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces conducted joint operations in the eastern Kunar province last night, killing five Taliban, police claimed Wednesday. The operation was launched in Sheno Darga area of Wattapur district in which five Taliban have been killed so far, said Abdul Jalal Jalal...

KHOST (AIP): A suicide bomber was killed in bungled attack on a district chief in Paktika province today's morning (April. 25), governor said Wednesday. The bomber detonated himself far away from the vehicle of Hazrat Muhammad, district chief of Matta Khan who was on way to Sharan, capital of Pak...