HERAT (AIP): A protest rally was held in Herat today (April. 20) against Tolo television and termed its programmes against Islam and Afghan culture. The rally was held soon after the Friday prayers in Herat City which was attended by over one hundred people. The protesters termed the programmes o...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces killed five Taliban and wounded three others in two separate engagements yesterday (April. 18), the US-led coalition said Thursday. Taliban hiding in a compound, fired at the combined ANA and Coalition force patrol as they were conducting security operatio...

KHOST (AIP): The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Yaqobi district of Khost province today (April. 19), killing a 12-year-old girl and wounding a boy, residents said Wednesday. A spokesman of ISAF in Khost also confirmed the incident to A...

KABUL (AIP): A demonstration was held in front of the Parliament building in Kabul today (April. 19) and resented the policy of Tolo Television. The protesters, who were around 100 in number, accused Tolo Television of airing programmes against the religion and Afghan culture. They said such prog...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces killed approximately 24 Taliban and destroyed four vehicles after Taliban attacked combined patrol in Sangin district of Helmand province yesterday, a coalition statement said Thursday (April. 19). Two Coalition soldiers were also wounded during the engagem...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Reports are circulating in Pakistan and Afghanistan for the last few days that deadly virus transmitted through mobile phone not only faints the listeners of the call but also kills them. Mobile service providers in Pakistan and Afghanistan termed such reports as baseless and said...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained five suspected Al-Qaeda associates today (April. 18) during an early morning operation in the Chaparhar District of Nangarhar Province, a coalition statement said Wednesday. The Afghan and Coalition forces requested a peaceful surrender, entered...

KHOST (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a cleric and attacked a security post in two separate incidents in Khost province, an official said Wednesday (April. 18). The gunmen attacked Daragai security post in Dwamanda district last night, causing no damage, said Wazir Badshah, public relations...

KABUL (AIP): Six Taliban were killed while four police personnel were wounded during firefight in Kapisa province yesterday (April. 17), an intelligence official said Wednesday. Taliban ambushed a police patrol in the Karghol area, wounding four policemen and torching their vehicle, said Abdul Ja...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan National Army, combat advised by US Army Special Forces Soldiers, detained a Taliban facilitator and discovered three weapon caches while conducting a combat patrol in the village of Deh Tut, Gulistan District, Heart Province yesterday (April 17), a coalition statement said. A...