January 19, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): The NWFP government on Thursday asked Afghan refugees to observe Eidul Azha with Pakistan instead of Saudi Arabia. Afghans living at Kacha Gari refugge camp in Peshawar said the Afghan commissionerate conveyed them...

January 19, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): In a joint operation, the Afghan and coalition troops recovered opium, arms and ammunition on Monday night (Jan. 17) from the house of a government supporter in eastern Nangarhar province. The AIP sources said that...

January 19, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): A former Jihadi commander of Laghman province was appointed as deputy intelligence chief in Kabul a few days ago. Dr. Abdullah Laghmani who was serving as intelligence chief at Kandahar province was assigned the du...

January 19, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Five Afghan soldiers and a pro-government commander were killed in two separate attacks in Kandahar province, Taliban claimed. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi phone AIP on Wednesday and said that a v...

January 19, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Driver of an oil tanker supplying fuel to US forces was killed and conductor injured on Wednesday evening when Taliban fired rockets at the tanker on Spin Boldak-Kandahar Highway, an official said. In-charge of Spi...

January 18, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Afghan Interior Ministry has given 14 vehicles to the officials of Paktia for improving security situation in the province. Talking to AIP, Governor of Paktia Asadullah Wafa said on Tuesday that a ceremony was...

January 18, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Paktia Governor Asadullah Wafa said that 11 suspected Taliban, who had been released from Bagram airbase on Sunday, were allowed to go home. Talking to AIP on Tuesday, the governor said that military freed 81 detai...

January 18, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): An Afghan official has claimed that 98 per cent poppy crops have been destroyed in Uruzgan province during a campaign in last several weeks. Security chief of Uruzgan Rozi Khan told AIP on Tuesday that drive agains...

January 17, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): The intending Afghan Hujjaj left for Jeddah from Peshawar and Islamabad on Monday. More than 900 Afghan Hajjis, who had been waiting for the last few days, were flown to the Holy land in the planes of Saudi Airline...

January 16, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Expired and spurious medicines worth thousands of afghani were torched after being recovered from various stores in Jalalabad City on Sunday. Addressing a news conference, heath chief of Nangarhar province Dr. Fazl...