PESHAWAR (AIP): Newly appointed Governor of Ghor province Abdul Qadir Elim has taken charge of his office on Thursday. Afghan transitional President Hamid Karzai sacked governors of Herat and Ghor provinces Muhammad Ismail Khan and Dr. Muhammad I...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least two rockets were fired by unknown persons landed at Pull-e-Churkhee area in Kabul on Thursday night. However, there were no further details. Ends

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Thursday night claimed to have killed six Afghan solders in an attack in southern Kandahar province. Talking to AIP, Taliban spokesman Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi said that Taliban attacked a military vehicle at Takht area...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A candidate who was contesting for Afghan deputy president post has withdrawn to contest the elections and announced to support Hamid Karzai. Talking to AIP on Thursday, Qazi Muhammad Ameen Waqad said he withdrew his nomination pa...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two persons were killed and three others injured in a bomb blast in Badakhshaan province on Wednesday, eyewitnesses said. The eyewitness told AIP from Badakhshaan that two persons were killed and three others injured when a bomb e...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Seven policemen were killed on Tuesday afternoon when their vehicle hit a landmine in southern Kandahar province, sources said. The sources told AIP that the incident occurred at Wach Manda area, three kilometers away from Marouf d...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Six passengers were killed on Tuesday when their vehicle hit a land mine in Zabul province, governor said. Talking to AIP Governor of Zabul Khyaal Muhammad Hussiani told AIP he alleged that Taliban had placed the mine, saying that...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two Taliban were killed while a civilian injured in a bid to fasten a bomb unto a motorbike in southern Kandahar city on Tuesday, an official claimed. Security in-charge of Kandahar City General Salim told AIP that the incident to...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A registration center set up to register Afghan voters for upcoming presidential polls was attacked on Saturday night by unknown persons in Hangu, a district of southern NWFP. However, there were no details of casualties, sources said...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least six persons were killed and several others injured on Sunday in a clash between Afghan and Taliban in southern Kandahar province. A government spokesman Khalid Pashtoon told journalists at Spin Boldak, Kandahar that a gro...