KABUL (AIP): The Kabul-Jalalabad highway was closed for all kind of traffic after land sliding, Afghanistan national Television reported today (Feb. 11). The television reported that work on clearing the debris from road was continuing. Passengers who reached Kabul via Lataband today complaine...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Four policemen were killed and three others wounded in Taliban attack Feb. 08 in Kandahar province, police said Saturday (Feb.10). In the incident happened in the Moshan area of Panjwaee district when Taliban ambushed a police party, killing four and wounding three others, said Ge...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber killed in failed attack on the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) personnel in Kandahar today (Feb. 10), an ISAF official said Saturday. The bomber attacked a vehicle of PRT to the southwest of Kandahar City, causing no damage of ISAF personnel, a spokesman of I...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A bomb exploded in the car park of Red Cross in Peshawar today (Feb. 10), causing no casualties, police said Saturday. Four vehicles were damaged in the explosion, Moharrar of University Town Police Station told Afghan Islamic Press. He said bomb went off in car park but did no...

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai welcomed the agreement reached between the leaders of Hamas and Fatah in the holy city of Mecca to form a national unity government in Palestine. A press release issued here on Saturday (Feb. 10) the President praised the key role of King Abdullah of Saudi Arab...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed 11 Taliban in Helmand province yesterday (Feb. 09), police said Saturday. The operation was conducted in the Kajaki district of the southern province of Helmand Friday, said Mohammad Nabi Mullahkhail, police...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban clashed with troops of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the volatile Helmand province yesterday and today, an ISAF spokesman said Friday (Feb. 09). Heavy clashes were reported between Taliban and NATO forces in the Kajaki district since yester...

KABUL (AIP); The Asadabad Provincial Reconstruction Team provided humanitarian assistance to nearby villages recently, said a statement issued by coalition forces Friday (Feb. 09). Coalition forces visited Naray village to deliver goods including food supplies, over 200 teacher and student kits,...

KANDAHAR (AIP): NATO-led International Security Assistance Force and Afghan National Army killed 10 Taliban fighters in the Sangin district of Helmand province yesterday, police said Friday (Feb. 09). Taliban clashed with foreign and Afghan troops in which close air support was also used, said Ge...

KABUL (AIP): The Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Qualeh Golay school in the Parwan Province, says a press release issued by coalition forces Frinday (Feb. 09). The ceremony was attended by Parwan Governor Taqwa, Bagram District Chief Kabir and t...