PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Friday reported to have captured Gulistan district of Farah province after a brief clash last night (Sept. 14). Spokesman of Taliban fighters Qari Muhammad Yousaf phoned the office of Afghan Islamic Press and said Taliban attacked the district headquarters of Gulistan...

JALALABAD (AIP): Three border policemen were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Kunar province yesterday, deputy commander of border forces said Thursday (Sept. 14). A vehicle of border police hit a landmine in Barikot area of Narai district, Kunar province yesterday evening, Deputy Commander...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan Minister for Telecommunication Sangin Amirzai has said that agreements have been signed with two companies of Iran and India for installation of 150000 lines-digital telephone facility in Afghanistan. Talking to journalists here on Thursday (Sept. 14) he said the project would...

JALALABAD (AIP): Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz and President Hamid Karzai jointly inaugurated 74-kilometers long Torkham-Jalalabad highway amidst tight security on Wednesday (Sept. 13). The inauguration was ceremony was held in Jalalabad near the airport. While addressing the ceremony bo...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Atleast three people were wounded in a bomb explosion inside a mosque in Kandahar city on Wednesday Sept. 13, eyewitness said. The bomb detonated in the basement of Syedano Masjid, Landi Bazar, central part of Kandahar city approximate 2:15 p.m. local time. Three people, sitting...

KABUL (AIP): Both the Coalition forces and a spokesman of Hezb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) on Wednesday (Sept.13) rejected reports of the arrest of , Gulbadin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e-Islami and an associate of al-Qaeda. Rumours, spread in Peshawar, Islamabad and Kabul yesterday (Tuesday), suggested...

KABUL (AIP): Police arrested four people for carrying anti-government literature in Paktika province yesterday, interior ministry said Wednesday (Sept. 13). Press office of the interior ministry said among the arrested people, two had links with terrorists and the other two were their helpers....

KABUL (AIP): A suspected improvised explosive device expert and sub-commander of Hezb-e-Islamic (Hekmatyar) was captured early this morning (Sept. 12) during an operation in the vicinity of Gorcak in the Khowst Province, says a press release issued by the coalition forces on Tuesday. It alleged th...

KHOST (AIP): A number of victims of the suicide explosion in the funeral of the Muhammad Hakim Taniwal, were identified late Monday (Sept. 11), an official of Khost said. An official of Khost province told Afghan Islamic Press that among the injured were Chief of the Khost Provincial Council, Muh...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Hundreds of thousands of cash was snatched by dacoits from Afghan moneychangers at gunpoint in Board bazaar, Peshawar yesterday evening (Sept. 11), a moneychanger said Tuesday (Sept.12). Ten armed dacoits entered moneychanger market in Board bazaar, near Peshawar, forced the money...