KANDAHAR (AIP): Deputy Governor of Kandahar, Dr. Muhammad Hamyun, opened an 80-bed hospital for women and children in Kandahar City yesterday (July 07). The hospital constructed a cost of 600,000 US dollars will provide medical treatment to women and children and all the staff will be consisting...

JALALABAD (AIP): One soldier of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed and four wounded in a roadside bomb in the eastern Kunar province today (July 08), ISAF said Tuesday. The incident was happened in Dewgal district when a roadside bomb exploded on a convoy of ISAF t...

GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban ambushed the vehicle of a district police chief today (July 08) in Ghzni province, killing two body guards and wounding the police. Police chief Maqur District Barkatullah told Afghan Islamic Press that he received minor injuries on his hand but his two body guards were kill...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Three police were killed and as many wounded in roadside bomb explosion in Kandahar today (July 07), an official said Monday. The incident occurred in Zehri district when a remote controlled landmine exploded on a police vehicle, Niaz Muhammad Sarhadi, district chief of Zehri told...

GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban killed two policemen and wounded five more after an attack on a district centre in Ghazni province last night, local officials said Monday. One Talib was also killed and another wounded in retaliatory fire by police, said Sayyed Ismail Jehangir, spokesman of governor Ghazni....

ISLAMBAD (AIP): An explosion in Melody Chowk, Islamabad, capital of Pakistan left nine policemen dead and at least 25 wounded today (July 06), Geo TV channel reported Sunday. The explosion happened near a demonstration on the anniversary of Lal Masjid operation. According to Geo TV the blast occurre...

July, 5 2008 KANDAHAR (AIP): Three security guards of US Protection and Investigation (USPI) Security Company were shot dead on Kandahar-Herat road on Friday (4-7-2008), says chief of the USPI company Abdul Khaliq to AIP. Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf claimed the responsibility of the a...

July, 5 2008 KANDAHAR: As many as 10 Taliban were killed by their own mines while planting them in Mosa Qila district Friday (4-7-2008), media office of Helmand governor revealed to AIP. The office said that earlier three Taliban were killed while attempting to plant mine at a roadside. It sa...

Border forces seize 40kg opium July, 5 2008 KABUL: At least one smuggler was injured in a shootout between border forces and smugglers in the Chahsurkh area of Ghurian district Friday (4-7-2008), says a press release of Interior Ministry office issued to AIP. The release informed that after a...

July, 5 2008 KABUL: As many as seven smugglers were apprehended after a gun battle between Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) personnel and smugglers in the Dara Janam of Gulran district Herat Friday (4-7-2008), says a press release of Interior Ministry office issued to AIP. The release informed that...