PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai appointed former diplomat Abdul Jabbar Naeemi as governor of Wardak province, reports Kabul Television. He was appointed the governor on the recommendation of interior ministry. Mr. Naeemi was also served as first and second secretaries in Afghan...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has appointed a woman as governor in Afghanistan. According to Kabul TV Ms. Habiba Suhrabi was designated as provincial chief of Bamyan province. Ms. Suhrabi, 47, is the first ever lady governor in Afghan history. Ends

PESHAWAR (AIP): Tension prevailed in Mazar-e-Sharif following arrest of a high police official by forces of provincial governor over a land dispute Tuesday. The AIP sources from Mazar-e-Sharif said that a building owned by police was reportedly occupied by governor forces and rented it out to a...

February 28, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): On the directives of Afghan Supreme Court, President Hamid Karzai issued appointment orders of the following judges on February 27, 2005. 1. Sham-ur-Rehman has been appointed as Chief Justice of Balkh High Court. 2. Abdul Manan has been appointed as Chief Justi...

February 28, 2005 BAGRAM AIRFIELD (AIP): Coalition forces claimed to have recovered huge cache of arms in Khost, Paktika, Uruzgan and Kunar province on Sunday. The cache contained, machine guns, 40 boxes of ammunition, nine rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds, coalition forces said in a s...

February 27, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Logar-Jalalabad Highway has been opened for all kinds of vehicular traffic on Sunday after being closed for one month. The AIP stringer at Jalalabad said the highway connecting Azra district of Logra and Jalalabad, capital of eastern Nangarhar province remained c...

February 27, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Japanese Consul-General Yuichi Inouye said that 3,000 militiamen disarmed under Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) were recruited in police department in eastern Afghanistan. Talking to reporters at Jalalabad, capital of eastern Nangarhar provinc...

February 27, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Former Jihaid commander Haji Inayat Khan alias Munjay escaped unhurt in a murder attack while his two body guards sustained injuries here on Sunday, police sources said An official of Pishtakhara Police Station told AIP that Mr. Khan was traveling in a vehicle w...

February 27, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Coalition forces recovered two weapons of cache on Saturday in Paktia and Kunar provinces, they said Sunday (Feb.27). The first cache was recovered in Paktia province which contained six rockets propelled grenades and three machines guns, coalition forces said in...

February 27, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Iranian first lady is arriving in Afghan capital, Kabul on Monday on an official visit. Sources from Kabul told AIP that the Iranian first lady would visit children hospital and would meet several officials during her visit in Kabul. Mr. Khatami will be accomp...