HERAT (AIP): Unknown gunmen shot dead a former jihadi commander last night in Daulina district of Ghor province, an official said Tuesday. The former jihadi commander, Noor Ahmad, died after he was attacked in an area of Daulina district, Abdul H...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb went off near a police's vehicle yesterday (Apr 17) in Charchaini district of restive Kandahar province, as a result three policemen were killed and two others wounded, police said Sunday. Col. Gulab Khan, head of t...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan security forces detained 25 Pakistani nationals yesterday (April 17) in Zehri district of southern Kandahar province, the stronghold of resurgent Taliban, provincial government said Monday. A press release issued by Kandahar...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Monday (April 18) asserted responsibility for attack on Afghan defence ministry compound in Kabul and said French defence minister and other military general were the target of their attack. The attack on deference ministry...

GHAZNI (AIP): A roadside bomb killed six Afghan policemen this morning (April 18) in Khugyani district of Ghazni province, police said Monday. The incident happened at approximately 10:30 a.m. (local time) when a police vehicle struck a mine in Pi...

KABUL (AIP): Counter-narcotics police rounded up three alleged smugglers allowing with 462 kg of opium yesterday (April 18) in Khashrod district of western Nimroz province, interior ministry said Monday. A press release issued by Interior ministr...

KABUL (AIP): At least one person was killed and 29 more sustained injuries as protest against the arrest of a religious cleric by the foreign forces turned violent in Charikar district of northern Parwan province on Monday (April 18). The foreign...

HERAT: (AIP): Thirteen Iranians among fifteen workers of a construction company were abducted by unidentified armed men in Pusht-i-Rod district of Farah province on Monday (April 18). Unknown armed men kidnapped 15 workers of a construction compan...

JALALABAD: (AIP): New branch of the Afghanistan Bank was officially inaugurated in Torkhan city in Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border on Monday (April 18). A Nangarhar governor media centre press release said that the 2-storey building of...

KABUL: (AIP): A police commander was killed and another cop sustained injuries in a clash between the police in Kabul City on Sunday (April 17). The Kabul police headquarters crime investigation in-charge Muhammad Zahir told media that clash erupt...