KABUL: (AIP): The Bhutan Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley called on the Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace here Sunday (April 17). A presidential media centre press release said that Hamid Karzai welcomed The Bhutan Prime Minis...

HERAT: (AIP): The Taliban and the Afghan officials are at odds about casualties in a clash between the Taliban fighters and police in Farah province. The Taliban fighters attacked a checkpost of the border police in Qala-i-Kah district of Farah pr...

KABUL: (AIP): An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed and six more sustained injuries when their vehicle overturned in Afghanistan. A defence ministry statement said vehicle of 203rd Thunder military corps turned turtle, leaving an ANA so...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Six minors were killed due to floods caused by heavy rains in Kandahar province yesterday, an official said Sunday (April 17). The Kandahar natural disasters management department chairman Muhammad Hashim Saduzi told the Afghan Is...

KABUL: (AIP): The combined forces seized 940 kilograms of chemicals and held two persons on its charges in Washair district of Helmand province, the defence minister said Sunday (April 17). A defence ministry press release said that the Afghan Nat...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Two schools which remained closed over the past two years were reopened for students, a press release said Sunday (April 17). A Kandahar media centre press release said the schools were reopened in Salat and Salehan areas, adding...

JALALABAD (AIP): Several soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) were feared killed and wounded in a huge explosion inside their base in Dasht-e-Gamberi area of Laghman province today (April 16), sources said Saturday. More to follow. Time: 05:25...

HERAT (AIP): A roadside bomb killed two members of a family and wounded three others yesterday (April 15) in western Farah province, police said Saturday. A motorcycle struck a mine in the limits of Pusht-e-Rod district, killing an adult man and a...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Three Afghan civilians were killed and four more injured during crossfire between the Taliban and police in the provincial metropolis of Uruzgan on Saturday (April 16). Taliban fighters opened fire on uncles of police commander of...

HERAT: (AIP): Two border policemen were gunned down in separate incidents in Herat province, officials said Saturday (April 16). The Herat fourth security zone commander Major General Sher Ali Shah told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that two unid...