KABUL (AIP): One robber was killed and another wounded during a clash with police in Baghlan province last night, a statement said Wednesday (Dec. 12). A group of five robbers traveling in a stolen car, bearing registration Balkh-3446, was intercepted by police in Khanjal district on Kabul-Baghla...

KABUL (AIP): The Ulema Advisory Council here on Wednesday (Dec. 12) said "suicide attacks are forbidden in Islam." The two-day meeting of the Ulema Advisory Councils was organized by National Reconciliation Commission of Afghanistan and addressed by a number of religious scholars including Profes...

JALALABAD (AIP): Four people including a child and two women were wounded in Taliban attack yesterday in Kunar province (Dec. 10), police said Tuesday. The incident was happened in Sarkano district as Taliban attacked one of check posts of Pashat with small and heavy weapons, said Abdul Jalal Jal...

KABUL (AIP): An avalanche killed eight people and wounded four others in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province today's (Dec. 11) morning, interior ministry said Tuesday. The Afghan interior ministry said in a statement that the avalanche hit Bamdara area after the last night snowfall in whi...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Eight Taliban and four police were killed during a clash in the southern Kandahar province last night, police said Tuesday (Dec. 114). Province Police Chief Sayyed Agha Saqib told Afghan Islamic Press that the clash erupted after Taliban attacked a police convoy on Kandahar-Herat h...

KHOST (AIP): Taliban four rockets at old and new airports in Khost last night, causing no loss of life and property, police said Tuesday (Dec. 11). The rockets fired from Mr. Bill mountains, missed their targets and landed in the nearby fields, said Colonel Wazir Badshah, spokesman of Khost polic...

KANDAHAR (AIP): International force has broken defence line of Taliban yesterday (Dec. 09) in Musa Qala and advanced towards district centre, sources said Monday. Informed sources told Afghan Islamic Press that Taliban have also suffered casualties in the firefight.  Forces fighting against...

KABUL (AIP): Four crewmembers were killed as an Afghan helicopter went down in the Maidan Wardak province today's morning (Dec. 10), defence ministry said Monday. The MY-17 helicopter of Afghan National Army crashed in the Salar area after it developed technical fault due to heavy winds, the d...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday (Dec. 10) claimed they had executed two alleged murderers in Zabul province. The murderers were executed in presence of the people in the Shakeen area of Arghandab district under the Islamic law of Qisas, said Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi. He...

KABUL (AIP): Ten Taliban were killed and several others wounded during joint operation in the Sangin district of Helmand province, a defence ministry statement said Monday (Dec. 10). The operation was jointly conducted by Afghan and international forces after Taliban attacked a security post, the...