PESHAWAR (AIP): The body of a Pakistani engineer, who was killed on Monday (Dec. 08) in Ghazni province, was brought to his hometown Swat, northwest of Pakistan on Wednesday morning. The body of Anwar Shah was shifted through Torkhum border last night at 3am. Sources at Torkhum border said that th...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 18 people were injured in a bomb explosion in southern Kandahar province on Saturday, reports said. AIP sources from Kandahar said that the blast took place near a commercial market situated on Herat Road, injuring 18 people today afternoon. Among the seven seriously injur...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The American Defense Secretary on Thursday visited Afghanistan where he called on Afghan Militia commanders in northern Afghanistan. The secretary persuaded the militia commanders to dissolve their individual forces and accede them in Afghan National Army. The US defense secretary D...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A rocket landed near American Embassy in Kabul on Thursday, reports said. AIP sources from Kabul said that a rocket probably fired from mountains in east of Kabul landed about 300 meters away from the US mission at in the evening. However, there was no immediate report of casualt...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A Turkish engineer, who had been abducted a month ago, was handed over to police officials of Ghazni province today (Sunday) after being released by Taliban last mid night, reports said An eyewitness told AIP from Zabul by satellite phone that the Turkish national Hassan Onal, who...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three persons including two policemen were injured in a powerful explosion near police headquarters in Khost, reports said. AIP sources said the blast took place last night near police headquarters in Khost city. Two policemen who were guarding outside the headquarters injured while...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two American soldiers and one Afghan were injured in a landmine blast in eastern Afghanistan, reports said. Informed sources on Wednesday (Nov 26, 2003) said that a vehicle of US forces ran over a landmine placed at Naray, about 100 kilometers southeast of Asadabad, the capital of e...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A base of coalition troops came under rocket attack Tuesday (Nov. 25) in broad daylight in Khost, reports said. Eyewitnesses from Khost told AIP that for the first time a base of allied troops was targeted in broad daylight in Khost. The incident took place at Sara Bagh, a base of c...

PESHAWAR (AIP): An Afghan guard working with a foreign agency was killed by some unknown assailants on Kabul-Kandahar Highway, reports said. AIP sources from southern province said that some unidentified persons shot dead a guard of foreign organisation last night at Akhund Sahib, Kabul-Kandahar H...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A boy was killed in an explosion near a hospital in Jalalabad on Tuesday, reports said. The blast took place near the hospital known as Sehat-e-Amaa (general health hospital) situated in Jalalabad city, killing the boy this afternoon. Eyewitnesses told AIP that the 12-year old bo...