PESHAWAR (AIP): Five persons including three Afghan military men and two unknown assailants were killed in an attack on a base of government forces in Khost last night, reports said. AIP sources from Khost said that some unidentified persons opened fire on a base of Afghan troops at Shpalgeen area...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A man was killed when a gas cylinder exploded in Mackroyaan, Kabul on Thursday. Eyewitnesses told AIP that the man, who was selling balloons filled with gas, was killed when the cylinder with which he was felling the balloons, blasted in front of block No 7, Mackroyaan 3 Kabul a sho...

Serial No 397 PESHAWAR (AIP): Four persons were killed in a bomb explosion in Kunor on Wednesday, reports said. AIP sources from Kunor said that a bomb placed under a vehicle went off at Dera Peach, about 25 kilometers away from Asadabad the capital of province. Four persons were killed includ...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two containers carrying goods for US forces, seized by the Taliban student militia two days back, were still lying intact on Khost-Gardez Highway. Reports said that the Taliban fighters had blocked Khost-Gardez Highway on Monday (November 10, 2003) for about an hour near Garday S...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A pedestrian was injured when a bomb planted in a car exploded in front of office of an NGO, United Nations Assistant Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Kandahar on Tuesday, reports said. Eyewitnesses told AIP that the explosion took place at 4:07 pm (local time). A huge quantity of...

PESHAWAR (AIP): American forces on Thursday defused at least three landmines in Khost, reports said. Sources at Khost told AIP that the US troops defused three landmines at Sheikh Ameer area, about 15 kilometers north of Khost. The landmines were planted at highway by some unknown persons. They a...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least three rockets were fired at Khost airport by some unidentified assailants last night, reports said. Sources in Khost told AIP that the rockets were fired from south side to hit the airport, however, one of the rockets exploded at Baloch Kalley village situated near the ai...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A Turkish engineer of a private construction company was kidnapped by Taliban from Kabul-Kandahar Highway, reports said. Sources from Zabul and Ghazni provinces informed AIP that the student militia abducted the Turkish engineer on last Thursday (October 30) from the highway situate...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 25 people were killed in during a gun battle between two government military commanders in Helmund province, reports said. AIP sources from Helmund said that the fighting started yesterday (Friday) around 3pm at Gere Shck between two government army commanders, leaving at l...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Pakistan on Saturday sent troops to Pak-Afghan border to track down suspected Taliban and al-Quida fugitives. The troops were moved following two successive attacks at a post of Afghan forces in Bangi Dar, a border locality of Ghulam Khan. Sources said that the Afghan forces were...