KHOST (AIP): Unidentified gunmen torched five vehicles supplying goods to coalition forces in Khost province last night, witnesses said Thursday (March. 08). The vehicles were torched on Gardez-Khost highway and dead body is also lying there which is believed to be of a driver, an eyewitn...

KANDAHR (AIP): The residents of Garmsir district of Helmand province Thursday (March. 08) very firmly said that five civilians were killed in NATO bombardment last night. The house of Mir Ahmad was bombarded in Dewali village in which six people were killed including a guest who had come to offer...

KHOST (AIP): Six volunteers (Arbaki) who were kidnapped on March. 05 were freed today (March. 08) in Khost, residents said Thursday. These are tribal volunteers deputy for guarding mountain forests in the Behram Tangi area of Gurbaz district, residents told Afghan Islamic Press. Two people h...

MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot a German aid worker in Sar Pul today (March. 08), governor said Thursday. A team of German Agro Action Company was coming back after inspecting work on its project in the Marzawling village of Seyaad district when gunmen intercepted their vehicle, sai...

KANDAHAR (AIP): The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Wednesday ruled out enemy action in the killing of a Canadian soldier at Kandahar Airfied yesterday (March. 06). The Canadian soldier died from a non-combat gunshot injury and the matter is under investigation, ISAF pres...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces captured six "suspected terrorists" near Jalalabad, capital of eastern Nangarahar province early today (March. 07), a coalition statement said Wednesday. "The al-Qaeda facilitator and improvised explosive device expert along with five other suspected terr...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan National Army captured a Taliban commander Mulla Mahmood yesterday (March. 06) in the southern Kandahar province, an ISAF statement said Wednesday. "The arrest happened yesterday when a large ANA maneuver element forced the Taliban extremist to attempt his escape while dresse...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Four Taliban were reportedly killed and two arrested during operation jointly conducted by NATO and Afghan forces in Helmand province yesterday (March. 07), security sources said Wednesday. Operation Achilles is continuing in the southern Helmand and four anti-government elements...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A soldier of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed today (March. 06) in Southern Afghanistan during combat operations, an ISAF statement said Tuesday. "In accordance with NATO policy, ISAF does not release a casualty's nationality prior to the rele...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Tuesday (March. 06) said the Briton who held by Taliban was a spy and working for an Italian newspaper. Giving more details about the kidnapped foreigner, spokesman of Taliban fighters, Qari Muhammad Yousaf said, "His name is Dan Nichol and a British national." The B...