PESHAWAR (AIP): At least one police was killed and another wounded when Taliban attacked their security post on Kabul-Kandahar Highway last night, an official confirmed. Spokesman of Zabul province Gulab Shah Alikhail told AIP on Monday morning that the Taliban attacked the post of highway guards...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A high ranking Afghan official alleged that a Taliban commander sent three Pakistani nationals to assassinate American ambassador Zalmay. The official told AIP on Monday on condition of anonymity that they wanted to kill the US ambassador who had come to Charbagh area to inaugura...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday freed 23 hostages held at southern Mianesheen district, Kandahar province, they said. Taliban spokesman Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP that 23 officials including district incharge Malik Noor Muhammad, who had been taken hostage on Thursday, were released on...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD (AIP): Three US service members and an Afghan National Army soldier were wounded June 19 by improvised explosive devices in separate explosions north of Salerno in Khost Province, coalition said Monday. All four were treated and released. The ANA Soldier was wounded in the first at...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Former chief commander of Herat Army Division General Muhammad Zahir Nayabzada died in a road mishap on Kabul-Mazar-e-Sharif Highway on Sunday, his brother confirmed. The brother of ex-military official General Ameer Shah told AIP that Nayabzada was going to Kabul from Badghees i...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have killed an elder in southern Helmund province on Saturday. Taliban spokesman Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP that Abdul Hameed was reportedly involved in spying for the US forces. He was killed at Toghi village of Musa Qalla district. When contac...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three persons including a local judge and intelligence were killed on Sunday in an attack in restive Helmond province, an official confirmed. A Helmund official Mohiauddin told AIP that three persons including a local judge and intelligence official were killed by unknown gunmen...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Four heroin factories were destroyed by Afghan forces in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, police said. A police official of Acheen district told AIP that four heroin factories were eliminated during an operation at Loee Ghar and Damgal Darra, Acheen district. He said th...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Hundreds of houses were affected due to rising of water level in Kunor River on Saturday. According to reports, many houses situated near the river were affected at Noor Gul, Khas Kunor, Pashad, Soakey and Narang districts. Hundreds of acre agricultural land, small bridges, roads...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said that they had killed a suspected US spy in Uruzgan province on Sunday. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP that Saadi Gul was reportedly involved in spying for the Americans. He said that Taliban arrested and later slaughtered him at Siah Choee...