KAUL (AIP): A large number of Afghan troops fell ill after consuming toxic food at a military training centre in Kabul today (Jan 20), defence ministry said Friday. More than 100 soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) fell ill after having lunch...

KABUL (AIP): Nine Afghan soldiers were wounded during separate incidents in Logar, Hemand and Khost provinces, defence ministry said Thursday (Jan 19). A press release issued by defence ministry said six soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) were...

KABUL (AIP): The newly appointed members of Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan took oath of office here on Thursday (Jan 19). In this connection a ceremony was held in Presidential Place which was attended by President Hamid Karzai an...

HERAT CITY (AIP): A roadside bomb wounded 15 civilians in Bala Balok district of western Farah province today (Jan 19), police said Thursday. A mini-truck struck a roadside bomb at about 1:30 p.m. (local time) in Daulatabad area of Bala Balok dis...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Security forces detained 45 people on different charges over the past one week in Kandahar City and different districts of Kandahar province, they claimed Thursday (Jan 19). Colonel Rahmatullah Atrafi, security chief of Kandahar p...

KABUL: (AIP): Nine armed opponents were killed and 31 more held in separate operations in various parts of the country, the interior ministry said Wednesday (January 18). An interior ministry press release, available with the Afghan Islamic Press...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): An employ of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) was injured in an improvised explosive device blast in Kunduz City Wednesday (January 18). The Kunduz police spokesman Syed Sarwar Hussaini told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP)...

KABUL: (AIP): Buildings of 40 schools constructed through the assistance of the International Bank were opened for public welfare in Wardag province Wednesday (January 18). A ceremony was held at Chak district in Wardag province in this connection...

LASHKARGAH: (AIP): Four workers of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), including a district officer, were killed and another sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device blast in Nadali district in Helmand province Wednesday (January...

KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a meeting with the reform wishers at the presidential palace here Wednesday (January 18) said that the list of remaining cabinet members would soon be sent to the Wolesi Jirga. A presidential pres...