KABUL (AIP): A soldier of Afghan National Army (ANA) was killed and five others were wounded in two separate incidents, defence ministry said Saturday (Jan 14). An ANA vehicle overturned in Tangi Gharo area of Kabul province, leaving an occupant...

HEART (AIP): A provincial traffic police chief was arrested on charges of corruption and misusing his official position in western Herat province, sources said Saturday (Jan. 14). Colonel Aminullah Mehanyar, traffic police chief of Herat province,...

HERAT: (AIP): Five children were injured when a mortar round exploded in Adraskan district in Herat province Saturday (January 14). The Herat police spokesman Noor Khan Naikzad told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) a mortar round exploded in Karwang...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Continuous war and long drought have forced thousands of the families to face poverty and starvation, an official said Saturday (January 14). Talking to reporters in Kandahar, chairman of the department of natural disasters for Ka...

KHOST: (AIP): Two employees of the anti-narcotics were killed in Khost province Saturday (January 14). Vehicle of the anti-narcotics workers struck an improvised explosive device in Lataku area in the limits of Khost city, a security official on c...

KUNAR: (AIP): The security forces arrested three alleged Pakistani Taliban in Sheegal district in Kunar province Saturday (January 14). Three Pakistani Taliban fighters were held in Shaltan area in the limits of Sheegal district, the Kunar Police...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander for northern Afghanistan Gernal Markus Kneip has said that over 2,000 armed opponents had joined the peace process in northern provinces of the country last year. This he...

GHAZNI (AIP): An additional building of Aab-e-Kumri district headquarters was officially inaugurated Thursday (Jan 12). The new building consisting of three rooms was constructed at spending of 12000 US dollars by Spanish Reconstruction Team (PRT)...

HERAT (AIP): Police recovered 60 kg of opium in the limits of Zaranj, capital of western Nimroz province this morning (Jan 13), they claimed Friday. The opium placed in 54 bags was recovered from a motorcar and two people were arrested on charges...

HERAT (AIP): Measles broke out in several villages of western Ghor province, killing a dozen children over the past one week, an official said Thursday (Jan 12). The measles outbreak was reported in different villages located to west of Chaghchar...