JALALABAD: (AIP): A former Taliban commander was shot dead in Nangarhar province on Monday (January 02). Residents of Sherzad district in Nangarhar province said the deceased, Muhammad Aseel, was attending a jirga in Totoo area when an armed man g...

KABUL: (AIP): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Spokesman General Carsten has said that 23000 foreign troops, including US forces, would leave Afghanistan in 2012. This he said while addressing a joint press conference with the Af...

KABUL: (AIP): As many as 61 armed opponents, 27 civilians and 19 police personnel have been killed in various parts of the country over the past one week. Talking to reporters in Kabul on Monday (January 02), the Interior Ministry Spokesman Sidiqu...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Two police personnel were injured in an improvised explosive device blast in Dahrawad district in Uruzgan province on Monday (January 02). A press release available with the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) stated an IED went off on pol...

HERAT: (AIP): A militiaman was killed in Shindand district in Herat province yesterday (December 31). An official of Shindand district told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) clash erupted between militia personnel in Bakhtabad area yesterday. A milit...

KABUL: (AIP): Two armed opponents were killed and 30 more arrested in separate operation in various parts of the country, the interior and defence ministries said Sunday (January 01). An interior ministry press release available with the Afghan Is...

KABUL: (AIP): A vehicle of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was damaged in an improvised explosive device blast, missiles landed at the Bagram Airbase while clash erupted between Taliban and foreign forces in Kandahar. Taliban fi...

KABUL: (AIP): The National Security Shura of Afghanistan was Sunday (January 01) handed over the responsibility to work together with the coalition command to analyse the new plan of NATO for night raids. A presidential office press release stated...

KABUL (AIP): A soldier of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed in a bomb attack yesterday (Dec. 30) in southern Afghanistan, the military said Saturday. The ISAF soldier died after an improvised explosive device attack, the N...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed 15 suspected Taliban and detained 55 others during separate operations over the past 24 hours, interior ministry said Saturday. Four suspects were also wounded during the operations conducted in Kunar...