KHOST: (AIP): Six suspected drug-peddlers were arrested and huge quantity of hashish was recovered from their possession in Zurmat district in Paktia province, an official said Thursday (December 15). The combined troops recovered 5000 kilograms o...

KABUL: (AIP): Former jihadi leaders and religious scholars in a meeting with the Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday (December 15) said the armed opponents should accept constitution of the country before start of peace talks. A presidential...

HERAT: (AIP): Two persons, including a former jihadi commander, were killed and two more injured by unidentified gunmen here Wednesday (December 14). Unknown armed persons opened fire on Wazir Ahmad, a former jihadi commander, in Shadibara area in...

HERAT: (AIP): As many as 275 armed opponents joined the peace process in western Badghes province, an official said Wednesday (December 14). The 275 armed opponents led by their 11 commanders joined the peace process in Qala-i-Naw, the provincial...

HERAT: (AIP): Two security guards of a logistic convoy were killed and as many injured in an improvised explosive device blast in Shindand district in Herat province on Wednesday (December 14). Two security guards of a private security firm, Arya,...

KABUL (AIP): US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said United States would not allow Afghanistan to be turned again into the centre of Taliban and al-Qaeda. Addressing a joint press conference with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul after visiting...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): A roadside bomb killed a district chief in Helmand province today (Dec. 14), sources said Wednesday. Security sources told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that a vehicle travelling in by head of Khanishin district, Masood Baloch, str...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): A district chief and his two guards were killed in a roadside bomb attack today (Dec. 14) in Khanishin district of Hemand province, an official said Wednesday. Masood Baloch, head of Khanishin district, was returning to district...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed 18 suspected Taliban and captured 55 others during separate operations in the country, interior ministry said Tuesday (Dec. 13). Six suspects were also injured during the operations conducted jointly b...

KABUL: (AIP): The United States Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta arrived in Kabul on a surprise visit on Tuesday (December 13). Reliable sources told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) the US defence minister is expected to meet Afghan President Hami...