JALALABAD (AIP): Three people were killed when a mine they were allegedly emplacing went off in Pacheer Agam district of eastern Nangarhar province earlier today (Nov. 19), a security official said Saturday. Three people were emplacing a bomb at...

KABUL: (AIP): The Loya Jirga after discussion of four days passed an advisory resolution on Saturday (November 19) allowing the government to ink the strategic partnership agreement with the US on some conditions. Complete story to follow soon....

KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai met the German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and General Stanely McChrystal, former commander of the international troops in Afghanistan, here Saturday (November 19). A presidential press releas...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb killed four members of a family in Tarinkot, capital of Uruzgan province, today (Nov. 18), police said Friday. A motorcycle rickshaw struck a mine in Nachin area of the provincial capital at approximately 10:00 a.m...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces killed six suspected Taliban and detained five others during separate operations over the past 24 hours in Afghanistan, interior ministry claimed Friday (Nov. 18). The combined force conducted operations in...

Serial No 3713 Two rockets land near Loya Jirga venue November 17, 2011 KABUL (AIP): Two rockets targeting Loya Jira landed in Kabul City this morning (Nov 17), injuring a civilian, interior ministry said Thursday. One of the two rockets...

ASADABAD (AIP): Three Afghan police were killed during separate insurgency related incidents in eastern Kunar province yesterday (Nov. 16), police said Thursday. A vehicle of border police hit a mine in the limits of Asmar district, Kunar provinc...

JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban killed two operatives of National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghan spy agency, and wounded three others in Chaparhar district of eastern Ningarhar province this morning (Nov. 17), an official said Thursday. A vehicle...

ASADABAD: (AIP): The coalition and Afghan forces launched military offensive in Nuristan and Kunar provinces early Thursday (November 17). The eastern zone police commander Aminullah Amarkhel told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) the combined forces...

KABUL (AIP): The traditional Afghan Loya Jirga formally started today (Nov. 16) under a massive tent in Polytechnic Institute in Kabul amidst tight security arrangements. The Jirga started at approximately 06:00 GMT. Besides hundreds of Afghan eld...