HERAT (AIP): A bomb blast left four police and three civilians wounded today (Nov. 12) in the limits of Herat City, capital of western Herat province, police said Saturday. A bomb joint to a cycle went off at approximately 11:30 a.m. (local time)...

LASHKARGAH: (AIP): Fifteen people were killed and several more injured in separate road accidents in Grishk district in Helmand province on Saturday (November 12). The Helmand Traffic In-charge Abdul Rehman Azizi told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Two persons were killed and seven more injured over a land dispute in Arghandab district in Kandahar province yesterday (November 11). The Arghandab District Chief Haji Shah Muhammad Ahmadi told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) a cl...

JALALABAD: (AIP): Nine Afghan civilians were killed when a passenger bus struck an improvised explosive device in Alingar district in Laghman province on Saturday (November 12). A presidential press statement, available with the Afghan Islamic Pre...

KABUL: (AIP): As many as 28 people were killed and 23 more injured in separate bomb blasts, attacks and traffic accidents in various parts of Afghanistan on Saturday (November 12). A passenger bus struck an improvised explosive device in Badee Aba...

SHEBERGHAN: (AIP): Two captive engineers of an Afghan-based company, Kawar, were killed by their captors, an official said Saturday (November 12). The Faryab Provincial Police Chief Syed Ahmad Sami told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) the Taliban a...

HERAT (AIP): Minister for Power, Muhammad Ismail Khan, has urged former mujahideen and jihadi commanders to help Afghan security forces in maintaining security after the withdrawal of foreign forces. A closed-door meeting of former jihadi commande...

GHAZNI City (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead two women and wounded a child inside their house in Ghazni City, capital of Ghazni province, last night, police said Thursday. The gunmen broke into a house in Hakeem Sanai area of the provincial c...

KHOST (AIP): A district governor who was injured in a roadside bomb attack yesterday (Nov. 08) in Paktika province died at a hospital last night, police said Wednesday. Muhammad Akbar, governor of Sarhoza district, succumbed to wounds at a medica...

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai left Kabul for Maldives Wednesday (Nov. 09) to attend 17th Saarc Summit scheduled to be held on Nov. 10. The president accompanied by National Security Advisor, Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta and Foreign Minister Zalm...