SHEBARGHAN (AIP): Gunmen freed four kidnapped workers of a French aid agency in northern Faryab province, police said Wednesday (Oct. 12). The four Afghan workers of French non-governmental organization, ACTED, had been seized by gunmen in Almar d...

HERAT (AIP): Gunmen torched a mobile phone tower last night in western Herat province, a security official said Wednesday (Oct. 12). Gunmen-led by a commander of Hezb-e-Islami Hekmatyar, Mulla Abdul Rehman, set ablaze a tower of MTN mobile phone...

HERAT (AIP): Four Taliban and a policeman were killed during separate clashes last night in western Farah province, police said Tuesday. Taliban gunmen attacked a police check post in the limits of Bala Balok district, killing a cop and wounding...

JALALABAD (AIP): Unknown gunmen shot dead a tribal elder in Khugyani district of eastern Ningarhar province yesterday (Oct. 10), an official said Tuesday. The gunmen opened fire on Malak Noorullah in Wazir area at approximately 5:00 p.m. (local t...

GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban killed an operative of National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghan spy agency, in Saidabad district of Wardak province yesterday (Oct. 10), they claimed Tuesday. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for Taliban, told Afghan Islam...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Tuesday (Oct. 11) claimed they had killed four operatives of National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghan intelligence agency, and wounded as many in Parwan province this morning. Taliban attacked a vehicle of NDS in Joye...

GHAZNI: (AIP): The deputy commander of a Quick Reaction Force unit was killed in Taliban attack in Rasheedan district of Ghazni province yesterday (October 10). The Ghazni Police Chief Zarawar Zahid told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) the Taliban...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Six police personnel and a tribal chief were killed in an explosion in Kandahar province on Tuesday (October 11), official sources said. Complete story to follow soon. Posted at 13:30 (GMT)

KABUL: (AIP): The Afghan interior ministry has rejected the UN report regarding mistreatment with prisoners in detentions of Afghan police in Afghanistan. An interior ministry press release, available with the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), Tuesday (...

PESHAWAR: (AIP): A logistic vehicle of the foreign forces loaded with two vehicles caught fire in an explosion on Peshawar-Torkham highway on Tuesday (October 11). A security official in Landikotal told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that explosio...