KHOST CITY (AIP): Police foiled a suicide bombing attempt on headquarters of Baak district of Khost by shooting a bomber today (Aug. 06), an official said Saturday. The suicide bomber wanted to enter the compound of the district headquarters but...

KHOST (AIP): Taliban torched eight oil tankers during two separate attacks last night in Ahmadkhil district of Paktia province, Taliban and deputy governor said Saturday. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for Taliban, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP)...

HERAT: (AIP): The security forces arrested two persons on and recovered material required in production of narcotics from their possession in Adraskan district of Herat province on Saturday (August 06). The Herat Police Chief Brigadier Syed Aqa Sa...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): The US ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker has said that his country would stand by Afghanistan. A press release issued by the Kandahar media centre on Saturday (August 06) said that Ryan Crocker called on the Kandahar governor...

PESHAWAR: (AIP): Sixteen oil tankers were reduced to ashes when unidentified armed men attacked a parking lot for trucks transporting fuel for NATO troops across the border in Afghanistan on Saturday (August 06). The Pishtakhara police told media...

KABUL (AIP): A combined Afghan and coalition force recovered huge quantity of drugs in Dishu district of Helmand province yesterday (Aug. 05), ISAF claimed Friday. The combined force recovered 900 kgs of opium from a vehicle in Dishu district, ISA...

CHARIKAR (AIP): Taliban on Friday (Aug. 05) claimed they had caused casualties to police after an attack on the headquarters of Siahgar district of Parwan province. Taliban attacked headquarters of Siagard district from two sides at approximately...

CHARIKGAR (AIP): Two people were killed and three others wounded in a road mishap this morning (Aug. 04) in Qarabagh district of Kabul province, an official said Thursday. A vehicle which was on way to Kabul from neighbouring Parwan province over...

HEART (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed three Taliban including a commander and captured five others during an operation last night in Khasrod district of Nimroz province, police said Thursday. The combined force conducted clearance operati...

GHAZNI: (AIP): Two persons were killed when an unexploded mortar shell went off in a shop in Ghazni City on Thursday (August 04). The Ghazni civil hospital in-charge Dr Ismail Ibrahimzai told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that two persons killed...