KABUL (AIP): NATO and US forces commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, on Monday (July 19) turned over command of NATO forces to his successor Lt. General John Allen. In this connection a ceremony was held in Kabul which was also attended...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): Taliban gunmen killed eight police in the outskirts of Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand province, today (July 18), an official said Monday. The policemen manning Sarkar Post, five km to east of Lashkargah city, had fallen...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Two police personnel were killed and another sustained injuries in separate armed attacks in Shah Walikot district of Kandahar province yesterday, a press release said Sunday (July 17). The press release said two cops were killed...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Sound of a heavy explosion was heard in the old city area of Kandahar on Sunday (July 17). The Kandahar police headquarters officials confirmed the blast, saying they had no knowledge about the nature, target and casualties of the...

KUNDUZ: (AIP): Two persons were killed and 13 more injured when unidentified armed men opened fire on a wedding ceremony in Markazi Baghlan district of Baghlan province late yesterday, an official said Sunday (July 17). The Baghlan provincial coun...

HERAT: (AIP): Unidentified people torched a girls school in Saghar district of Ghor province last night, an official said Sunday (July 17). The Ghor Governor Dr Abdullah Haiwad told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that armed Taliban set on fire a g...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): Three persons were killed and six more injured when two vehicles collided head-on in Kandahar province on Sunday (July 17). A press release said that two vehicles collided on Kandahar-Speen Boldak highway, leaving three persons de...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): The foreign forces blasted seized explosives in the Old City area of Kandahar on Sunday (July 17. The Kandahar Police Chief Abdul Raziq told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that the foreign forces blasted explosives in Speen Ziarat...

PESHAWAR: (AIP): Several markets and shops at the caught fire after an explosion in a NATO fuel tanker on Peshawar-Torkman highway at the Karkhano market here late Saturday (July 16). An eyewitness told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that an explo...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan officials say 11 Taliban were killed and 18 others wounded after a clash with police in Azra district of Logar province. A clash took place between Taliban and police in Usmankhel district yesterday (July 15) in which 11 Taliba...