KABUL: (AIP): The foreign minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Storein in a meeting with the Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace here Sunday (June 26) vowed his country was ready to have strategic ties with Afghanistan. A press relea...

KABUL: (AIP): The foreign minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Storein in a meeting with the Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace here Sunday (June 26) vowed his country was ready to have strategic ties with Afghanistan. A press relea...

KABUL: (AIP): A meeting of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) chaired by the Afghan President Hamid Karzai decided to discuss the issue of cross-border attacks from Pakistan side with the military officials of Pakistan. Among others the de...

HERAT (AIP): A roadside bomb blast left two soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) dead this morning (June 25) in Adraskan district of western Herat province, an official said Saturday. Ahmad Farahad Raufian, governor of Adraskan district, told Af...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Five Taliban were killed and three others wounded during separate incidents in Tarinkot, capital of Uruzgan province, police said Saturday (June 25). A mine carrying by Taliban exploded in Khanqah area of the provincial capital, ki...

ASADABAD: (AIP): Taliban and officials are at odds about attacks on security checkposts in Bargmatal district of Nuristan province. The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that their fighters attacked security...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Foreign Special Forces detained four people including a teacher during an overnight operation in Dasht-e-Archi district of northern Kunduz province, an official said Friday. The foreign forces raided a house in Mandokhel village and...

HERAT (AIP): Three local policemen joined Taliban along with their weapons today (June 24) in Bala Murghab district of Badghis province, Taliban and security officials said Friday. The local policemen had links with Taliban since long and joined...

HERAT (AIP): Taliban on Friday (June 24) claimed they had killed a police office in Charsada district of Ghor province. Taliban opened fire on a police officer in the centre of Charsada district this morning and killed him on the spot, Qari Muhamm...

KABUL (AIP): A new political alliance is in the offing in Kabul as talks are continuing between leaders of different political parties on the formation of the coalition. Several political leaders have started efforts for the past sometime to esta...