KANDAHAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded head of Kandahar judicial department today (June 04) in Kandahar City, police said Saturday. The gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of Aqil Shah, head of Kandahar Judicial department, in Deh Khwa...

GHAZNI (AIP): A roadside bomb killed three people of a same family and wounded another late yesterday (June 03) in Charkh district of Logar province, an official said Saturday. A motor-rickshaw struck a mine in Dabar area of Charkh district late y...

Serial No 1755 June 04, 2011 Chamkani peace shura chief abducted KHOST: (AIP): Unidentified armed men abducted chairman of peace shura in Chamkani district of Paktia province on Saturday (June 04). The Chamkani District Chief Saadat Khan told t...

KABUL: (AIP): The United States Secretary of Defence Robert Gates made a surprise visit to Kabul on Saturday (June 04). He is expected to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai and commanders of foreign forces in Kabul to discuss with them the prevail...

HERAT: (AIP): A traffic officer and two more police personnel were killed and three more sustained injuries when armed opponents opened fire on them in Ghor province on Saturday (June 04). The Ghor Police Chief Khudayar Qudsi told the Afghan Islam...

SHEBERGHAN: (AIP): The Taliban and Afghan officials are at odds about casualties in a clash in Koshtipa district of Jawzjan proince on Saturday (June 04). The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that their figh...

KABUL: (AIP): The United States Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has said that US assistance forces would stay in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of American fighting troops from the country in 2014. Addressing a joint press conference with...

HERAT (AIP): Gunmen attacked a fuel supply vehicle yesterday (June 02)) in western Herat province, killing driver and wounding another individual, police said Friday. The gunmen struck the oil tanker of a fuel supply company on Kushk Rabat Sangi...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed two suspected Taliban in northern Baghlan province yesterday (June 02) and detained more than 10 suspects in other parts of Afghanistan, the NATO-led force claimed Friday. The combined force was attack...

KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb blast wounded two cops including a commander in Khost City, capital of south-eastern Khost province today (June 03), sources said Friday. A security official who wished not to be named told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) t...