SHEBERGHAN: (AIP): As many as 18 Taliban were killed as a result military operation by the joint Afghan-foreign forces in Jawzjan province for the last three days, an official said Friday (April 08). The Jawzjan Police Chief Abdul Aziz Ghairat tol...

KHOST (AIP): Unknown gunmen kidnapped two aid workers of International Rescue Committee (IRC) this morning (April 07) in Ali Sher district of Khost province, an official said Thursday. The gunmen attacked seven workers of IRC who had come to see t...

GHAZNI (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed two Taliban and captured another during a joint operation last night in Andar district of Ghazni province, police said Thursday. The combined force conducted operation in Hayatwal village, limits of...

KABUL: (AIP): A delegation of Sweden led by the Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called on the Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace here Thursday (April 07). A presidential media centre press release said both the sides disc...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Unidentified gunmen killed seven members of a family yesterday (April 06) in Jalga district of northern Baghlan province, an elected representative said Thursday. Two gunmen broke into a house in Khwaja Hijran village of Jalga distr...

HERAT (AIP): Iranian border police reportedly killed seven Afghan labourers who had illegally crossed into Iran, sources said Thursday (April 07). An Afghan border security official, pleading anonymity, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that Iranian...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban bombers stormed a police training centre in southern Kandahar City today (April 07), killing one and wounding 18 people, most of them cops, hospital sources said Thursday. A dead body of a cop and 10 injured were brought t...

GHAZNI (AIP): A policeman was shot and wounded by his fellow cop at a training centre yesterday (April 05) in Zabul province, deputy governor said Wednesday. Muhammad Jan Rasool Yar, Deputy Governor of Zabul, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that a...

SHEBARGHAN (AIP): Unknown gunmen shot dead a militia commander late Monday (April 05) in Shebarghan city, capital of northern Jowzjan province, police said. The deceased was a former Taliban commander who had joined government along with around 10...

KUNDUZ (AIP): Afghan security forces detained three Taliban including a would-be suicide bomber while a group of Taliban surrendered last night in northern Kunduz province, they claimed Tuesday. Samiullah Qatara, police chief of Kunduz province,...