KABUL (AIP): Australian Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, called on President Hamid Karzai here on Friday (March 04) and discussed matters of bilateral interest. A statement issued from presidential office said the Afghan president urged the Australi...

PESHAWAR (AIP): King Abdullah Relief Trust has sent 420 tons of food items and 20, 000 blankets to four provinces of Afghanistan under its winter assistance programme. The aid goods worth 3.5 million Saudi Riyals would be distributed under the sup...

HERAT (AIP): Two Taliban and a policeman were killed during a clash last night in Obi district of western Herat province, officials said Friday (March 04). Earlier, Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that...

HERAT: A vehicle of the Afghan National Police (ANP) was damaged last night (March 3/4) in a mine explosion in Sheen Dand district of Herat province, officials said Friday. Lal Muhammad Umerzai, governor of Sheendand district, told Afghan Islamic...

LASHKARGAH (AIP): A roadside bomb killed a child and wounded another today (March 03) in Nad Ali district of Helmand province, government said Thursday. A mine went off at approximately 10:00 a.m. (local time) in Khshal village, limits of Nad Ali...

KUNDUZ (AIP): A Germany funded new school building was opened today (March 03) in Sher Khan Port town of northern Kunduz province, education officials said Thursday. Muhammad Zaher Nazam, director of Kunduz education department, told Afghan Islami...

HERAT: (AIP): Eighty police were given certificates after completion of training in western Herat province on Thursday (March 03). The western police zone press office in-charge Colonel Abdul Rauf Ahmadi told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) 80 police...

HERAT: (AIP): Two health projects including a research and training centre completed through the assistance of Italy were inaugurated in Herat, an official said Thursday (March 03). The Herat public health chairman Dr Ghulam Saeed Rashid told Afgh...

KANDAHAR: (AIP): A person was killed and another sustained injuries when an explosive device planted in a vehicle went off in Kandahar, said a press release on Thursday (March 03). The press release said an explosive device went off in a vehicle l...

HERAT: (AIP): As many as 11 opponents were arrested in separate operations in Farah province during the last three days, officials said Wednesday (March 02). Muhammad Munir, an official of the Farah police headquarters, told Afghan Islamic Press (...