KABUL (AIP): Afghan security forces detained 13 suspected Taliban during combined operations in Uruzgan province, interior ministry said Tuesday (Feb. 19). The operation was jointly launched by Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police two days back in the Deh Rawod district of Uruzga...

QALAT (AIP): Aid goods were distributed among rain and snow affected families in Qalat, capital of Zabul province today (Feb. 19), an official said Tuesday. The relief goods including foodstuffs, blankets, tents, lamps and other items provided by WFP, UNHCR and UNICEF were distributed among 500 f...

KABUL (AIP): Taliban kidnapped two employees of education department in the western Farah province Feb. 18, interior ministry said Tuesday (Feb. 20). Press office of the interior ministry told Afghan Islamic Press that the two inspectors of provincial education department were visiting Bakwa dist...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The death toll from the Saturday's blast in Parachinar, headquarters of Kurram Agency reached 46 today after the expiry of more injured, reports say Sunday. Reports reaching here say the authorities have imposed a curfew in Parachina after the suicide bomber attack. Agency official...

KABUL (AIP): A group of armed Taliban ambushed a convoy of Afghan national army troops in eastern Kunar province Saturday afternoon, sparking a fierce gunbattle, which resulted into killing of several militants and a soldier, interior ministry said in a statement issued here Sunday. The clash er...

KABUL (AIP): Deputy governor of central Baghlan province and one of his relative were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in collided with a bus about ten kilometers off capital of central Samangan province, an official said Sunday. An official in Samangan Haji Ghulam Sakhi told AIP tha...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Above 65 people include Afghan militia leaders were killed and 50 others were wounded when a suicide bomber ripped through the crowd, who had gathered to watch traditional outdoor dog-fighting competitions in Bagh Pul area, western edge of the southern Kandahar City, interi...

KABUL (AIP): Personnel of Afghan National Army (ANA) discovered and defused a weapons and ammunition cache in the southern Helmand province yesterday (Feb. 15), defence ministry said Saturday. The weapons cache contains 56 MM-82 rocket rounds, 13 rounds of BM-1, 67 rounds of RPG-7 rocket, 5000 ro...

KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai left Kabul for Qatar today (Feb. 16) to attended an international conference in Doha, a statement said Saturday. Besides addressing the conference, the president will also meeting deputy Ameer of Qatar, Sheikh Hamim bin Hamad-al- Sani, prime minister, foreign m...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces killed four Taliban and detained six others during combined operation in Uruzgan province yesterday (Feb. 15), interior ministry said Saturday. The interior ministry said in a statement that the operation was conducted against Taliban in Tarin Kot, capital...