PESHAWAR (AIP): American ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad on Thursday inaugurated construction work on Kandahar-Oruzgan road. The ambassador arrived in Kandahar today and reached Dahla area, about 25 km away from city where he laid the foundation stone of 180 km long Kandahar-Oruzgan road...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Several people were injured on Tuesday evening when a blast rocked western Herat City, sources said. Sources told AIP from Herat said the explosion took place at a video cassettes shop at Shahr-e-Naw, injuring several persons, besides damaging the shop. An eyewitness told AIP...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Six Taliban were killed in two different incidents in Zabul yesterday, an official claimed. Security in-charge of Zabul Ghulam Jillani told AIP that about 70 Taliban insurgents attacked the headquarters of Nowbahar district situated in north part of the province last night....

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Tuesday claimed that they killed six Afghan soldiers besides setting on fire a district headquarters in Zabul province last night. Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi, spokesman of Taliban told AIP that they attacked Nobahar district headquarters and killed six Afghan soldiers o...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have shot down an American helicopter in Oruzgan province on Monday. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi phoned told AIP from an undisclosed location and said an Apache helicopter was shot down at Char China district, killing 18 American soldiers onb...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three Afghan soldiers were killed in a clash in southeastern Khost province on Saturday (Sept. 4), sources said. Sources told AIP that unknown armed men attacked at a post of government forces at Bataytana area, Khost near Pakistan border, killing three soldiers. Sources said...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Clashes started between two tribes over the possession of a mountain at the border territory of Nangarhar and Logar provinces, eyewitnesses said Saturday (Sept. 5) A resident of Azar district, Logar province Dr. Mirvais told AIP the fighting erupted between Nasro (Nangarhar) and B...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least two persons were killed and five others wounded when a blast rocked Kandahar city on Friday afternoon, officials and eyewitnesses said. Eyewitnesses said that the bomb exploded in an abandoned jeep parked at north part of the city. It is believed that it was a remote...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Four Taliban were killed and eight others injured on Thursday night during a clash with government forces in Helmund province, an official claimed Friday. In-charge of Garam Ser district commander Muhammad Wali told AIP over satellite phone that Taliban attacked a post of Afghan f...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Unknown miscreants fired rockets at eastern Jalalabad City, an official said Friday. Security in-charge of the city Abdul Rahman told AIP that the rockets did not any damage to life or property. He said that one rocket landed inside the compound of a Swedish NGO, damaging its door...