KHOST (AIP): Foreign troops killed four people including a girl during a raid on a house in Khost province last night, residents said Tuesday (Dec. 12). Foreign forces suddenly arrived in the area and raided a house in Dornami village, residents of Ismail Khail district, Khost province said. T...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber blew up himself in the Governor house of southern Helmand province today (Dec. 12), causing casualties, police said Tuesday. Police chief Helmand province Nabi Jan Mulla Khail confirmed the incident to Afghan Islamic Press and said there were casualties in the att...

PESHAWAR (AIP): While accepting responsibility of suicide explosion in the governor house in Helmand province Tuesday (Dec. 12), Taliban said about 15 policemen were killed and wounded in the attack. The attack was conducted by a Talib suicide bomber Samiullah, hailing from Helmand province, sp...

KABUL (AIP): Afghan National police arrested six suspected Taliban extremists yesterday for the murder of five family members in Narang district of Kunar province on Dec. 8, says a press issued by coalition forces here on Tuesday (Dec. 12). Acting Police Chief Abdul Sabur Yarollah, who made the a...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Eight people including a district chief, five policemen and two civilians were killed in a suicide explosion inside the governor house in southern Helmand province today (Dec. 12, an official said Tuesday. The explosion was carried out at a time when Afghan president Hamid Karzai wa...

KABUL (AIP): A soldier of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed during a clash with Taliban in the southern Helmand province earlier today (Dec. 12), a statement issued by ISAF said Tuesday. In accordance with NATO policy, ISAF does not release a casualty's nationalit...

KABUL (AIP): Two Coalition soldiers were wounded earlier today (Dec. 10) when their convoy came under insurgent attack while supporting an ISAF operation 11 kilometres east of Mizen, in Zabul province, says a press release issued by ISAF Sunday (Dec. 10). One coalition vehicle was struck by an I...

HERAT (AIP): Taliban and Afghan government officials are making conflicting claims about the casualties during a clash on the night between 10 and 11 December in Bala Baluk district of Farah province. Foreign and Afghan troops having the support of helicopters engaged a group of Taliban after inte...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Highway police of the Kabul-Kandahar highway section were attacked on Monday (Dec 11), official said. "Taliban attacked highway police in-between Shar-e-Safa and Qalat city on Kabul-Kandahar highway. The attack left five policemen killed and their one vehicle was destroyed. On Tali...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A 12 meters long bridge constructed in Kandahar city with the financial assistance of United States inaugurated on Sunday (Dec. 10). The bridge was constructed on Loya Wala in the 9th zone of the city. It has 12 meters length and has five meters width. The bridge costs 60,000 US...