KANDAHAR (AIP): Police on Monday recovered 550 kilograms of narcotics during an operation in the jurisdiction of Lashkargah district, Helmand, police sources said.Helmand Police Chief, Abdur Rehman told AIP that a team of Interior Ministry recovered 55 bags containing 550 kilogram narcotics during a...

KAHDAHAR (AIP): Count of ballots was completed in Urozgan province on Monday, official said.An official of Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) in Urozgan told Afghan Islamic Press that the process of ballots counting was completed in Urozgan and the result was compiled with care. He did not give...

KABUL (AIP): The Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) on Monday announced partial results of the first parliamentary election in Afghanistan during last three decades.Following are the leading candidates in Wolesi Jirgar and Provincial councils. For Wolesi Jirga from Balkgh:  Alam Khan Azadi,...

PESHAWAR (AIP): While claiming responsibility of shooting down an American military helicopter in Deh Chopan, troubled Zabul province, Taliban on Sunday said that 30 US soldiers onboard were also killed.

KABUL (AIP): A US military CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed southwest of Deh Chopan on Sunday killing all five crewmembers onboard, says a Coalition forces press release. The cause of the crash is unknown at this time. There are no indications of hostile fire involved at this time. An investiga...

KANDAHAR (AIP): The counting of ballots in Afghan parliamentary elections completed in Nimrooz province on Sunday, officials said.An election official of Nimrooz province Mr. Wasfi told Afghan Islamic Press that the counting of ballots was completed on Sunday noon.He said that no untoward incident w...

JALALABAD (AIP): Renowned religious scholar and jihadi personality Maulvi Muhammad Ishaq Muhiq who died in Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar on Friday at the age of 72, was laid to rest on Saturday in Najmul Jihad village, Jalalabad.His funeral prayers were attended by thousands of people from all...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan police recovered 25 kilograms of explosive devices from a handcart in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, official said. Governor Kandahar, Haji Asadullah Khalid told Afghan Islamic Press that the explosive material was recovered when a person pushing a handcart came out o...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan police recovered 25 kilograms of explosive devices from a handcart in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, official said. Governor Kandahar, Haji Asadullah Khalid told Afghan Islamic Press that the explosive material was recovered when a person pushing a handcart came out o...

JALALABAD (AIP): Following the decision of Afghan Ministry of Refugee Affairs and authorities of Ningarhar province, hundreds of refugee families staying at Dasht-e-Hesar Shahi near Jalalabad, were sent to Dasht-e-Gamberi on Monday. This decision was taken after a delegation of Afghan Refugee Minis...