PESHAWAR (AIP): Nine Pakistani prisoners were released following the order of Afghan President Hamid Karzai from Pull-e-Charkhee jail, Kabul on Monday, reports said. AIP sources from Kabul said that all the prisoners have already completed their jail term; however, they were handed over to Pakistan...

Peshawar (AIP): One person was killed last night during clashes in the Thermal Power and Fertilizer Plant's residential compound in Mazar-e Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh Province. Afghan Islamic Press sources in Mazar-e Sharif said that during the attack launched by Jamiat-e Eslami [Afgha...

PESHAWAR (AIP): At least one person was killed and several others injured when fighters of Jamiat-e-Islami launched attack against Uzbek militia in Mazar-e-Sharif on Sunday, reports said. Sources told AIP that a residential colony where families of pro-Dostum forces were living was attacked by Ja...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Some unidentified armed men attacked coalition troops while the allied forces bombed hideouts of suspected insurgents in southeastern Afghan Province on Friday, reports said. Informed sources told AIP that some assailants attacked a patrolling party of coalition troops at Inzargi wi...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have claimed killing 12 American soldiers following attack on a convoy in Helmund province on Thursday (April 8). A statement issued with signature of Hamid Agha, a spokesman for Taliban on Friday evening said that 12 US soldiers were killed when a convoy of American forces...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The forces of Uzbek warlord General Rasheed Dostum took control of Maymana, the capital of northern Faryab province on Thursday, reports said. Sources from Mazar-e-Sharif told AIP that Uzbek army entered Maymana city today afternoon after brief fighting in the area. The governor of...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A meeting of Pakistani, Afghanistan and American military officials was held at Torkhum border on Thursday, reports said. AIP sources said that the meeting was attended by officials of three countries and discussed various matters pertaining to travelling across the border. The me...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Authorities of eastern Nangarhar province have started eradication campaign of standing poppy plants in the area on Wednesday, reports said. AIP stringer in Chahar Bagh-e-Safa said that instead of using tractors, the government servants were destroying standing crop with wooden stic...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Hizb-e-Islami of Afghanistan strongly disputed reports that some of its members surrendered to Afghan government in Kabul and termed it a conspiracy of occupational forces. A press statement issued to newspapers in Peshawar on Thursday evening said that there was pressure on Hizb a...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three persons were injured following severe earthquake in Kabul and other parts of the country on Tuesday morning, reports said. A doctor from Shahar-e-Nouw, Kabul who owns a small clinic told AIP today morning that three injured including a foreigner (might be an Italian but not c...