PESHAWAR (AIP): Two persons were killed and dozens of houses were affected baldly by heavy floods in Suri-e-Pull province in the last 24 hours, an official said Thursday. Deputy Governor of Suri-e-Pull Qamardin Shukaib told AIP that various areas of the province including Surma Qalla, Gozfundi, S...

ISLAMABAD (AIP): Eleven-year-old Jawad Hameed was fed up with life in Kabul. "I used to go to school and after that I had to go to the mechanic workshop to earn some money," he explained, adding that he wished he could spend his day watching movies and playing sports instead. His father, Abdul Hame...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Authorities on Wednesday seized thousands of feet illegal wood in eastern Kunor province, governor said. Governor of Kunor Haji Asadullah Wafa told AIP that thousands of feet wood loaded on 93 mules was recovered by the security officials at Narang area. Police chief of Kunor...

PESHAWAR (AIP): 1st Deputy President of Afghanistan Kareem Khalili has been appointed as head of commission for disarmament and integration on Wednesday. A decree to this effect was issued by President Hamid Karzai. The AIP sources from Kabul said that Muhammad Masoom Stanukzai was appointed...

PESHAWAR (AIP): One person was killed and five others injured on Monday when two rival groups exchanged fire over a land dispute in Laghman province, sources said. The AIP sources said that fighting erupted between dwellers of two villages Qala Nikle and Kalwata in Ali Shung district. One person...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Al least five people were killed and 32 others suffered wounds when two blasts rocked southern Kandahar City on Thursday, an officials said. Police chief of Kandahar General Khan Muhammad said that two explosions occurred at Hazrat Jee Baba and Surpoza areas, outskirts of the cit...

March 16, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have accepted responsibility for killing an American soldier at Shindund area on Tuesday. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP on Wednesday night that a vehicle carrying US troops was blown up in a landmine blast at Shawaz area near Shind...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Residents of Kabul have started shifting to safer places following cracks developed in a mountain in north of the capital last night, eyewitnesses said. They said people were packing their luggage after cracks created in a mountainous area of Khair Khana, north part of the Kabul...

March 16, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 25 houses have been affected after a mountain skidded off in north of Afghan capital on Wednesday morning, eyewitnesses said. They told AIP that a mountain developed cracks affecting 25 houses at Khair Khana Kotal, north of Kabul. Initial reports sugge...

March 16, 2005 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday appointed Professor Sibghaullah Mujaddidi as chief of the Commission for Peace and Stability (CPS). A decree to this effect was issued by the president. The decree said that members of the commission would be announced late...