PESHAWAR (AIP): At least one person was inured when a rocket fired by unknown persons landed at Mokrayaan area in Kabul on Monday night at 11:00 pm, sources said. There were no further details about the incident. Ends

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Sunday claimed to have injured six Afghan soldiers in bomb blasts in Naray district, Kunor province. Spokesman of Taliban Zabith Muhammad Naeem told AIP over phone that three blasts were carried out at Sawa and Dokalam areas, injuring several soldiers. He claimed to...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three security guards shifting ballot boxes in vehicles were shot dead by Taliban in Oruzgan province on Saturday evening, UNAMA official said. Haji Ateequllah, provincial in-charge of UNAMA elections cell told AIP from Tareen Kot that ballot boxes were being shifted to provincial...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Three security guards shifting ballot boxes in vehicles were shot dead by Taliban in Oruzgan province on Saturday evening, UNAMA official said. Haji Ateequllah, provincial in-charge of UNAMA elections cell told AIP from Tareen Kot that ballot boxes were being shifted to provincial...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Fifteen Afghan candidates have announced to boycott the presidential election as a protest on Saturday afternoon in Kabul, sources said. Imamuddin Shafajoo, friend of Engr. Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai told AIP over telephone from Kabul that it was decided at a meeting which was attended b...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two persons were injured on Saturday when unknown gunmen opened fire at a polling station in western Herat province, sources said. Sources said that two persons were injured when unknown motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire at the polling station at Adraskan area. Authorit...

PESHAWAR (AIP): The first direct polls ended in Afghanistan on Saturday amid dozens of attacks claimed by Taliban in different parts of the country. Details of attacks are following: 1-Nine missiles were fired at Dangam district, Kunor province last night. 2-Three rockets were fired at Sheegul...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Unknown miscreants early on Friday morning fired at least three rockets at Jalalabad City, injuring two persons, an official said. Security in-charge of Jalalabad City Engineer Sardar Shah told AIP that two rockets landed in two houses about 150 meters away from UNICEF office situ...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Authorities in southern Kandahar province have seized a huge number of explosives material on Friday, an official said. The official said that the explosives had been kept in an oil tanker coming from Pakistan city of Quetta. He said three persons were detained and the tanker was...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Newly appointed Governor of Ghor province Abdul Qadir Elim has taken charge of his office on Thursday. Afghan transitional President Hamid Karzai sacked governors of Herat and Ghor provinces Muhammad Ismail Khan and Dr. Muhammad Ibraheem respectively when clashes erupted in Herat...