PESHAWAR (AIP): Rejecting reports of losing control over the district, police chief of Chashth, Herat province on Monday claimed that the area is still under control of government forces. Talking to AIP over satellite phone this afternoon, district police chief Ghulam Hazrat said that some elemen...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Unknown gunmen fired rockets at Asad Abad, capital of Kunor last night however there were no reports of casualties or damages, sources said. Sources told AIP from Asad Abad on Sunday that three rockets landed in Dum village near the city, causing no damages. Ends

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Sunday accepted responsibility for blowing up a vehicle of American military in Ghazni province yesterday. Talking to AIP this morning, spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi said that the vehicle was blown up in Gaylan district, on Saturday. He claimed tha...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Sunday claimed to have shot down an American helicopter in southeastern Khowst province; however the authorities strongly denied the assertion. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi told AIP over telephone that they shot down a US military chopper at Shenkey...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Two elections workers were killed by Taliban in Uruzgan province yesterday evening, an official confirmed. Chief of election registration group in Charchino district Haji Attiqullah told AIP on Saturday morning that Taliban attacked the convoy of poll workers at Yakhdan area....

PESHAWAR (AIP): A small blast took place in Kandahar city on Friday night, reports said. Confirming the blast, police chief of Kandahar city General Khan Muhammad told AIP that some anti-state elements had planted a small bomb in the garbage near a junction to Kabul. He said that no body was...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A press statement released by Chief of Hizb-e-Islami (Khalis) and famous Jihadi leader Maulvi Muhammad Younas Khalis was faxed to newspapers in Peshawar on Friday. Main points of the statement are following: 1- Independence and Islamic system could not be achieved until and unless...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have fired rockets at a security post and Khost Airport on Thursday afternoon. Spokesman of Taliban Mufti Lateefullah Hakeemi said that Taliban fighters fired rockets at a security post at Shenkey area and Khost Airport on Thursday afternoon. He said there...

PESHAWAR (AIP): Elders of Shenwar district on Thursday staged a protest demonstration at eastern Jalalabad City demanding of the local authorities to arrest murderers of local villagers killed by local policemen in Haska Mina area two days back. About 100 elders haling from Shenwar district reac...

PESHAWAR (AIP): A big and several small explosions reported in Army Division of western Herat province Wednesday, official sources said. Eyewitnesses from Herat told AIP that a big blast took place in Herat Army Division this afternoon and later small explosions also occurred in the area. The...