PESHWAR (AIP): As many as 10500 chickens, believed to have developed bird flu virus, were culled at a poultry farm in Dehri Zardad, district Charsadda, 30 kilometer from Peshawar last night.District investigation officers and operation incharge, Dr. Sher Muhammad, while talking to journalists on Tue...

KABUL (AIP): The Pul-e-Charkhi Jail standoff has not yet been over as bursts of gunfire were heard from inside the high-security jails just a while back (Tuesday afternoon).Security forces near Pul-e-Charkh confirmed to journalists that a group of prisoners tried to come out of the jail but police o...

KANDAHAR (AIP): Sixty Taliban who occupied different posts during Taliban government announced allegiance to Afghan government in Kandahar on Sunday.Some of them remained a at key government positions including, governor, deputy governor, mayor, district chief and police chief but most of them did n...

KABUL (AIP): The furious inmates of Pul-e-Charkhi Jail have made an American prisoner hostage, source said Monday.A prisoner phoned the office of a foreign Television in Kabul from Pul-e-Charkhi Jail and said the prisoners have made hostage an American national who was undergoing imprisonment in thi...

KABUL (AIP): Head of National Reconciliation Commission, Professor Sibghatullah Mujadidi arrived at Pul-e-Charkhi Jail and held negociations with rioting prisoners.

KABUL (AIP): Situation still tense as prisoners clashed with security personnel in Pul-e-Carkhi Jail, leaving four people dead and wounding more than 30 last night, informed sources said Sunday.The clashes started last night and are still continuing while informed sources rejected reports that situa...

KABUL (AIP): Former governor of Urozgan province, Jan Muhammad Khan has been appointed advisor to Afghan President on Saturday.A news report broadcasted by National Television of Afghanistan suggested that Afghan President Hamid Karzai appointed former governor Jan Muhammad Khan as advisor for triba...

KABUL (AIP): Contingents of Afghan National Army have entered the Pul-e-Charkhi Jail while ISAF troops also patrolling around the prison to cope with the situation.About 200 soldiers of Afghan National Army entered the Jail to replace police. Troops and tanks of International Security Assistance For...

KABUL (AIP): Occasional gunfire is continuing inside the Pul-e-Charkhi Jail where atleast four people were killed during a clash between guards and inmates.As per details, gunfire can be heard outside the Jail with shot intervals while more confirmed details have not been received. Security forces d...

KANDAHAR (AIP): A high-ranking security official of Helmand province on Friday confirmed the killing of four Afghan soldiers in Taliban attack last night.Taliban attacked vehicles of Afghan National Army 10 P.M last night, killing four Afghan soldiers and wounding one while one army vehicle was also...