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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two policemen were killed and as many missing as Taliban attacked highway police in Zabul province last night, a police officer said Wednesday (April. 04). The fighting erupted after Taliban attacked check post of highway police last night, said Jelani Khan, a commander of highway...
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KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb injured a man and damaged a vehicle in Gurbaz district of Khost today (April. 04), residents and police said Wednesday. The incident happened in the Bari area as a landmine struck a private vehicle, causing severe damage to the vehicle and wounding the driver, a resid...
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PESHAWAR (AIP) A severe intensity of earthquake rocked parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan Tuesday (April. 03) at 8:35 a.m. (PST), but there were no immediate reports of casualties. The earthquake was measured 6.00 on rector scale and its epicenter was Hindu Kush mountain, 250 kilometers north of Pe...
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KHOST (AIP): Five policemen were missing as Taliban attacked the headquarters of Janikhel district of Paktia province last night, a security official said Tuesday (April. 03). Taliban torched five vehicles, weapons and damaged offices in the district headquarters, said Dastagir Rustam Yar, securi...
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HERAT (AIP): Afghan National Police (ANP) arrested 22 people including two Taliban fighters during operation conducted in the Bala Balook district of Farah province last night, police said Tuesday (April. 03). The operation was conducted on the basis of prior information regarding Taliban's presen...
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JALALABAD (AIP): A roadside bomb injured four personnel of border police in the Chaparhar district of eastern Ningarhar province today (April. 03), police said Tuesday. A vehicle of the border police of Agam district hit a landmine in the Sara Qala area, leaving a commander Muhammad Bilal and th...
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HERAT (AIP): Afghan National Police (ANP) conducted a raid on a madrassa (seminary) in the Bala Balook district of Farah province last night and detained 22 suspected Taliban, police chief said Tuesday (April. 03). Police had been tipped off that a Talib commander named Maulvi Hayatullah is provi...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Journalist community of the eastern region of Afghanistan strongly condemned ill-treatment of a journalist by police yesterday (April. 02). A press release issued here on Tuesday (April. 03) said the reporter of Spin Ghar Radio and Shaiq Cabal television channel, Zia-ur-Rahman, w...
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JALALABAD (AIP): A police officer and two growers were wounded during exchange of fire between police and poppy growers in eastern Ningarhar province today (April. 02), an official said Monday. Growers opened firing on police destroying poppy crops in the Daulatzi area. Police also returned fire...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Six Taliban and three policemen were killed during two separate clashes in the southern Kandahar province during the last 24 hours, police said Monday (April. 2). Taliban attacked security posts in the Takht Pul district of Kandahar province early today, killing three and wounding...