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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Friday (July 27) said no new extension has been given in the deadline for South Korean hostages. Earlier, a member of the government appointed team said that Taliban had agreed on extending deadline which they had set yesterday. "No extension has been given in the de...
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GHAZNI (AIP): A soldier of Afghan National Army and a Talib fighter were killed during a clash in the southern Zabul today (July 27), a military officer said Friday. Taliban attacked a convoy of Afghan National Army (ANA) on Kabul-Kandahar highway in the Hazartak area near Qalat, capital of Zabul...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Head of the government delegation for talks on Korean hostages, Waheedullah Mujaddidi, Thursday (July 25) said no talks could be held with Taliban on Korean captives last night. "Taliban could not be contacted as their phones were off," he told Afghan Islamic Press. However, of...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces killed over 50 Taliban during a battle that lasted more than 12 hours and finished early this morning (July 26) on the western side of the Helmand River in Helmand province, a coalition statement said Thursday. Taliban attacked the ANA-led patrol 20 kilome...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Residents of Tarin Kot, capital of southern Uruzgan province Thursday (July 26) expressed concern over civilian casualties in NATO operations. Dozens of people gathered in the provincial capital to take out a protest rally against the NATO operations. They showed displeasure o...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Several Taliban and a policeman were killed during a clash in southern Kandahar province yesterday (July 25), police said Thursday. Taliban attacked a police patrol in the Maroof district, killing one and injuring eight policemen, said Sayyed Agha Saqib, provincial police chief....
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KABUL (AIP): One ISAF soldier was killed and two were wounded when their convoy was struck by an explosive device yesterday (July 25) while conducting a routine patrol in southern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said Thursday. "It is with great regret and sadness that we acknowledge the death of t...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Governor of Ghazni province, Mairajuddin Pathan, Thursday (July 26) laid the foundation stone of a hospital in the Qarabagh district. Addressing a ceremony on this occasion the governor said the governor said that the project would be completed at a cost 130000 US dollars will be pr...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Thursday evening (July 26) said they had only demanded the release of their prisoners and the allegations of ransom were baseless. Taliban spokesman Qari Muhamamd Yousaf Ahmadi in a statement read to Afghan Islamic Press by phone from an unknown location said, "The Kabul...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): At least eight people were killed and around 30 others wounded as four rockets struck Bannu City in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan last night, officials said Wednesday (July 25). Local officials said two rockets hit houses in the city when police and local...