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GHAZNI (AIP): At least two police men were killed when the Taliban militants ambushed their patrol at Gilan district in Ghazni province on Friday, police said. Provincial police chief of Ghazni province, General Ali Shah Ahmadzai told AIP that the incident took place around 12 noon today (Frida...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two people were arrested with five rockets in Kandahar city yesterday (Oct. 24), police claimed Thursday. The rockets were recovered from a passenger vehicle in western area of Kandahar , said Sayyed Agha Saqib, provincial police chief. He told Afghan Islamic Press that parts o...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Four police were killed and two others wounded during a gunbattle with Taliban in the southern Kandahar province last night, an official said Thursday (Oct. 25). The clash erupted in the jurisdiction of Zehir district after Taliban attack police on the night between 24 and 25th O...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): A suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden car into a vehicle of Frontier Constabulary vehicle in the northern Swat district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan today (Oct. 25), killing 25 FC personnel and over 15 civilians, informed sources said Thursday. Sources to...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban claimed Thursday they had blown up a vehicle of foreign forces in Paktia province today (Oct. 25), killing 10 troops. Coalition forces, however, termed the Taliban claim as false. Spokesman of Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid phoned Afghan Islamic Press from an undisclosed location...
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KABUL (AIP): A soldier of NATO-led ISAF died of wounds sustained during operations in southern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said Thursday (Oct. 25). The statement issued by ISAF would not disclose that when and in which province of the southern Afghanistan, the soldier died. "It is with gre...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Police seized 1905 kilograms of opium during an operation near Pak-Afghan border in Helmand province last night, a police officer claimed Wednesday (Oct. 24). Police conducted the operation in the Garmser district near Pakistan border when the narcotics were being smuggled to Pakista...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Kandahar police handed over 23 heavy and small weapons to Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) programme today (Oct. 24), a police officer said Wednesday. The weapons including RPGs, heavy weapons and Ak-47s had been recovered from unauthorized people time by time in the pas...
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KHOST (AIP): Governor of Khost escaped a suicide attack today (Oct. 24) but his three bodyguards and two civilians were injured in the attack, police said Wednesday. The suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden vehicle into the convoy of Governor Arsala Jamal in Karwan Serai area of Khost city, sa...
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KHOST (AIP): An injured of suicide attack on the convoy of governor Khost today (Oct. 24) died in hospital, a doctor said late Wednesday night. Member of provincial council, Zabit Khan Mujahid was injured when a suicide bomber crashed his explosive laden vehicle into the convoy of Governor Khost,...