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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two coalition troops were wounded when their vehicle was blow up with an improvised explosive device last night (March 22) in the Gailan district of Gahzni province, official said Friday. A coalition vehicle was disabled with an improvised explosive device in the Gailan district...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces captured eight suspected "extremists" during separate operations in eastern Afghanistan early today (March. 22), US-led coalition said Thursday. The statement said five suspected people were arrested during a raid on a compound near Asadabad in Kunar provi...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): The number of Taliban, killed during the continuing clashes with Afghan and foreign forces in Helmand province Thursday (March. 22), has reached to 38 as police claimed that 28 more fighters were killed in different areas. However, Taliban termed the figure exaggerated. A total of 3...
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KABUL (AIP): Local Afghan officials, together with ISAF Forces, recently provided humanitarian assistance to an estimated 500 Afghans affected by the recent flooding in the Uruzgan Province, an ISAF statement said Thursday (March. 22). The statement said shelters were immediately established to...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A housing project for government employees was inaugurated in Laghkargah, capital of Helmand province Tuesday (March. 20). Governor of southern Helmand province, Haji Asadullah Wafa, laid the foundation stone of the housing scheme March. 19. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press the...
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): The Nowruz festival was started in Afghanistan with the hoisting of flag at the shrine of Hazrat Ali (R.A) in Mazar-e-sharif, capital of Balkh province Wednesday (March. 21). Nowruz is a spring festival celebrated at the first day of the each new year of Persian calendar in...
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HERAT (AIP): The Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) opened a health center in Tourghoundy village of Khosk district in Herat province today (March. 20), an ISAF statement said Tuesday. It said the project, in an area close to the border with Turkmenistan , will ensure the 20,000 village inhabi...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A beheaded body was found in the Shah Joi district of Zabul province today (March. 21), police said Wednesday. The body was found in the Qazi area but it is not clear who is the man and when he has been killed, said Commander Ubaidullah, district police chief. He told Afghan Is...
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KABUL (AIP): Three suspected Taliban were killed after firing at Afghan and Coalition forces during an operation near Gereshk in Helmand province early today (March. 20), the US-led coalition said Tuesday. "The primary target of the operation was a known Taliban leader and facilitator of suicide...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb exploded near police vehicle in Kandahar city today (March. 19), injuring two policemen, police said Monday. The incident was happened in the Shorandam area, five kilometers from Kandahar City when the police vehicle was heading towards police training center, said N...