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KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb killed five Afghan soldiers and wounded four others in the volatile Uruzgan province yesterday (Jan. 03), Afghan military said Thursday. The incident was happened in the Charcheno district when the vehicle of Afghan troops was struck by a landmine last evening, Ch...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and ISAF forces discovered a large weapons cache during joint security patrols in support of Operation Baaz Tsuka yesterday, an ISAF statement said Thursday (Jan. 04). It said the weapons cache discovered in the Panjwayee district of Ka...
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KHOST (AIP): Six people were killed and two others wounded as two groups clashed over the construction of weir in Paktia province today (Jan. 04), police said Thursday. Both the groups exchanged firing over the issue of the construction of dam in Banuzai area of Jani Khail district, Police Chief...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Ministry of Interior has appointed new police chiefs in 15 districts out of 22 in the eastern Ningarhar province, bordering with Pakistan, official said on Thursday (Jan. 04). The new appointed police chiefs would be effectively play their role against terrorism, narcotics and fo...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan National Army (ANA) and Coalition special operations forces killed three insurgents during an air strike near Char Cheeno in Uruzgan province yesterday, says a press release issued by ISAF late Wednesday (Jan. 03). The statement said ANA and Coalition troops observed insurg...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): ISAF Forces and Afghan police killed a number of Taliban fighters during operations on Jan. 2 in Garmsir district of Helmand, British forces said in a statement Wednesday (Jan. 03). It said the operation was part of an ongoing programme to bring stability and security to the area...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban fighters attacked last night the headquarters of Khak-e-Sufaid district in Farah province and set ablaze the offices, police said Monday (Jan. 01) The attacked was very fierce and the firefight continued for 45 minutes, police chief of Farah, Syed Agha Saqib said. He to...
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HERAT (AIP): A roadside bomb blast killed two policemen in the Sheendand district of Herat province today (Jan. 01), an official said Monday. The incident was occurred in the Zerkoh area as a police vehicle was blown up with a remote controlled landmine at 6:00 a.m. local time, district incharge...
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KHOST (AIP): About 20 rockets were fired at the headquarters of Barmal district in Paktika province between 29 and 30 December, governor said Monday. The rockets hit the wall of house in the district headquarters but did not cause any damage, Governor of Paktika province, Muhammad Akram Khpalwak...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday (Jan. 01) rejected reports of torching a health clinic by fighters during attack on a district headquarters of Khak-e-Sufaid. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press by phone from an unknown location, spokesman of Taliban fighters, Qari Muhammad Yousaf, said, "Taliban at...