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KANDAHAR (AIP): Unidentified assailants shot dead a police commander and his companion in Kandahar today, police said Friday. General Asmatullah Alizai, police chief of Kandahar province told Afghan Islamic Press that commander Ahmad was the in-charge of police personnel providing security to for...
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KABUL (AIP): An unidentified gunman shot dead a member of Wolesi Jirga (lower house of Afghan parliament) in capital Kabul today, interior ministry Friday. Maulvi Islam Muhammad Muhammadi, a member of Wolesi Jirga from Samangan province and his bodyguard were walking to a mosque for Friday prayers...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Five people were killed and eight wounded in a clash over land dispute in the eastern Ningahar province today (Jan. 25), an official said Thursday. The incident was happened in Barbehar area of Khygyani district as a local elder Malak Abdul Qayum was constructing a market adjacent...
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JALALABAD (AIP): A district chief escaped unhurt in a roadside bomb blast in the Pajeer Agam district of Ningarhar province today (Jan. 25), his brother said Thursday. A remote controlled landmine struck a vehicle traveling in by district chief of Pajeer Agam, Haji Syed Rahman at 9:30 a.m. local...
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HERAT (AIP): Poppy crops cultivated at 12.5 acre of land were destroyed in the Sheendand district of western Herat yesterday, governor said Thursday (Jan. 25). As the Sheendand district has no district chief and police chief, we formed a Shora, consisting of 25 representatives of each tribe in th...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A vehicle, supplying goods to NATO forces in Kandahar, was damaged in a small explosion today (Jan. 25), police said Thursday. It was a heavy vehicle shifting food goods to a NATO troops base from Kandahar Airport, police chief of Kandahar, General Asmatullah Alizai said. He t...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): As many as 11 Afghan policemen and 12 Taliban were killed in two separate clashes in Uruzgan province today (Jan. 23), police said Tuesday. Taliban, however, said that one o their fighters was killed in the firefight. Taliban ambushed police in the Kata Sang are between Uruzgan an...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan police arrested an alleged miscreant in Kapisa province yesterday, interior ministry said Wednesday (Jan. 24). The miscreant was arrested in the Siad district of Kapisa and police recovered a rifle, two landmines and a number of rounds from his possession, Press office of th...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan security forces killed six Taliban and captured four others during operations conducted in Uruzgan province today (Jan. 24), police said Wednesday. The operations were conducted in Kata Sang, a bordering area between Kandahar and Uruzgan province where nine policemen were k...
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KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai approved the appointed of new governors of Farah and Baghlan provinces. The Afghan National Televison reported that Wednesday (Jan. 24) that Mohiudding Baloch was appointed governor of Farah province and Muhammad Alam Ishaqzai of Baghlan provinces. Similarly...