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KABUL (AIP): At least four suspected Taliban militants were eliminated and seven other were detained during a joint operation conducted by Afghan and international security forces in Paktia province last night (Nov 24), said a statement issued here by the Afghan Defense Ministry on Sunday. The state...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Five Taliban insurgents were killed and two injured Taliban fighters were detained when the Afghan and US-led coalition launched a joint operation in eastern Kunar province on Friday (Nov 23), an official said Sunday. The Taliban militants ambushed a convey of Afghan and US-led co...
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KHOST (AIP): Nearly 65 Taliban militants were killed in eastern Paktia province, near Pakistan border, by Afghan and foreign security forces when they crossed into Afghanistan on Saturday evening, said governor of Paktia province, Asmatullah Alizai on Sunday. The Taliban militants entered Afghani...
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RAWALPINDI (AIP): Two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi killed at least 16 people as one of the suicide bombers rammed his car into a bus carrying intelligence agency employees and other struck a checkpoint near the headquarters of the Pakistan army on Saturday, army said. In the first attack, an e...
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KABUL (AIP): A suicide bomber targeting NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops near an under construction bridge in Paghman district of Kabul province, detonated explosives strapped to his body which resulted in killing of six civilians and inuring 12 people including three I...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Saturday (Nov. 24) claimed responsibility for the Paghman suicide attack and said four Italian troops were perished in the explosion. Afghan interior ministry, earlier said that six civilians most of them school children were killed while three Italian troops and nine civi...
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ZABUL (AIP): A seven million US dollars power project was completed in Qalat, capital of Zabul province, an official said Saturday (Nov. 24). Director electricity department of Zabul, Muhammad Salim, told Afghan Islamic Press that funds for the completion of the project was provided by USAID, an...
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HERAT (AIP): Police retaken headquarters of the Gulistan district of Farah today (Nov. 24) without any resistance by Taliban, a police official said Saturday. A contingent of 200 personnel was deployed to gain control of the Gulistan headquarters, said General Ikramuddin Yawar, a police commander...
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QALAT (AIP): At least two Taliban militants were eliminated in clashes with police when a group a hundred armed Taliban attacked the headquarters of Zana Khan district of central Ghazni province last night (Nov 22), an official said Friday. District chief of Zana Khan, Allah Yar Habibi, told AIP...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Rockets fired by Taliban struck a village near Asadabad, capital of eastern Kunar province last night, injuring five women and two children, police said Friday (Nov. 23). Police Chief of Kunar, Abdul Jalal Jalal confirmed to Afghan Islamic Press that the rockets hit houses in Dam...