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KANDAHAR (AIP): One ISAF soldier was killed and three wounded, one of them seriously, during a reconnaissance mission south of Garmsir, Helmand yesterday, a press release issued by ISAF said Thursday (Dec. 28). An explosion caused an ISAF vehicle to crash, resulting in one ISAF fatality, one seri...
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KHOST (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a government official in Khost province yesterday, a security official said Thursday (Dec. 28). Akbar Khan, a revenue offier of Yaqoobi district was attacked by three armed people in a bazaar of the area, a security official said. He added that beside...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Two police were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Ningarhar today (Dec. 28), an official said Thursday. The district police chief of Khugyani was on way to district headquarters from the Nakar Khail area when the vehicle he was traveling was struck by a landmine in Shaguy, Dist...
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HERAT (AIP): Three cops and one civilian were killed when police engaged a group of robbers yesterday (Dec 26) in the western Heart province, police official said on Wednesday. "At least 20 robbers in the Adar Sakan district stopped vehicles and snatched cash, mobiles and other items from the peopl...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): One driver was killed and three others wounded as Taliban torched four fuel supply vehicles in the troubled Kandahar province today (Dec. 27), an official said Wednesday. The vehicles supplying oil to foreign troops in Kandahar were set on fire in the Meel area on Kandahar-Spin Bo...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): ISAF troops opened firing on a vehicle in Kanahar today (Dec. 27), killing a young Afghan civilian, says an ISAF press release Wednesday. "A vehicle approaching the patrol failed to head warnings to stop. The patrol fired upon the vehicle, unfortunately killing one Afghan civilian...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Jehadi commanders and mujhideen on Thursday (Dec. 27) condemned the USSR invasion of Afghanistan 27 years back on the same day. In this connection a meeting was held in government palace which was attended by former jehadi commander Dr. Muhammad Asif Qazi Zada, Deputy chief of Ni...
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KHOST (AIP): Afghan police arrested a Pakistan national in Paktika province last night for allegedly training suicide bombers, governor said Tuesday. The Pakistan national was arrested from the Barmal district, Governor of Paktika province, Dr. Muhammad Akram Khpalwak, said. He told Afghan Islam...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): The Pakistan government has decided to install fences and plant landmine on selected points at Pak-Afghan border to check cross-border infiltration. In a briefing at Islamabad Tuesday (Dec. 26) foreign secretary Riaz Muhammad Khan said that the army had been tasked to identify the...
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KANDAR (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a surprise visit to Kandahar Airfield today (Dec. 24) for a discussion on Operation Baaz Tsuka with Major General Ton van Loon, Commander, Regional Command South, says a press release issued by ISAF late Sunday. The statement said the President Kar...