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Taliban commander killed in clash Date 26-7-08 KABUL (AIP): A Taliban commander is killed in a clash with security forces last night (July 25) in Kalfgan Takhar province, say a press release issued here to AIP on Saturday. The release said that a Taliban party led by Maula Usman attacked a ch...
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Four civilians dead, three injured by ISAF firing July 27, 2008 KABUL (AIP): ISAF soldiers opened fire on a vehicle that failed to stop at a checkpoint on Saturday (July 26) killing four civilians and wounding three others while two others were remained unhurt, says a release issued to AIP....
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Taliban attack WFP convey, vehicle torched July 27, 2008 HEART (AIP): Taliban set ablaze one vehicle of World Food Program (WFP) and taken away nine vehicles in Farah province Friday, police said. Herat western part police chief General Ikramu Din Yawar told AIP Saturday (July 27) that Taliban...
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KABUL (AIP): Canadian Foreign Minister David Emerson met his Afghan counterpart Dadfar Ragin Spanta here on Saturday (July 26) and announced to send 200 more troops to Afghanistan. Yesterday, he visited Dehla Dam in Arghandab district, of the volatile Kandahar province, where most of the 2500 Can...
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HERAT (AIP): Three police were killed and as many wounded as Taliban attacked police supply convoy in the western Farah province yesterday (July 23), police said Thursday. The convoy supplying goods to police check posts was ambushed in Shorao area, near Farah City at approximately 5:30 p.m. loca...
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HERAT (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion left four civilians dead and eight wounded in the western Farah province today (July 24), an official said Thursday. The ill-fated civilians were travelling to Gulstan from Dilaram district when the roadside bomb exploded on their vehicle in the vicinity of...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan National Army (ANA) Thursday claimed they have killed 70 Taliban and captured three others yesterday (July 23) during a clash in Zabul province. The clash erupted after Taliban attacked a convoy of Afghan National Army (ANA) Bazargan area of Shahjoyee district, said Major E...
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KABUL (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead the head of money changers union of Herat in capital Kabul yesterday (July 24) and took away one million US dollars, a money changers said Thursday. The gunmen dressed in police uniform intercepted the vehicle of Haji Asmatullah Herati, head of Herat mon...
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KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb killed seven Afghan border police and wounded one in Paktia province today (July 24), witnesses said Thursday. An eyewitness who shifted the dead bodies of policemen told Afghan Islamic Press that seven policemen were killed and one wounded when a mine detonated on th...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Unidentified assailants shot dead a teacher and wounded his colleague in the Khugyani district of eastern Ningarhar province late yesterday (July 22), relatives said Wednesday. Said Hilal, a teacher at Nakurkhel school was on way to Nakurkhel from Kechari with another person when...