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KABUL (AIP): Several Taliban were killed and four detained during an Afghan National Security forces and Coalition forces joint operation in Khost province yesterday (May 16), a coalition statement said Saturday. Afghan and Coalition forces searched several compounds in Saberi District targeting a...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two separate roadside bomb explosions left five civilians dead and three policemen wounded in Kandahar and Paktika province, officials and resident said Saturday. A remote controlled landmine exploded on a police vehicle in front of a Fazel Kandahari School in Dand area of Kandaha...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces detained eight suspected Taliban yesterday (May 16) during an operation in Achin district of eastern Ningarhar province, a coalition statement said Saturday. The combined force raided several compounds "targeting a Taliban militant known to have facilitate...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban set ablaze two trucks of World Food Programme (WFP) carrying wheat in Kandahar province today (May 17), police said Saturday. Taliban attacked the convoy of WFP vehicles and its security escorts at 9:40 a.m. local time on Kandahar-Helmand highway in Maiwand district, said...
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KABUL (AIP): Two soldiers of Afghan National Army were killed and as many wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Helmand province today (May 17), defence ministry said Saturday. A remote controlled landmine exploded on ANA vehicle in the headquarters of Gereshk district approximately 10:00 a.m. loca...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two Taliban were killed today (May 16) by police in the Qarabagh district of Ghazni province, a police officer claimed Friday. Police engaged a group of Taliban in Moshki area at approximately 10:00 a.m., killing two Taliban, said Saleh Muhammad, police chief of Qarabagh district....
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HEART (AIP): Afghan border police arrested a group of five alleged forgers in Zaranj, capital of Nimroz province today (May 16) and recovered five recovered fake passports, governor said Friday. Governor of Nimroz province, Ghulam Dastagir Azad, told Afghan Islamic Press that border police seized...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber attacked a combined convoy of Canadian and Afghan troops in Kandahar today (May 16), killing one ANA soldier and wounding four Canadian troops. The combined convoy was attacked in Nalgham region in which one soldier of Afghan National Army was also wounded, said G...
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KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai Friday left for Egypt to attend World Economic Forum (WEF). The three-day WEF will begin in Sharm El-Sheikh tomorrow. Heads of 13 states and government will attend the moot. Spokesman of foreign ministry, Sultan Ahmad Baheen told a press conference besides a...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces detained eight suspects yesterday during a joint operation to disrupt anti-government operations in Paktia province, a coalition statement said Friday. Several compounds were searched in the Zadran district during the operation targeting Taliban suspecte...