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PESHAWAR (AIP): A Pakistani private Pashto language television channel broadcast through cable has been banned in Jalalabad City by the government for unknown reasons. A cable operator Shafiqullah Shiaq told AIP on Tuesday that they received a notification from Nangahar director information. Muh...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): A mine explosion left six Afghan soldiers wounded in southeastern Khost province on Monday, an official said. Spokesman of Defense Ministry General Muhammad Zahir Azeemi told AIP that six soldiers of Afghan National Army sustained minor injuries in a mine explosion in Khost. He...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): The death toll from a powerful explosion in Baghlan province has climbed to 33 including women and children, eyewitnesses said Tuesday. An eyewitness told AIP over telephone that 33 bodies were recovered from the debris this morning. He said that a powerful explosion ripped throu...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): A Taliban commander surrendered to Afghan authorities in central Oruzgan province on Tuesday. The chief commander of 205 army corps Kandahar Muhammad Muslim Amid told AIP that a key Taliban commander Mulla Abdul Khaliq announced support to the government along with his comrades a...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): At least three children went missing on Monday after floods in Ghor province, police said Tuesday. Police chief of Taiwara district told AIP that 40 to 50 percent standing crops have been destroyed due to floods in the area. He said at least three children went missing and...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Two policemen were killed and four others wounded in a landmine explosion in southern Kandahar province on Monday, an official said. In-charge of Shah Wali Kot district Hayatullah told AIP that a vehicle carrying policemen struck a landmine at Shah Wali Kot bazaar, about 20 kilome...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): A powerful explosion killed at least 28 people and injured 13 others at an ordnance depot in Baghlan province on Monday, police said. Police chief of Baghlan province Fazl Deen Ayar confirmed to AIP that the blast took place in a weapon store at Bajgha area, Khanjan district....
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Baghlan police said that commander Jalaluddin whose ammunition depot caught fire on Monday was disarmed under DDR programme recently. A police official of Baghlan General Sayed Afandi told AIP that six houses and a mosque were destroyed in the explosion, killing 28 people and wou...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Police claimed to have arrested three suspects allegedly involved in killing of three women in Baghlan province on Monday. Police official of Baghlan General Sayed Afandi told AIP that the accused were being grilled. He said the detainees included two military officials disarmed...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): A blast rocked outside area of provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Kandahar City on Monday, causing no casualties. The AIP sources from Kandahar said that the explosion took place in front of PRT office on the roadside, however, it did not cause any damage. Police sources...