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JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban fighters claimed to have fired 60 mortar shells at two districts headquarters of eastern Kunar province on Thursday night. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press by telephone from an undisclosed location Taliban fighters' spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousuf said: "Mujahideen fired 60 mo...
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KABUL (AIP): Nine policemen and four Taliban insurgents were killed in southern Helmand province on Thursday last, Spokesman for the Interior Ministry of Afghanistan said.Talking to Afghan Islamic Press on Saturday Muhammad Yousuf Stanikzai said: "The fighting erupted with Taliban rebels in Zar Khak...
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KABUL (AIP): The Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) has announced certified results of five provinces and 100 percent vote count has been completed in all provinces except Kandahar and Paktika.According to the official website of JEMB 100 percent vote count has been completed in all provinces ex...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two workers of an NGO, clearing landmines in Afghanistan, were killed and six others wounded when their vehicle hit a landmine in Kandahar province on Sunday.As per details a vehicle of Hello Trust, an NGO busy in de-mining, was struck by landmine in Qashla Jadid area of Kandahar cit...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban fighters on Thursday claimed to have killed two American soldiers in Manugi district of eastern Kunar province last Wednesday.Talking to Afghan Islamic Press, Taliban spokesman Dr. Muhammad Hanif said: "Mujahideen ambushed two vehicles of US forces in Kanda Gul area bot...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Security chief of Nimrooz province was killed in a bomb explosion when he was going back to his home after offering prayers last evening, governor said Friday.
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KANKAHAR (AIP): Interior Ministry of Afghanistan confirmed that Arghandab district chief was gunned down in Panjwai district of Kandahar province last night.
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Four Afghan policemen were killed and one wounded when American troops opened firing on Afghan police last night in restive Kandahar province, governor said Tuesday.
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ISLAMABAD (AIP): Hundreds of tons of UNHCR relief supplies, including thousands of urgently needed tents, are being rushed to Pakistan earthquake victims from our stockpiles around the world, says a press release issued on Tuesday.At least six UNHCR cargo flights have arrived in Islamabad since the...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Ningarhar police foiled a smuggling bid and recovered 32 kilograms of heroin from a vehicle, sources said.Spokesman of Ningarhar police department, Colonel Abdul Ghafoor told AIP that the heroin was carrying in a motorcar from Acheen district to Jalalabad when police stopped the car...