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KABUL (AIP): An ISAF soldier succumbed to injuries after he was wounded along with four other soldiers during a mortar attack on their position in Helmand province Wednesday (Sept. 06), an ISAF statement said. It said the incident happened at approximately 5 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, leaving five I...
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KABUL (AIP): Security officials of Zabul province on Thursday confirmed reports of the fall of Arghandab district to Taliban yesterday (Sept. 06), saying that Taliban had only entered the district headquarters. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press the Police Chief of Zabul province, Noor Muhammad Pakt...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): One civilian was killed and atleast seven were wounded as British troops opened firing on civilian passenger vehicles near Sangin bazaar in Helmand province yesterday (Sept. 06), residents said Thursday. The British troops opened indiscriminate firing on vehicles crossing Sarki Br...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Six Taliban were wounded in a gun battle with Afghan police in Ghazni province last night, police said Thursday (Sept. 07). Taliban fighters attacked police in Geero district of Ghazni province last night but they faced strong resistance and the attack was repelled, secretary to p...
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KHOST (AIP): Afghan border police claimed the killing of four fighters and capturing of three others in Paktia province Thursday (Sept. 07). However, Taliban rejected the border police claim as false and said none of their fighters was killed or captured in Paktia today. Commander of border polic...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): As many as 21 civilians were killed during the operations being conducted by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Panjwai district of Kandahar province, a member of Kandahar Provincial Council said Wednesday (Sept. 06). Member of Kandahar Provincial Assem...
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KABUL (AIP) Afghan and Coalition forces raided a compound near the Pelankhel village in Khost province and arrested two suspected terrorists yesterday (Sept. 06), says a coalition statement issued here on Wednesday. It the statement alleged that the compound was a refuge for al Qaeda facilitators...
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KHOST (AIP): Three people including a school principal and a government official were killed and two wounded in a suicide bomb explosion in Khost province on Wednesday (Sept 06), a district chief said. A suicide bomber mistakenly attacked the vehicle of an official of census office in Yaqoobi dis...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) initiated investigations after reports of civilian casualties occurred in Zungawad village of Panjwai district in Kandahar province on Sept 03, a statement of ISAF said Wednesday (Sept. 06). It said a preliminary ISAF investigation...
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KABUL (AIP): A soldier of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) died of wounds after he was injured along with six other soldiers in landmine explosion occurred in northern Helmand Wednesday (Sept. 06), a statement of ISAF said. It said an ISAF patrol strayed into an unmarked minefield...