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KABUL (AIP): One Afghan national was killed as ISAF soldiers opened firing on his vehicle after the failed to stop on warning shots yesterday, an ISAF statement said Monday (Nov. 27). The statement said an ISAF convoy on the outskirts of Gereshk, in Helmand province, was approached by a suspect v...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban fired two rockets at a district headquarters in the eastern Ningarhar province last night, an official said Monday (Nov. 27). Anti-government elements fired two rockets at the district headquarters of Pacheeragam, causing no damage, District Chief of Pacheeragam, Hanji Sa...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Four more government employees were arrested on the orders of Attorney General, Abdul Jabar Sabit, in Ningarhar, an official said Sunday (Nov. 26). The director of Ningarhar power department, Engineer Mairajuddin, an officer of border forces, Ahmadullah and two official...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban kidnapped four workers in Kunar province (Nov. 26), security officials said Sunday. The security officials said the workers were kidnapped from Korangal area and efforts were underway to recover the abductees. Meanwhile, spokesman of Taliban fighters, Dr. Muhammad Hanif to...
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KABUL (AIP): The ministry of culture and youths was renamed as information and culture ministry by the Afghan lower house of parliament Sunday (Nov. 26). The Wolesi Jirgan held long discussion on the renaming of the ministry and restored its old name of information and culture ministry....
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KABUL (AIP): Seven suspected Taliban were killed and one coalition soldiers wounded as coalition forces engaged insurgents in Kandahar province, says a press release issued by coalition Friday (Nov. 24). The statement said the Taliban were engaged throughout the day near Sperwan Ghar, in Kandahar p...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Bayat, a non-governmental organization, distributed aid goods among 100 flood affected families of Uruzgan province Friday (Nov. 24). The food and other humanitarian supplies were distributed among the flood affectees of Geezak area in Dehrado district in presence of Governor Uruz...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Friday (Nov. 24) reported that fighters attacked a district headquarters in Logar province last night. But local official dismissed Taliban claim as false. Taliban fighters attacked district headquarters of Sarkh in Logar province on the night between 32 and 24 November...
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KABUL (AIP): A severe earthquake rocked Mazar-e-Sharif and its adjacent areas Thursday (Nov. 23), spreading a wave of fear among the people. The quake happened at 4:52 a.m. (local time) and it was very severe forcing the people out of their beds and home, said Muhammad Omar, a resident of Mazar-e...
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KHOST (AIP): The tribal elders and notables held a meeting in Khost town Thursday (Nov. 23) to discuss security situation in the province. The meeting which was attended by a group of 20 tribal elders and notables from each district of the province decided that every tribe of the province will gu...