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KABUL (AIP): Two Coalition soldiers were killed and another two were wounded during an IED strike and ambush today (August 26) in Laghman Province in eastern Afghanistan, says a coalition statement issued on Saturday. It said coalition forces were engaged with small arms and machine gun fire...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban fighters set ablaze the building of district headquarters, killed a reader (Muharar) and wounded two policemen during an attack in Ghazni province last night, an official said Saturday (August 26). Taliban fighters captured Muqur district of Ghazni province after a fierce c...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): A 26-years-old resident of Shabqadar killed in a suicide attack against coalition forces in Afghanistan, reported daily Mashriq, an Urdu language newspaper published from Peshawar, on Saturday (August 26). The two column front-page story disclosed the name of the suicide bomber as...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): NATO/ISAF aircraft struck a number of Taliban fighters planning attack on NATO forces in Mosa Qala district of Helmand province last night, an ISAF official said Saturday (August 26). A spokesman of ISAF forces in Kandahar, Maj. Innis told Afghan Islamic Press that the incident ha...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Police chief of Zabul province on Saturday (August 26) denied the fall of Arghandab district to Taliban. While giving details to Afghan Islamic Press, Police Chief of Zabul, Noor Muhammad Pakteen told Afghan Islamic Press that this was untrue that Arghandab district was captured b...
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KABUL (AIP): NATO-led ISAF artillery struck convoy of "insurgents" in the Musa Qala district, killing an estimated seven insurgents and destroyed seven of their vehicles early yesterday afternoon, says a statement issued by ISAF on Sturday. Based on fresh intelligence the strike was ordered afte...
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KABUL (AIP): The coalition forces said that the incident in which two coalition soldiers were killed was happened yesterday (August 25), not today. Earlier, a coalition press release said that the incident occurred today. When Afghan Islamic Press contacted Lt. Tamara Lawarence, spokeswoman of c...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Four children were killed and two others wounded as a fuse of mortar round exploded in Ghazni province yesterday (August 25), an official said Saturday. A security official of Ghazni told Afghan Islamic Press that some children were playing with a fuse of mortar round in Chaghato...
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HERAT (AIP): Afghan security forces arrested ten smugglers and seized 43 kilograms of opium and 23 kilograms morphine in Herat and Farah provinces. Smugglers traveling in three motorcars clashed with police in Anar Dara area of Farah province, Police Chief of Farah Syed Agha Saqib informed Afghan Is...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban reports killing one coalition soldier in Kunar province. Coalition officials reject the claim. Taliban spokesman Dr Muhammad Hanif while talking to Afghan Islamic Press said, "Taliban attacked a patrol near coalition base in Mateen area of Manogi district of Kunar province...