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PESHAWAR (AIP): A bomb exploded in the car park of Red Cross in Peshawar today (Feb. 10), causing no casualties, police said Saturday. Four vehicles were damaged in the explosion, Moharrar of University Town Police Station told Afghan Islamic Press. He said bomb went off in car park but did no...
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KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai welcomed the agreement reached between the leaders of Hamas and Fatah in the holy city of Mecca to form a national unity government in Palestine. A press release issued here on Saturday (Feb. 10) the President praised the key role of King Abdullah of Saudi Arab...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed 11 Taliban in Helmand province yesterday (Feb. 09), police said Saturday. The operation was conducted in the Kajaki district of the southern province of Helmand Friday, said Mohammad Nabi Mullahkhail, police...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban clashed with troops of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the volatile Helmand province yesterday and today, an ISAF spokesman said Friday (Feb. 09). Heavy clashes were reported between Taliban and NATO forces in the Kajaki district since yester...
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KABUL (AIP); The Asadabad Provincial Reconstruction Team provided humanitarian assistance to nearby villages recently, said a statement issued by coalition forces Friday (Feb. 09). Coalition forces visited Naray village to deliver goods including food supplies, over 200 teacher and student kits,...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): NATO-led International Security Assistance Force and Afghan National Army killed 10 Taliban fighters in the Sangin district of Helmand province yesterday, police said Friday (Feb. 09). Taliban clashed with foreign and Afghan troops in which close air support was also used, said Ge...
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KABUL (AIP): The Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Qualeh Golay school in the Parwan Province, says a press release issued by coalition forces Frinday (Feb. 09). The ceremony was attended by Parwan Governor Taqwa, Bagram District Chief Kabir and t...
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KABUL (AIP): As man as 24 people were wounded, eight of them seriously, in an explosion in Balkh province Friday (Feb. 09), security officials said. The explosion occurred in Mandi area of Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of Balkh province due to electricity short-circuit in a store of chemicals in th...
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HERAT (AIP): Police seized 75 kilograms of opium and one kg crystal, a banned drug, in Herat province today (Feb. 09), security sources said Friday. The narcotics were recovered from a vehicle heading to Gulran district from Herat City, sources told Afghan Islamic Press. The sources said drive...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Three children, believed to have been injured in a Taliban mortar attack earlier today (Feb. 07), were wounded by the accidental detonation of unexploded ordnance, ISAF said Wednesday. Earlier, a press release issued by ISAF said the children were wounded as mortar rounds fired by...