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KABUL (AIP): A rocket landed near US Embassy and NATO base in Kabul last night and wounded one person, source said Thursday.
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Three Afghan guards and a driver of USPI company were wounded in a suicide bomb blast in Kandahar on Thursday, company officials said.
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KABUL (AIP): Minister for Information and culture, Makhdoom Rahin failed to secure trust of the Wolesi Jerga (lower house of parliament) on Thursday.He gained 93 votes in the 244-member national Assembly while 131 votes went against him and was disapproved by the Wolesi Jirga.
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KABUL (AIP): Minister designate for Trade and Industries, Dr. Haidar Raza was disapproved by Woelsi Jirga which met here on Thursday in connection with trust vote. Dr. Haidar Raza failed to obtain the required vote from the members of low house of Afghan parliament.
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JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday claimed firing two rockets at Jalalabad airport last night. However, local officials termed the Taliban claim as false.Spokesman of Taliban fighters, Dr. Muhammad Hanif, told Afghan Islamic Press that Taliban guerillas fired two rockets at Jalalabad airport last...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two Canadian troops were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Helmand province on Wednesday, Canadian military said.Spokeswoman of the Canadian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Kandahar, Julie Roberge told journalists that a landmine exploded near a vehicle of coalition...
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KABUL (AIP): Security forces seized 4400 bottles of liquor in Kunduz last night, security officials claimed.Officials of national security forces said their personnel recovered 4400 bottles of liquor from Khanabad motor stand at Khanabad Port in Kunduz city.They said police vehicles were also provid...
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HERAT (AIP): As many as 21 commanders handed over different kinds of weapons to DIAG in Badghais province yesterday, military officials said Tuesday.A high-ranking military official of southwestern Zone told Afghan Islamic Press that 21 former commanders of Jawand district in Badghais province submi...
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Distt police chief injured in Taliban attack.
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KANDAHAR (AIP): An alleged infamous ringleader of robbers was killed in a clash with police on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Zabul yesterday while his two aides were arrested, police claimed Tuesday.Notorious bandit, Abdul Haleem who used to rob people on highways and snatch money from people on gunpoin...