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KHOST (AIP): Police on Wednesday (August 16) said 15 rockets were landed in Samkani district of Paktia province last night. Police Chief of Pktia province Abdul Hanan Raufi while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press said, "The rockets had been fired from an unknown location last night and lande...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday (August 16) said their fighters torched a district headquarters in Logar province last night after taking its control for an hour. Spokesman of Taliban fighters, Dr. Muhammad Hanif, while giving detail to Afghan Islamic Press said, "Taliban fighters attack...
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HERAT (AIP): An official of a human rights organization Wednesday (August 16) said that 5000 to 10000 children up to 18 years of age are addicted to drugs in the southeastern zone of Afghanistan. Abul Azim Hakim, an official of the children affairs wing of the human rights commission, said this du...
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KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday (August 16) appointed former governor of Kunar province, Asadullah Wafa, as deputy minister for tribal affairs. The National Television of Afghanistan reported in it news that Asadullah Wafa was appointed deputy minister following an order of Presi...
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HERAT (AIP): Taliban killed five policemen including an officer and wounded three others in Farah province on Tuesday (August 15) morning, a police official said. Former police chief of Gulistan district, Muhammad Mosa, was on way to capital of Farah province with other policemen when he was atta...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces killed one suspected al Qaeda member and detained 13 other suspected terrorists today (Aug. 15) during an early morning operation conducted in Khost rovince near Yaqubi , says a coalition press release issued here on Tuesday. T he statement said the assault...
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HERAT (AIP): Two workers of US Protection and Investigations (USPI), a US security service company, were wounded as Taliban attacked them in Farah province yesterday, police said Tuesday (August 15). While giving details to Afghan Islamic Press, Police Chief of Farah province, Sayed Agha Saqib sai...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): An unmanned aircraft of NATO forces was crashed in Zabul province, sources said Tuesday (August 15). NATO sources told Afghan Islamic Press on condition of anonymity that an unmanned aircraft of NATO forces was crashed in Nowbahar district of Zabul province after developing technic...
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KABUL (AIP): The foreign ministry and Wolesi Jirga lashed out at Iran for not taking them into confidence on the execution of an Afghan. The Iran government executed an Afghan, Najeebullah Khakrezwal, living in Iran. The foreign ministry of Afghanistan, however, said the Iran should take Afgh...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Tuesday reported to have killed three US soldiers in a roadside bomb explosion in Maidan Wardak province yesterday. Spokesman of Taliban fighter Dr. Muhammad Hanif phoned the office of Afghan Islamic Press from and undisclosed location and said Taliban blew up a US milit...