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KABUL (AIP): A Coalition helicopter made a hard landing in Paktia province today (June 28) due to mechanical issues, a coalition statement said Saturday. The statement said no Coalition soldiers were killed and there were no reports of enemy fire. The helicopter has been secured, it added. En...
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HERAT (AIP): Afghan border police detained a group of nine smugglers and recovered 170 kg opium from their possession last night in Herat, police claimed Saturday. The group of smugglers was attacked in Dahna area of Guran district, close to Iran border, said General Rahmatullah Safi, commander o...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Two Afghan soldiers and as many civilians were wounded in mortar attack in Manogi district of Kunar province today (June 28), ISAF said Saturday. Taliban fired several mortar rounds on a base of ISAF troops in Managi area of Manogi district today, causing no damage to ISAF, said...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban publicly executed two Afghans in Bajaur Agency, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan Friday on charge of spying for US forces in Afghanistan, Taliban and eyewitnesses told media. Eyewitnesses told media that armed Taliban slit the throat of one alleged spy and shot...
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KABUL (AIP): One soldier of US-led coalition force was killed while five coalition and two Afghan soldiers were wounded during a clash in the western Farah province yesterday (June 26), allied force said Friday. The coalition and Afghan National Army soldiers were on a reconnaissance patrol in th...
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HERAT (AIP): Four Taliban were killed and as many wounded during a clash with police in the western Nimroz province last night, governor said Friday. The clash erupted after Taliban attacked a check post of highway police in Shisha area of Khashrod district, said Ghulam Dastagir Azad, governor...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Highway security problems and illegal behavior of traffic and security police force truckers in bordering Spin Boldak district of Kandahar to observe strike. Dozens of truck drivers gathered to observe strike complained that on one hand they have been facing security problems on h...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban attacked a police in Ghazni province today (June 26), killing one and wounding another cop, a security official said Thursday. The policemen were on a patrol in Zana Khan District when attacked by Taliban, said Muhammad Zaman, security chief of Ghazni. Taliban spokesman Z...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan Interior Ministry Thursday (June 26) dismissed key provincial officials after founding them guilty of negligence in Kandahar jailbreak. A statement issued by interior ministry said a delegation led by deputy chief of security affairs of the ministry, Major General Munir Ma...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb left a policeman killed and another wounded in the southern Helmand province today (June 26), police said Thursday. Provincial police chief Muhammad Hussain Andiwal told Afghan Islamic Press the a remote controlled landmine exploded struck a police vehicle in Sufia...