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KABUL (AIP): Two ISAF soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan when the vehicle they were travelling in was involved in an accident today (Sept. 20), an ISAF statement said late Thursday night. The statement said no hostile forces were involved in the incident. "Our thoughts are with the...
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KABUL (AIP): More than three dozen Taliban were killed in a 14-hour battle in the Uruzgan province yesterday (Sept. 19), a coalition statement said late Thursday. Afghan National Army and Coalition forces were conducting a combat patrol near Kakrak village, 4 kilometers (2.4 miles) northeast of D...
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KABUL (AIP): A number of civilian were killed in ISAF air strike in Gereshk district of Helmand province yesterday (Sept. 19), an ISAF statement said Thursday. The statement said ISAF forces are currently conducting an Operation Palk Wahel in the Upper Gereshk against Taliban. Taliban attack...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces routed several anti-coalition elements and destroyed their equipment in an operation early today (Sept. 21) in the Dih Yak district of Ghazni province, a coalition statement said Friday. The combined force proceeded to compounds where Taliban were report...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Veteran Pakhtun nationalist and central leader of Awami National Party (ANP), Afzal Khan Lala, was injured and two people were killed as unidentified gunmen attacked them in Matta, Swat, NWFP today (Sept. 21). Afzal Khan Lala was returning after offering Fateha when armed assailan...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Friday (Sept. 21) claimed responsibility for attack on French troops in Kabul today and said six foreign troops were killed. It was a remote controlled mine explosion conducted on a convoy of foreign troops, said Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of Taliban. He said six foreign...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Construction work on a 40km long road in Sar Shahi Dashta area in Ningarhar province has been launched and it would be completed within the stipulated time of one year with a cost of 10.50 million US dollars. Giving details about the project, chief of Ningarhar welfare departmen...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): An Afghan civilian was killed and several others were injured when the car they were traveling collided with an ISAF patrol vehicle in the southern Kandahar province yesterday (Sept. 19). A statement issued by ISAF Thursday said the incident was happened at approximately 10:50 a.m...
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HERAT (AIP): Twenty Taliban and four police were killed during a clash in the Bala Murghab district of Badghis province yesterday (Sept. 19), governor said Thursday. Taliban attacked a security post in the Panjganj area, killing four police and wounding several others, said Muhammad Ashraf Naseri...
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KABUL (AIP): Hezb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) claimed killing 16 Afghan troops in Maidan Wardak province last night. A man who phoned Afghan Islamic Press and identified himself as Hamza Amerkhail and spokesman of Hezb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) said, "The fighter of Hezb ambushed soldiers of Afghan National...