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KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned terrorist attack in Kandahar Wednesday (06) which left two Americans and four Afghans. In a press release issued here Wednesday (Dec. 06) the President said, "This heinous act of terrorism is against Islam and humanity and I condemn it in...
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KABUL (AIP): As many as 26 prisoners were freed from the Bagram Jail following the efforts of National Reconciliation Commission Wednesday (Dec. 06), reports said. The Afghanistan's national television channel reported that the prisoners were released after they promised that they would not indulg...
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KABUL (AIP): Three passengers were killed in avalanche in Salang last night while the Salang highway was closed for traffic after heavy snowfall, reports said Tuesday (Dec. 05). Avalanches hit 23 different places on Salang highway, burying different vehicles and killing three passengers, a local...
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KABUL (AIP): Police arrested a suspected suicide bomber in Nimruz yesterday, interior ministry said Tuesday (Dec. 05). The suicide bomber was captured on a tip off in the Dilaram district of Nimruz province, press office of the interior ministry told AIP. The press office did not disclose furt...
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KABUL (AIP): Police arrested two people and recovered weapons during operations in Farah province yesterday, interior ministry said Tuesday (Dec. 05). The operations were conducted in Pasta Rod area of Farah province in which police recovered rocket launcher, machinegun and two Kalashinkovs, pres...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two soldiers of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were also wounded in a bomb explosion in Kandahar today, a NATO spokesman said Tuesday (Dec. 05). It is unclear whether the explosion was caused by landmine or anything else, a spokesman of ISAF said. He...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Six people of a family were killed in mud sliding in the eastern Kunar province last night, residents and officials said Tuesday (Dec. 05). The mudslide caused by heavy rains hit a house in the Gandeel area of Manogi district, Kunar province, killing Muhammad Akbar, his wife and f...
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KABUL (AIP): The Musa Qala agreement involving ISAF and local elders still intact after the killing of 70 to 80 Taliban on the weekend, ISAF said Monday (Dec. 04). Two ISAF soldiers were injured in the area earlier in the day from a rocket propelled grenade attack, spokesman of ISAF, Maj. Luke Kn...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): While accepting responsibility of explosion in Kandahar today (Dec. 05), Taliban said it was a suicide attack. The attack was conducted by a Talib suicide bomber, Abdullah from Zabul, on a convoy of NATO troops, spokesman of Taliban fighters, Dr. Muhammad Hanif said. In an emai...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): An ISAF convoy travelling five kilometres west of Kandahar City was attacked by suicide car bomber at round noon today, a press release issued by ISAF said Tuesday (Dec. 05). The statement said no ISAF soldiers were injured in the attack, but two ISAF vehicles were damaged....