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KABUL (AIP): A female German hostage was freed from a Kabul neighborhood by Afghan police with the help of other security forces and had arrested a group of four kidnappers early Monday, an official told AIP on Monday (August 20). The source said that police and other Afghan security forces had laun...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A fierce fighting between police and Taliban militants was continuing since last night (Aug 19) in Sangin district of Helmand province but no report about the casualties could be ascertained. A resident of Sangin told AIP on Monday (August 20) that a fierce fighting between Talib...
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ZABUL (AIP): A USPI convey carrying logistics was came under attack by armed Taliban on Kabul-Kandahar highway near Qalat but no one was killed or injured in the ambush, said highway police official Ghulam Jilani Khan on Sunday. He said that a vehicle was destroyed in the attack, adding the security...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Armed Taliban attacked the centre of Sangin district in Helmand province last night, sparking a three hours gunbattle with foreign troops and Afghan police, said provincial police chief of Helmand Muhammad Hussain Andiwal on Sunday. Andiwal claimed that Taliban fighters were forc...
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KABUL (AIP): The kidnapers of a German woman have demanded ransom money for her release and in this connection they had contacted German Embassy in Kabul, reliable sources confided AIP on Sunday (Aug 19). The woman was abducted from a restaurant in Karte Char area of Kabul City, who said to be a he...
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GHAZNI (AIP): At least two Taliban militants were killed and one was injured in police encounter in Andar district in Ghazni province last night, official said on Sunday (Aug 19). District in-charge of Andar, Khwaja Mohammad told AIP that last night Taliban attacked a police check post, injuri...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber targeting a vehicle of a non-governmental organization (NGO) in southern Helmand province, exploded himself, killing four security guards and injuring four others last night, official said Sunday (August 19). The incident took in Dorahi area, situated be...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban claimed to have blown up the vehicle of the deputy in-charge of Khogiani district of Ghazni province with a remote-controlled device, killing five persons on board. This was claimed by a Taliban spokesman Qari Yousaf Ahmadi on Sunday. Ali Shah Ahmadzai, provincial police ch...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Three Taliban militants were killed when police raided their hideout in Chardiwal area in Ghazni province, official said on Sunday (August 19). Provincial security in-charge of Ghazni Abdur Rahim told AIP that police received tips about the presence of Taliban militants who were pla...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Like other parts of the country, Independence Day was celebrated in southern Kandahar province with national zeal and fervor. In this connection, a gathering was held in Omomi Bagh area of Kandahar city, which was participated by Kandahar governor Asadullah Khalid, army officials...