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KABUL (AIP): A would-be suicide bomber was shot dead before he could blow himself up, who entered police headquarters in police uniform in center of Logar province, police said Sunday. In-charge of crime branch of Logar province, Qudratullah Arabzai told AIP that the bomber, who was wearing a...
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KUNAR (AIP): A large number of people held a protest demonstration in Soki district of Kunar province against foreign troops for killing two civilians during a clash with armed Taliban militants, sources told AIP on Sunday. The people from various nearby villages took part in the demonstration,...
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KABUL (AIP): A senior Taliban commander was arrested during a detention operation in Helmand province this morning by ISAF, said a press release issued here on Sunday (Oct 7).The Taliban group targeted in the operation had been planning further attacks against the ANSF, ISAF and coalition forces, th...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Ningarhar governor, Gul Agha Sherzai, has directed all the districts chiefs to go all-out against poppy cultivation in their respective areas, urging elite, tribal leaders and growers to play their due role in eradication of this menace. A session judge Abdul Qayyum Khan told...
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HERAT (AIP): Some unidentified armed assailants stormed into the house of a tribal elder yesterday (Oct 6), afternoon and shot him dead besides injuring four others in Lash Joen district of Farah province, police said on Sunday (Oct 7). Provincial police chief of Farah province, Gen Abur Rehman S...
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KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion killed two police in Khost province today (Oct. 06), a health official said Saturday. A bomb was exploded on a police vehicle in the Khoni Khwar area between Khost City and Yaqubi district, killing two police and destroying the vehicle, said Gul Muhammad Din...
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KABUL (AIP): A suicide bomber struck a US convoy in Kabul today (Oct. 06), killing one coalition soldier, and five Afghan civilians, coalition and Afghan interior ministry spokesman said Saturday. One coalition soldiers was injured in the attack and later died of wounds in hospital, coalition spo...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Governor of central Ghazni province, Faizanullah Faizan, claimed Saturday (Oct. 06) that 30 opponents have surrender to government under the reconciliation process. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press the governor said that the group led by Abdul Munan Haqmal had also surrendered sm...
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HERAT (AIP): Afghan border police killed one smuggler and detained four others with 100 kilograms of opium in two separate districts of western Herat province. While giving details to Afghan Islamic Press here on Saturday (Oct. 06), Commander of 4th border police corps, General Rahmatullah Saif s...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Two civilians were killed when foreign troops opened fire at suspected armed militants in Matongi district of Kunar province, said district chief Zalmai Yousafzai on Saturday (Oct 6). The killed persons were in their car when foreign troops opened fire at some armed militants, wh...