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KABUL (AIP): The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Tuesday (Nov. 06) said Taliban were not in control of the Khak-e Sufid district center in Farah Province. "A combined Afghan Security Forces/ISAF patrol has swept through the area and has found that the Taliban militants who en...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan National Police (ANP) and NATO forces detained during operation in Ghazni province last night, an official said Monday (Nov. 05). A local Taliban commander Mulla Fazlullah was also among the Taliban detained during the joint operation in the Deh Yak district, said Fazl Ahma...
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HERAT (AIP): One Indian engineer was killed while his two Indian and one Afghan colleagues were wounded in a traffic accident in the western Nimroz province last night, an official said Monday (Nov. 05). The incident was happened in the Khashrod district when a vehicle of an Indian road construct...
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HERAT (AIP): Heavy fighting is continuing in the Ghormach district of Badghis province between Taliban and combined forces, an Afghan military commander said Monday (Nov. 05). Besides Afghan troops, NATO forces is also taking part in the fighting and its aircraft bombing Taliban positions, said G...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan National Police (ANP) and coalition forces killed 25 Taliban during a clash in Uruzgan province yesterday (Nov. 03), interior ministry said Sunday. The combined force clashed with Taliban in the Dehrawod district of Uruzgan at approximately 1:30 p.m. in which a key Taliban com...
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KABUL (AIP): Police on Sunday (Nov. 04) arrested a man for alleged alteration in translation of Holy Quran. Ghos Zalmay was detained on the order of Abdul Jabar Sabit, Attorney General of Afghanistan, when he was trying to flee Pakistan at Torkham border at approximately 7:30 a.m, said Abdur Rauf,...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan National Army (ANA) killed four suspected Taliban and detained five others during separate operations in Badghis and Kunar provinces yesterday (Nov. 03), a defence ministry statement said Sunday. The statement said 1st Kandak of 209th Shaheen Corps conducted operation in the K...
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KHOST (AIP): Kidnapped Afghan engineer found dead in the Yaqoob district of Khost province today (Nov. 04), police said Monday. Engineer Delawar was working for a local construction company which is constructing building for the district center, said Wazir Badshah, public relations officer of Khost...
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KABUL (AIP): German Chancellor Angela Markel arrived in Kabul, on a surprise visit Saturday (Nov. 03). She will hold a meeting with President Hamid Karzai. Both the leaders will address a joint press conference. Germany,s 3000 troops serving in Afghanistan under NATO-led ISAF command, most...
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QALAT (AIP): Three Taliban were killed and one wounded during a clash with police in Zabul province yesterday (Nov. 03), an official said Saturday. Acting on a tip-off that a group of Taliban was planning to attack Kashtand security post, police engaged the Taliban group, said Muhammad Rasool, di...