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KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb blast left one soldier of Afghan National Army dead and four others wounded in the volatile southern Kandahar province today (Sept. 01), a military officer said Saturday. The incident was happened in the Spirwan area of Panjwayee district when the ANA vehicle struck a...
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HERAT (AIP): Three Taliban were killed and two police wounded during a clash in the Charbolak district of Nimroz province today (Sept. 01), police said Saturday. The clash erupted after Taliban attacked a border post, said Muhammad Daud Askaryar, provincial police chief. He told Afghan Islamic...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Several suspected Taliban were killed and five Pakistan nationals held in the troubled southern Kandahar province today (Sept. 01), Afghan and NATO officials said Saturday. ISAF and Afghan National Security Forces jointly conducted operation against Taliban in the Gondigan area of...
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HERAT (AIP): A former Afghan security officer was held in the western Farah province on charges of spaying for Iran on Aug. 31, a security officials said Saturday (Sept. 01). He told Afghan Islamic Press that the former security officer had been shifted to capital Kabul for interrogation. Besi...
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KABUL (AIP): A suicide car bomber rammed his car into a checkpost at northern gate of Kabul Airport, killing himself and injuring three others, said a high ranking police official, Ali Shah Paktiawal on Friday (August 31). He did not give further details. However, he said the checkpost belongs to fo...
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JALALABAD (AIP): At least ten people were killed and five others wounded as rockets hit a villages in the eastern Kunar province today (Aug. 31), police said Friday. Taliban fired 13 rockets from area closed to Durand Line (Pak-Afghan border) which struck different houses in Babar village of Chow...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A senior provincial officer was held on charges of financial embezzlement in the southern Zabul province today (Aug. 31), an official said Friday. Engineer Akhtar Muhammad Afzal, director of rural development was held on the order of attorney general, said Muhammad Sadiq Shinwari,...
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JALALABAD (AIP): At least 12 missiles were fired at two separate bases of foreign troops in Kunar province last night, an official on the condition of anonymity told AIP on Thursday (August 30). No one was killed or injured in the attacks, he added. Giving details about the incident, he said t...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A purported Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousaf has rejected the report of the assassination of a key Taliban leader Mullah Beradar and said that the report was baseless and misinformation. Earlier, a press release issued by Afghan Interior Ministry claimed that a key Taliban...
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JALALABAD (AIP): A suicide bomber detonated an explosive strapped to his body targeting a convey of the foreign troops Dakhta area of Sarkano district in Kunar province today (August 30) at 12:00 pm (local time), killing himself and partially damaging a vehicle, official and an eyewitness said on Th...