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KANDAHAR (AIP): A district chief and his three children were killed in a suicide attack in Kandahar City today (Aug. 17), police said Friday. In-charge of Zehri district, Khairuddin was standing in front of his house in Kandahar City with his five children when a man came to him and detonated him...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained seven suspected Taliban during an operation south of Kandahar City early today (Aug. 17), a coalition statement said Friday. One of the detainees is suspected of being a major Taliban improvised explosive device facilitator, the statement sai...
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HERAT (AIP): Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in Farah province today last night, injuring two people, police said Friday (Aug. 17). Provincial police chief, Abdur Rahmand Sarjang told Afghan Islamic Press it was a wedding vehicle which was attacked five kilometers from Farah City....
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained four suspected Taliban during an operation in Ghazni province today (Aug.17), the US-led coalition said Friday. In a statement issued by coalition forces said the operation was conducted on "credible intelligence" on a compounded occupied by suspe...
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KHOST (AIP): A policeman was killed and a district police among four others wounded during a gun battle with Taliban in Khost province today (Aug. 17), an official said Friday. A government official who wished not to be named told Afghan Islamic Press that police and Taliban clashed in the Baak d...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces clashed with Taliban northwest of the Sangin District Center, Helmand province yesterday (Aug. 15), killing four and wounding two Taliban, a coalition statement said Thursday. Provincial police chief Muhammad Hussain Andiwal, however, expressed ignorance abo...
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KANDAHAR AIP): Taliban executed a man in Ghazni province on charges of spying for foreign force. Spokesman of Taliban Qari Muhammad Yosuaf Ahmadi told Afghan Islamic Press by phone from an undisclosed location Thursday (Aug. 16) that Taliban captured Gul Mir, resident of Paktika province sometime...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): The face-to-face talks between Taliban team and South Korean officials restarted in Ghazni City today (Aug. 16). "Talks on the fate of 19 Korean hostages restarted at the ICRC office approximately 9:00 a.m. (local time) today," said, Wahidullah Mujaddid, former head of the governm...
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JALALABAD (AIP): The ongoing ground and air operation launched by foreign forces against Taliban in the Spin Ghar area of eastern Ningarhar province has forced hundreds of families to migrate to safer areas, an official said Thursday (Aug. 16). Approximately 400 families in the Wazir Tangi area w...
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KHOST (AIP): Taliban kidnapped four workers of a construction company in Paktia province, an official said Thursday (Aug. 16). All the four were Afghans and working for a local construction company in the Zarmat district of Paktia province who were captured by Taliban on Aug. 14, said Malak Tanai...