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KANDAHAR (AIP): Four Canadian troops were injured in a suicide attack in Kandahar City early today (July 07), a military commander said Saturday. A commander of Canadian troops in Kandahar told Afghan Islamic Press that one vehicle of Canadian troops was also damaged in the attack. He would no...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban on Saturday (July 07) claimed they had killed eight soldiers of Afghan National Army in Ghazni province. Afghan official, however, rejected Taliban claims of police casualties. Taliban fired RPG-7 at ANA vehicles in the Peshiband area of Shinkai district in Ghazni province w...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces killed 33 Taliban during operation in Uruzgan province today (July 06), Defence ministry said late Friday. The operation was conducted in the Charchino district, defence ministry spokesman told journalists. Provincial police, General Muhammad Qasim, how...
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KABUL (AIP): Coalition forces detained five suspected Taliban in an operation conducted today (July 06) in the Andar district of Ghazni province, a coalition statement said Friday. Credible intelligence led the forces to two compounds suspected of militant activity, the statement said. Three of...
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KABUL (AIP): Two ISAF soldiers were killed and several others including Afghan National Army and ISAF soldiers were wounded during an operation in eastern Afghanistan July 05, an ISAF statement said Friday (July 06). The statement said a civilian contractor was also wounded in the operation. "...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Three labourers were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Ghazni province last night, an official said Friday (July 06). The incident was happened on Maqur-Wazakhwa road when a Mazda vehicle struck a landmine, killing three road workers, district chief of Maqur, Sultan Muhammad told A...
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KABUL (AIP): A suicide bomber attacked ISAF convoy in Kabul today (July 06), injuring two ISAF troops, ISAF and Afghan officials said Friday. The suicide bomber target ISAF convoy in Deh Sabz area of Capital Kabul at approximately 1:30 p.m. local time, said Ali Shah Paktiawal, criminal investigat...
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PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber attack a military convoy at Chakdara near Malakand in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) today (July 06), killing six soldiers, reports said Friday. Eyewitnesses said security forces cordoned off the area soon after the incident. Reports said a major, one captain and four...
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KABUL (AIP) Afghan and Coalition forces killed a "significant amount" of suspected Taliban during an overnight battle in Uruzgan, a coalition statement said Friday (July 06). The battle began after Taliban attacked two Afghan National Police vehicles with small-arms, medium-machine guns and rocke...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Six police were wounded in Taliban attack on a district centre in southern Kandahar province last night, police said Friday (July 06). Police chief of Kandahar, Sayyed Agha Saqib told Afghan Islamic Press that the policemen were wounded after Taliban attacked headquarters of Ghora...