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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban fighters attacked last night the headquarters of Khak-e-Sufaid district in Farah province and set ablaze the offices, police said Monday (Jan. 01) The attacked was very fierce and the firefight continued for 45 minutes, police chief of Farah, Syed Agha Saqib said. He to...
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HERAT (AIP): A roadside bomb blast killed two policemen in the Sheendand district of Herat province today (Jan. 01), an official said Monday. The incident was occurred in the Zerkoh area as a police vehicle was blown up with a remote controlled landmine at 6:00 a.m. local time, district incharge...
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KHOST (AIP): About 20 rockets were fired at the headquarters of Barmal district in Paktika province between 29 and 30 December, governor said Monday. The rockets hit the wall of house in the district headquarters but did not cause any damage, Governor of Paktika province, Muhammad Akram Khpalwak...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday (Jan. 01) rejected reports of torching a health clinic by fighters during attack on a district headquarters of Khak-e-Sufaid. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press by phone from an unknown location, spokesman of Taliban fighters, Qari Muhammad Yousaf, said, "Taliban at...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Two civilians were allegedly killed by foreign troops in the eastern Ningarhar province on the night between 30-31 December, residents said Sunday (Dec. 31). The foreign troops got out two local people from their house in the Daudzay village of Chaparhar district, south of Jalala...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces captured one suspected terrorist during a combined operation early this morning (Dec. 31) on a compound near the village of Narang in Kunar Province, says a press release issued by coalition forces Sunday. The statement said credible intelligence indicated...
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KABUL (AIP): Like other parts of the world Eid-ul-Azha is being observed through out Afghanistan today (Dec. 30). The Supreme Court of Afghanistan on Friday (Dec. 29) announced that Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated tomorrow (Dec. 30). Afghan refugees living in different parts of the bordering NW...
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): Clerics (ulema) in some mosques of the Mazar-e-Sharif condemned the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussain during the sermons delivered on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha Saturday (Dec. 30). Like other parts of the country special Eid prayers were also offered in Maz...
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): Heavy snowfall was recorded in the northern region of Afghanistan last night causing difficulties to people, resident said Saturday (Dec. 30). A resident of Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of Balkh province told Afghan Islamic Press that about 25 centimeter snowfall was recorded in...
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KHOST (AIP): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed seven gunmen in an air-strike in Khost province yesterday (Dec. 28), eyewitnesses and officials said Friday. The gunmen were fleeing after torching shops including two public call offices, a medical store and two other shops i...