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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan officials say a major Taliban attack on Laghkargah, capital of the volatile Helmand province was foiled earlier today (Oct. 12) in which 62 Taliban were killed.
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Five civilians were perished in two roadside bomb explosions in Zabul Oct. 10, an official said Sunday (Oct. 12). A tractor struck a roadside bomb near Shamee Village of Shamalzai village after a clash between Taliban and police in the same area Friday, said Wazir Muhammad, distri...
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GHAZNI (AIP): A policeman was killed and two more wounded in a mine explosion in Ghazni province yesterday (Oct. 12), an official said Sunday. The incident was happened in Sultan Bagh area of Andar district when the vehicle of Paktika police hit a mine, said Said Ismail Jahangir, spokesman of gov...
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HERAT (AIP): Situation is still tense in Farah Jail as prisoners are continuing observing hunger strike on Sunday (Oct. 12) against the non-implementation of President Hamid Karzai orders by jail authorities. Prisoners and jail police threw stones on one another yesterday in which three inmates w...
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Date 11-10-08 KABUL (AIP): Coalition forces Friday killed four militants, including an al-Qaeda commander and a Taliban commander, during an operation targeting their networks in Ghanzi province, coalition forces press release said on Saturday (Oct 11). The release said that the al-Qaeda and Tal...
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Date 11-10-08 KABUL (AIP): As many as 25 Taliban and a Taliban commander, Shaista Gul were arrested on Friday (Oct 10) by 205 corps soldiers in Pangwayee district of Kandahar province, defence ministry press statement Saturday (Oct 11) said. The statement issued to AIP on Saturday said that many...
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KABUL(AIP): President Hamid Karzai has approved a major reshuffle in cabinet after hectic consultation with the high-ups of the government, well-informed sources told AIP on Saturday (Oct 11). The changes detail is given below.1 Education Minister Muhammad Haneef Atmar was given interior ministry p...
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Date 11-10-08 KANDAHAR (AIP): At least six civilians including an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier were injured in a suicide attack today in Orzagan, Juma Gul Himat, provincial police chief told AIP Saturday (Oct 11). He said that the bomber blew himself up near a vehicle of ANA in Haradoo Baz...
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Date 11-10-08KABUL (AIP): Following fresh changes in cabinet by President Hamid Karzai, Herat Governor Syed Hussain Anwari was dismissed and Agriculture Minister Ubaidullah Rameen has been appointed as governor of the province, reliable sources told AIP. Sources told on Saturday that after the anno...
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Date 11-10-08 KHOST (AIP): Police chief, Qalander district, Khost province was injured last night during a fight with Taliban, Khost police chief Abdul Qayum told AIP Saturday (Oct 11). The police chief did not disclosed the name of the wounded police chief adding that Taliban had attacked the s...