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PESHAWAR (AIP): Mulla Mansoor Dadullah, the brother of slain Taliban operations commander Mulla Dadullah, has directed Taliban to continue attacks. A statement read to Afghan Islamic Press by Shahabuddin Attal who used to be a spokesman of Mulla Dadullah said, "It is our message to all mujahidee...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Seven people including four policemen were injured in a landmine explosion in Kandahar City today (May 22), police said Tuesday. The incident was happened at the same site im Mirwais Maiana of Kandahar City where a roadside bomb injured two civilians today's morning, said General...
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KHOST (AIP): A remote controlled landmine struck a vehicle of Afghan National Army in Khost today (May 22), killing three Afghan soldiers, a military officer said Tuesday. Deputy commander of 203rd Thunder corps, General Murad Ali told Afghan Islamic Press that the remote controlled landmine expl...
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KABUL (AIP): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today (May 22) appealed for an end to the increasing attacks on food convoys in the southern part of the strife-torn country. Over the past 11 months there have been 16 incidents in which convoys of the UN World Food Pr...
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KABUL (AIP): One suspected "terrorist" was killed while the other escaped in Kandahar today (May 22), interior ministry said Tuesday. Police opened fire on them in the 9th zone of Kandahar City after they refused to stop at Talashi Post, a statement of interior ministry said. It said one suspe...
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited German troops in the northern Kunduz province and reaffirmed his country's commitment to reconstruction in this war-ravaged country. The German foreign minister's visit follows a suicide attack in Kunduz City on May 19...
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KHOST (AIP): Coalition air strike killed 20 Taliban in Khost province last night, governor claimed Monday (May 21). Security forces requested coalition air support after Taliban attack them in the Babrak Tana district on the night between May 20 and 21, said Arsala Jamal, governor of Khost provin...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two people were injured in a roadside bomb blast in Kandahar today (May 22), police said Tuesday. The incident was happened in the Mairwais Maina as taxi car struck landmine at approximately 7:15 a.m. local time, a police official told Afghan Islamic Press on condition of anonymit...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): One policeman was killed and another wounded as Taliban attacked a check post in the Zehri Kandahar province last night, an official said Tuesday (May 22). Police also returned fire, killing and wounding 10 Taliban after Taliban attacked Kadi security post, said Haji Khairuddin, i...
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KHOST (AIP): A policeman was injured yesterday when bomb disposal personnel defusing a landmine and it went off, an official said Tuesday (May 22). An official of Khost province Colonel Nazar Muhammad told Afghan Islamic Press that police discovered two landmines in the Khulbisat area of Yaqubi d...