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KANDAHAR (AIP): Four Afghan police were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in the southern Kandahar province yesterday (Jan. 05), they said Tuesday. Earlier, Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi, spokesman of Taliban told Afghan Islamic Press over phone that Taliban destroyed a police vehicle in roadside...
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KABUL (AIP): Wolesi Jirga (lower house of Afghan parliament) Tuesday (Jan. 06) strongly condemned Israeli raids on Gaza strip and demanded immediate end to these brutal attacks which claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent people including women and children. Abdul Sattar Khawasi, secretary of...
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KABUL (AIP): An ISAF soldier was killed yesterday (Jan 4) afternoon in southern Afghanistan, says a press statement of ISAF on Monday (Jan 5). The statement has not shown the identification of the soldier and where the solider was killed. On the other hand Australian Defence Ministry has said...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Sunday (Jan. 04) claimed they have killed nine soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) in the southern Kandahar province. Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi, spokesman of Taliban, phoned Afghan Islamic Press and claimed Taliban blew up a ranger vehicle and a container of ANA in...
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MEHTAR LAM (AIP): Like other parts of the world, protest rallies were taken out in Kandahar and Laghman province Monday (Jan. 05) against the brutal Israeli raids on Gaza and the killing of hundreds of innocent Palestinians. A large number of people gathered in Kandahar City and held a big demon...
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KABUL (AIP): Two soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) were wounded after Taliban attacked them Uruzgan province yesterday (Jan. 04), defence ministry said Monday. The defence ministry in a statement said the incident was happened in Kakrak area of Tarin Kot district when Taliban attack troops o...
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TAKHAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former district intelligence officer in the northwestern Takhar province last night, security sources said Monday. Security sources confirmed the incident to Afghan Islamic Press and said the deceased had worked as intelligence chief of Yangi District...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): A high earthquake rattled Kabul and other parts of Afghanistan last night, but there were no reports damage. The intensity of the quake was recorded 6.2 at rector scale which forced people to come out of rooms in the biting cold at 12:55 a.m. local time in Kabul. An earthquake of 5...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan border police killed three robbers during a clash in the Spin Boldak district of volatile southern Kandahar province yesterday (Jan. 04), they claimed Sunday. The clash took place in Loway Karez area which lasted for several hours, said General Abdur Raziq, commander of Spi...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): The Peshawar-Torkham Highway was partially reopened on Friday (Jan 2). A security official in the provincial capital told that curfew was relaxed from 11am to 4pm. The highway was closed three days ago when security forces launched an operation against Taliban in Khyber Agency....