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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi slightly injure during a clash in Helmand province yesterday (Aug. 21). "I suffered minor injuries during a clash in Joshali, Helmand province but now I am well," Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi told Afghan Islamic Press. Asked whether...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Taliban dressed in Afghan National Army uniform attack ISAF base in Noristan province early today (Aug. 22), killing two ANA soldiers and wounding 11 ISAF troops. A statement issued by ISAF Wednesday did not identify the location of the base and said the attack was conducted at...
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KABUL (AIP): Four people were killed and seven others wounded when a suicide bomber crashed his explosive laden car into the motorcade of governor Khost today (Aug. 22), interior ministry said Wednesday. A statement issued by interior ministry said the two security guards of the governor were kil...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday (Aug. 22) claimed they had captured a Rashidan district of Ghazni province and intelligence of the district. Spokesman of Taliban Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi phoned Afghan Islamic Press from an undisclosed location and said Taliban also executed two Afghan sol...
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HERAT (AIP): Afghan police ambushed a group of Taliban in the western Farah province last night, killing six Taliban, an official said Tuesday (Aug. 21). The group consisting of approximately 50 Taliban wanted to attack district headquarter of Gulistan but police ambushed them on prior informatio...
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KHOST (AIP): A gypsy was killed and four police were wounded in two separate explosions in Khost province last night, police said Tuesday (Aug. 21). Unidentified assailants hurled hand-grenades at the tints of gypsies in Hindwano village, Khost, inuring four people including two women, a doctor t...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Police claimed they had killed nine Taliban in two separate clashes in Ghazni province Tuesday (Aug. 21). Police chief of Ghazni province, General Ali Shah Ahmadzai, while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press said Taliban attacked a check post in the Qara Bagh district last night....
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HERAT (AIP): An Iranian girl who was abducted by unknown people, was recovered last night in Farah province, an official said Tuesday (Aug. 21). The girl, hailing from the Khurasan province of Iran, was abducted 10 days back and recovered by police during operation, said Juma Khan, a senior provi...
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KABUL (AIP): Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a district chief in Logar province last night, security sources said Tuesday (Aug. 21). District chief Khawar, Mirza Muhammad was picked up after an attack on his house, sources told Afghan Islamic Press. The sources added that the attackers also torc...
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KABUL (AIP): A helicopter of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) made emergency landing in Kabul today (Aug. 21), ISAF office said Tuesday. The helicopter landed in Khak-e-Jabar, area western Kabul. "We did have a ISAF helicopter had an emergency landing this morning," the ISAF Pres...