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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan officials Thursday (May 24) claimed killing four Taliban in Zabul province last night. However, Taliban rejected Afghan officials' claim and said 15 Afghan and foreign troops were killed in the clash. Afghan police and foreign troops conducted operation in the Daudzai area...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban vowed to continue attacks against all the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) including the German across Afghanistan. In a telephonic chat with Afghan Islamic Press, spokesman of Taliban Zabihullah Mujahid said, "All those countries including the German who want to ass...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces killed 18 suspected Taliban during separate operations in the southern Helmand province yesterday (May 23), interior ministry said Thursday. Afghan National Police and coalition forces jointly conducted operations against Taliban in the Khara Koh area of G...
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HERAT (AIP): A rally was held in Farah City Thursday (May 24) in support of Malalai Joya and condemned Wolesi Jirga's decision of the cancellation her membership of the parliament. The Afghan Lower House of Parliament (Wolesi Jirga) on May 21 cancelled membership of the 28-year-old female Member...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Thursday (May 24) claimed responsibility for the explosion on district chief of Yahya Khail in Paktia province. "Taliban blew up the vehicle of the district chief of Yahya Khail, Sahar Gul, at approximately 8:00 a.m. local time, killing the district chief and six other...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained five suspected Taliban in an operation early today (May 23) in the Qalat district of Zabul province, a coalition statement said Wednesday. The detainees will be questioned as to their identities and involvement in militant activities, it said....
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KABUL (AIP): A suicide bomber detonated himself near a vehicle of foreign troops in Captial Kabul today (May 23), killing one Afghan policeman and wounding six other people including two police, police said Wednesday. The incident was happened in the Zanabad area of Yakatoot area, 9th Zone of t...
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KABUL (AIP): While claiming responsibility for the suicide bomb attack in Kabul today (May 23) Taliban said 19 Afghan police and foreign troops were killed in the explosion. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid phoned Afghan Islamic Press from an undisclosed location said, "12 foreign troops and...
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): A passer-by was killed and two others wounded in a bomb explosion in Maiman, capital of Faryab province today (May. 23), sources said Wednesday. It was a remote controlled landmine explosion that happened in front of vegetable market at approximately 10:00 a.m., reliable sou...
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KABUL (AIP): One ISAF soldier was killed and five ISAF members were wounded earlier today (May 23) by an improvised explosive device near Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Maymaneh, capital of northern Faryab, an ISAF statement Wednesday. It was initially reported that the explosion was a res...