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KABUL (AIP): Head of the Afghan team holding talks with Taliban on Korean hostages has said they are still engaged in negotiations with Taliban to secure the release of detainees. "This is false that talks have been suspended. Talks are still continuing as we talked to Taliban about one hour by p...
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KABUL (AIP): A driver was killed today (July 24) as ISAF troops opened fire on vehicle after it failed to stop on signals in southern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said Tuesday "When the driver failed to slow down or stop after being directed to do so, the soldiers were involved in an escalati...
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KABUL (AIP): Former king of Afghanistan and father of the nation Muhammad Zaher Shah died in Kabul today (23 July). A meeting of Afghan ministers is underway to announce the funeral and other programmes of his burial. He remained as the king of Afghanistan till July 17, 1972. He was dethroned by...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban one again threatened to kill the S. Korean hostages one expiry of the deadline. " Like the past, we urge the Korean government to hold direct talks with us as negotiations with Afghan government are heading for failure," a spokesman of Commander Abdullah Jan told Afghan Is...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban have blocked a key highway linking southern Afghanistan to central, Taliban and Afghan officials said Monday (July 23). The Kandahar-Tarin Kot highway is closed for all kind of movement as fighting is continuing for the last four days between police and Taliban, said Wali...
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KHOST (AIP): Unidentified gunmen abducted an Afghan engineer in Paktika province yesterday (July 22), police said Monday. Engineer Omar was working with governor Paktika province and was picked up between Sharana, capital of Paktika, and Metta Khan district, said deputy provincial polices chief....
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KABUL (AIP): The Afghan government announced to observe three- mourn over the demise of former king and Baba-e-Millat, Muhammad Zaher Shah who breathed his lost after protracted illness at the age of 93 in Kabul today (July 23). Announcing the death of Baba-e-Millat, President Hamid Karzai inform...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday (July 23) extended deadline 24 more hours for the release Korean hostages who were captured on July 19 in Ghazni. "The deadline has been extended by 24 more hours. We want S. Korean delegation to come and hold direct talks with Taliban," said Taliban spokesman Qari...
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KABUL (AIP): Qarah Bagh district in-charge Khwaja Mohammad Sadiq Sunday said that there was no operation in the area for the release of kidnapped South Koreans, adding previous operations had also been halted on demand of Taliban. He said earlier Taliban set a condition to halt operations again...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban announced extension in the deadline set for execution of South Koreans and the next deadline was 10am (Monday). A Taliban commander, who declined to be named said that their talks with representatives of Afghan government were underway. The purported Taliban spokesman could b...