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KANDAHAR (AIP): A housing project for government employees was inaugurated in Laghkargah, capital of Helmand province Tuesday (March. 20). Governor of southern Helmand province, Haji Asadullah Wafa, laid the foundation stone of the housing scheme March. 19. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press the...
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): The Nowruz festival was started in Afghanistan with the hoisting of flag at the shrine of Hazrat Ali (R.A) in Mazar-e-sharif, capital of Balkh province Wednesday (March. 21). Nowruz is a spring festival celebrated at the first day of the each new year of Persian calendar in...
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HERAT (AIP): The Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) opened a health center in Tourghoundy village of Khosk district in Herat province today (March. 20), an ISAF statement said Tuesday. It said the project, in an area close to the border with Turkmenistan , will ensure the 20,000 village inhabi...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A beheaded body was found in the Shah Joi district of Zabul province today (March. 21), police said Wednesday. The body was found in the Qazi area but it is not clear who is the man and when he has been killed, said Commander Ubaidullah, district police chief. He told Afghan Is...
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KABUL (AIP): Three suspected Taliban were killed after firing at Afghan and Coalition forces during an operation near Gereshk in Helmand province early today (March. 20), the US-led coalition said Tuesday. "The primary target of the operation was a known Taliban leader and facilitator of suicide...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb exploded near police vehicle in Kandahar city today (March. 19), injuring two policemen, police said Monday. The incident was happened in the Shorandam area, five kilometers from Kandahar City when the police vehicle was heading towards police training center, said N...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Tuesday continued air and ground operations in the flood-hit Deh Rawod district of Uruzgan province. A statement issued by ISAF said Monday (March. 19) that approximately 350 villagers were evacuated during the operat...
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KABUL (AIP): NATO Commander in Afghanistan, Dan K. McNeill, greeted Afghans on the occasion of Nowruz and urged them to work for the benefit of the future Afghanistan. In a message on the occasion of Nowruz Tuesday (March. 20) the NATO commander said, "Now Ruz is celebrated in different ways in...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a doctor and wounded another man in Helmand province last night, police said Tuesday (March. 20). The doctor was working at local health centre, 10 kilometers from the headquarters of Gereshk district when the gunmen attacked him, said General Muhamma...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): The dead body of the Afghan driver, who was abducted with Italian journalist by Taliban and later executed, was found in Helmand province today (March. 20), his relatives said Tuesday. The body of slain Sayyed Agha had been buried by local residents in Safara area of Garmsir distr...