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KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Friday (Sept. 21) claimed responsibility for attack on French troops in Kabul today and said six foreign troops were killed. It was a remote controlled mine explosion conducted on a convoy of foreign troops, said Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of Taliban. He said six foreign...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Construction work on a 40km long road in Sar Shahi Dashta area in Ningarhar province has been launched and it would be completed within the stipulated time of one year with a cost of 10.50 million US dollars. Giving details about the project, chief of Ningarhar welfare departmen...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): An Afghan civilian was killed and several others were injured when the car they were traveling collided with an ISAF patrol vehicle in the southern Kandahar province yesterday (Sept. 19). A statement issued by ISAF Thursday said the incident was happened at approximately 10:50 a.m...
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HERAT (AIP): Twenty Taliban and four police were killed during a clash in the Bala Murghab district of Badghis province yesterday (Sept. 19), governor said Thursday. Taliban attacked a security post in the Panjganj area, killing four police and wounding several others, said Muhammad Ashraf Naseri...
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KABUL (AIP): Hezb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) claimed killing 16 Afghan troops in Maidan Wardak province last night. A man who phoned Afghan Islamic Press and identified himself as Hamza Amerkhail and spokesman of Hezb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) said, "The fighter of Hezb ambushed soldiers of Afghan National...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Thursday (Sept. 20) claimed inflicting heavy losses on foreign forces in Midan Wardak province. Taliban blew up a vehicle of foreign troops in a roadside bomb explosion in the Nirkh district today, killing eight soldiers, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan Islam...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a tribal elder in the Gereshk district of Helmand province last night, police said Wednesday (Sept. 19). Tribal elder Haji Mira Jan Adil was returning to his home after offering prayers in the mosque when he was attacked by gunmen, said General Muhamm...
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HERAT (AIP): Newly appointed police chief of the western Herat province, Juma Khan Adeel, took charge of his office late yesterday (Sept. 18). Juma Khan Adeel replaced Muhammad Shafiq Fazli. He dismissed head of counter-crimes department, Nisar Ahmad Paikar soon after assuming charge of office....
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KABUL (AIP): A woman was killed and two other civilians were injured in a clash between Taliban and ISAF forces in Zabul Province yesterday (Sept. 18), an ISAF statement said Wednesday. Three civilians were found with suspected blast injuries in a building adjacent to ISAF Forward Operating Base...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Afghan National Army (ANA) and coalition forces killed two suspects and detained three others during operation in the eastern Ningarhar province yesterday (Sept. 18). Spokesman of Ningarhar police department, Ghafoor Khan told Afghan Islamic Press that the operation was conducted...