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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...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan police arrested a suspected local Taliban commander in Ghazni province yesterday, a statement said Tuesday (Aug. 21). The statement issued by the interior ministry said the Taliban commander Mulla Naser was detained in the Qara Bagh district at approximately 4:00 p.m. local time....
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KHOST (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces would soon launch Operation Khyber in three province of Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday (Aug. 21). Public Relation Officer of 203rd Thunder Corps, Colonel Gul Muhammad told Afghan Islamic Press that the decision was taken during a meeting held at the b...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban claimed to have killed two policemen including a commander when they attacked a police checkpost on Kandahar highway on Monday (August 20). A Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousaf Ahmadi told AIP over phone that Taliban fighters attacked the checkpost in Liwani Bazaar of...