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KABUL (AIP); The Asadabad Provincial Reconstruction Team provided humanitarian assistance to nearby villages recently, said a statement issued by coalition forces Friday (Feb. 09). Coalition forces visited Naray village to deliver goods including food supplies, over 200 teacher and student kits,...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): NATO-led International Security Assistance Force and Afghan National Army killed 10 Taliban fighters in the Sangin district of Helmand province yesterday, police said Friday (Feb. 09). Taliban clashed with foreign and Afghan troops in which close air support was also used, said Ge...
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KABUL (AIP): The Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Qualeh Golay school in the Parwan Province, says a press release issued by coalition forces Frinday (Feb. 09). The ceremony was attended by Parwan Governor Taqwa, Bagram District Chief Kabir and t...
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KABUL (AIP): As man as 24 people were wounded, eight of them seriously, in an explosion in Balkh province Friday (Feb. 09), security officials said. The explosion occurred in Mandi area of Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of Balkh province due to electricity short-circuit in a store of chemicals in th...
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HERAT (AIP): Police seized 75 kilograms of opium and one kg crystal, a banned drug, in Herat province today (Feb. 09), security sources said Friday. The narcotics were recovered from a vehicle heading to Gulran district from Herat City, sources told Afghan Islamic Press. The sources said drive...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Three children, believed to have been injured in a Taliban mortar attack earlier today (Feb. 07), were wounded by the accidental detonation of unexploded ordnance, ISAF said Wednesday. Earlier, a press release issued by ISAF said the children were wounded as mortar rounds fired by...
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HERAT (AIP): As many as 600 police personnel have arrived in the western Farah province from Kabul to destroyed poppy crops in the province, police chef said Thursday (Feb. 08). Police chief of Farah province, Syed Agha Saqib, while talking to Afghan Islamic Press said director counter-narcotics...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition Forces arrested two men early today (Feb. 07) in the Bermel district of Paktika province in connection with aiding foreign fighters and facilitating terrorist operations, a coalition statement said Thursday. Reliable information corroborated by village elders led...
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KABUL (AIP): Two suspected al-Qaeda members were taken into custody during an early morning raid today (Feb. 07) by Coalition forces near the town of Hakimabad in Nangarhar Province, a coalition statement said Wednesday. The statement said the operation was conducted based on information provided...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Six Afghan workers of US Protection Investigations (USPI), a security agency, were wounded in a bomb explosion in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province today (Feb. 07), an official said Wednesday. It was a motorcycle bomb detonated near a vehicle of USPI in Miwand bazaar at no...