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KABUL (AIP): Two ISAF and one Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed today (July 27) during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said late Friday night. The statement said that 13 ISAF, one ANA soldier and one civilian working with ISAF forces were wounded during the fighti...
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KHOST (AIP): Police detained nine suspected Taliban in Khost province yesterday (July 27), a security officer said Saturday. Security chief of Khost police department Wazir Badshah told Afghan Islamic Press that the suspects were held in the Ali Sher district. In the Daomando district of Khost...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Talks between Taliban and Afghan government yield no results today (July 28) but will continue tomorrow, an official said Saturday. "We did not reach on any conclusion in today's talks but we are still in contact with Taliban," said Waheedullah Mujaddidi, who leads government dele...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Afghan Border Police (ABP) detained a smuggler at Torkham border, transporting Afghan National Amy uniforms and equipment to Pakistan yesterday (July 25), a coalition statement said Thursday. He tried to cross into Pakistan at the Torkham Gate crossing in eastern Nangarhar Provinc...
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KABUL (AIP): Two Afghan children were wounded by ISAF soldiers when the driver of the vehicle they were riding in failed to follow signals to stop, an ISAF statement said Thursday (July 26). A 5-year-old girl was wounded in the hand and a 2-year-old boy suffered minor wounds to the head and body,...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan Foreign Minister Dr. Dadfar Rangin Spanta is likely to step down tomorrow (July 28), informed source said Friday. Sources told Afghan Islamic Press that former jehadi leader and chairman of foreign affairs committee of the parliament, Professor Abdur Rab Rasool Sayaf had demand...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Friday (July 27) said no new extension has been given in the deadline for South Korean hostages. Earlier, a member of the government appointed team said that Taliban had agreed on extending deadline which they had set yesterday. "No extension has been given in the de...
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GHAZNI (AIP): A soldier of Afghan National Army and a Talib fighter were killed during a clash in the southern Zabul today (July 27), a military officer said Friday. Taliban attacked a convoy of Afghan National Army (ANA) on Kabul-Kandahar highway in the Hazartak area near Qalat, capital of Zabul...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Head of the government delegation for talks on Korean hostages, Waheedullah Mujaddidi, Thursday (July 25) said no talks could be held with Taliban on Korean captives last night. "Taliban could not be contacted as their phones were off," he told Afghan Islamic Press. However, of...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces killed over 50 Taliban during a battle that lasted more than 12 hours and finished early this morning (July 26) on the western side of the Helmand River in Helmand province, a coalition statement said Thursday. Taliban attacked the ANA-led patrol 20 kilome...