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KABUL (AIP): Two ISAF soldier were killed and 13 civilians wounded in two separate attacks yesterday (Aug. 11) in northern and southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said Tuesday. One ISAF soldier was killed after Taliban attacked a patrol in southern Afghanistan, international force said in a sta...
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KABUL (AIP): A lower court in Kabul Tuesday (Aug. 12) awarded death penalty to three people and life sentence to nine people in a kidnapping case. The abductors had picked up an eight-year-old boy from Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul City some time back and later killed him. Head of the local cou...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): The UNHCR assisted voluntary repatriation programme for registered Afghans in Pakistan will temporarily be suspended on Thursday, (Aug. 14) due to the official Pakistan Independence Day holiday. A press release issued by UNHCR said registered Afghans seeking UNHCR assistance to r...
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KABUL (AIP): Police seized 105 kg of opium in Herat and Ningarhar province, interior ministry said Tuesday (Aug. 12). Border police detained two persons and recovered 49 kg opium and an AK-47 riffle in Gulran district of Herat province Aug. 10, the statement said. Separately, police raided a h...
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KABUL (AIP): An ISAF soldier died yesterday (Aug 11) of a non-combat injury in eastern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said Monday. ISAF would not disclose nationality of the deceased soldier and cause of the incident. Ends
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KABUL (AIP): Unknown assailaints attacked a check post in Sarobi district of Kabul province last night, killing one and wounding three policemen. Passengers arriving from Jalalabad to Kabul told Afghan Islamic Press Monday (Aug. 11) morning that the check was attacked in Bagh-e-Rais, 1.5 km f...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban killed two de-miners and wounded seven more in an attack in the Shahr-e-Safa district of Zabul province today (Aug. 11), an official said Monday. Police launched operation against Taliban after the workers of a de-mining organization were attacked in the Hazartak area, said G...
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KHOST (AIP): A rocket fired by Taliban struck a house in Wuza Zadran district of Paktia province today (Aug. 11), killing one and injuring two inmates, an official claimed Monday. A clash erupted between Taliban and police after police busy in defusing landmines were attacked by Taliban, said Abd...
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KANDAHAR: Five people were killed and four more wounded in an explosion in the troubled Kandahar province, birthplace of Taliban Movement, earlier today (Aug. 10), police said Sunday. The incident was happened in Ashgho area of Zehri district on Kandahar-Herat highway when a mini truck carrying l...
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KABUL (AIP): Four Taliban were killed and two more were captured by police during a clash in Kashak Kohna district of western Herat province last night, police said Sunday. The firefight erupted after approximately 40 Taliban attacked a check post of border police in Kolari area, said General Rah...