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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two Canadian soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were killed in a roadside bomb blast in the volatile Kandahar province today (Nov. 17), police said Saturday. The incident was happened in the Zehri district when the vehicle of Canadian troops hit a landmine, said Sayyed Agha Saqi...
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HERAT (AIP): A suicide bomber was killed in a bungled attack on ISAF convoy in the Dilaram district of western Farah province today (Nov. 16), police said Friday. The explosive laden car riding in by the suicide bomber detonated before it could reach the combined convoy of Afghan and ISAF troop...
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HERAT (AIP): Police killed a robber and detained six others during a clash in the Aubai district of Herat province today (Nov. 16). Provincial police chief Juma Khan Adeel told Afghan Islamic Press that the robbers had blocked a road in the district but police reached there and clashed with robbe...
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KABUL (AIP): A roadside bomb detonated near Maidan Sheher, capital of Wardak province today (Nov. 16), causing no damage, an official said Friday. Secretary to governor, Muhammad Sadiq told Afghan Islamic Press that the bomb was planted by unknown people in the Ghlo Ghondai area. He said the b...
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QALAT (AIP): Two people were wounded as Taliban attacked a private car in Qalat, capital of Zabul province today (Nov. 16), a police officer said Friday. The police officer who wished not to be named told Afghan Islamic Press that the private car was attacked in Kharjoyee area of Qalat on Kabul-K...
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HERAT (AIP): A district police chief among nine policemen were killed in an ambush in the western Herat province today (Nov. 16), police said Friday. Abdul Qahar, police chief of the Sherak district of Ghor province was ambushed along with other policemen by a former jehadi commander Abdul Qadir in...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): At least 20 Taliban and a policeman were killed during joint operation by coalition and Afghan forces in Uruzgan province last night, police said Friday (Nov. 16). The joint operation was conducted in the Dehrawad district in which three Taliban were also detained, said Juma Gul Hema...
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KABUL (AIP): International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) launched in investigation into shooting incidents in which one civilian was killed and another wounded by ISAF troops yesterday, an ISAF statement said late Friday. ISAF troops opened fire on a tax approaching their patrol in Kandahar pr...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): The domestic violence, economic constrains and household problems are the main factors behind the increasing number of women drug addicts in Kandahar, director of Kandahar Women Welfare department Ranna Tareen told AIP on Wednesday (Nov 14). She said the number of women drug addicts...
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MAZAR SHARIF (AIP): Taliban attacked a police check post situated between Kandoz City and Khanabad district last night, killing six police officials near Hazrat Sultan Square, a purported Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AIP over phone on Thursday (today). He also claimed a pickup vehicl...