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KANDAHAR (AIP): Residents of Kobar Kili, Musa Qila district in Helmand province said at least 18 civilians were killed in the airstrike last night (August 26). The residents told AIP that the airstrikes were carried out at two different places, adding 18 people including women, children and men...
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KABUL (AIP): Six personnel of Afghan Campaign force were killed and two others wounded in a bomb explosion in Khost province today (Aug. 24), NATO said Friday. The roadside bomb went off near a combined of NATO and Campaign troops in the Shinkai area of Ali Sher district near Pak-Afghan border, N...
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KHOST (AIP): Tens of people took out a protest demonstration against the alleged desecration of Kalima Tuiba in Lakhano locality, west of Khost City Saturday (Aug. 25). The protesters while chanting anti US slogans alleged that foreign aircraft dropped toys in Khost province on Aug. 23 in which s...
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KHOST (AIP): Four Taliban and a policeman were killed during a clash in Paktika province last night, governor said Saturday (Aug. 25). The firefight took place in the Khushamand district of after Taliban attack police, killing one and wounding another policeman, said Dr. Muhammad Akram Khpalwak,...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban and South Korean officials have reached on an agreement to release 19 Korean hostages, reliable sources said Saturday (Aug. 25). The agreement was reached after the mediation of Saudi Arabia, sources told Afghan Islamic Press. Taliban, South Korean official and Saudi A...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two Afghan security guards of a private US security company were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in the troubled Kandahar province today (Aug. 25), police said Thursday. Provincial police chief, Sayyed Agha Saqib told Afghan Islamic Press the bomb exploded on a veh...
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KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai left for Tajikistan on a two-day visit Saturday (Aug. 25). Government sources said President Karzai accompanied by a high level delegation will participate in an inaugural ceremony of newly constructed bridge contacting Afghanistan and Tajikistan, with his Taj...
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KABUL (AIP): Coalition forces killed one suspected fighter and detained 11 other people during an operation in the Seherzad district, a coalition statement said Friday (Aug. 24). The anti-coalition militant was killed while attempting to engage Coalition and Afghan forces during raid on a compo...
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KHOST (AIP): Police detained four suspected Taliban yesterday (Aug. 23) in Paktika province, governor said Friday. The suspected Taliban were held between Tarazo and Sharana, capital of Paktika province, Dr. Muhammad Akram Khapalwak, governor of Paktika. There was no statement from Taliban in...
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KABUL (AIP): Three ISAF soldiers were killed and two others injured while on operations in southern Afghanistan on Aug. 23, an ISAF statement said Friday. "All ISAF troops continue to work in difficult, dangerous and challenging conditions, and do so with the utmost professionalism," said Lt. Col....