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KABUL (AIP): Infant mortality rates in Afghanistan declined from an estimated 165 per 1,000 live births in 2001 to about 135 per 1,000 in 2006, a survey said. The survey was conducted by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). A health facility assessment, also commissioned by the Ministry of Public H...
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KABUL (AIP): Five foreign fighter were killed in air strike near Pakistan border after a group of over 10 fighters attacked Afghan Border Patrol officers manning checkpoints seven kilometres east of Chamkani in the Dand Patan District of Paktia yesterday (April. 25), a coalition statement said. Air...
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KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb stuck a vehicle of Afghan National Army in Khost province today's morning (April. 26), causing no casualties, a military official said Thursday. Commander of 203rd Thunder corps, Muhammad Ikram Sami told Afghan Islamic Press that a vehicle traveling in by soldiers of...
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HERAT (AIP): Unidentified gunmen ambushed a police convoy in the western Herat province yesterday evening (April. 24), killing three policemen and wounding four others, an official said Wednesday. The security in-charge of Salama Dam, Abdul Hamid was on way to his home in Guzara district with oth...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces conducted joint operations in the eastern Kunar province last night, killing five Taliban, police claimed Wednesday. The operation was launched in Sheno Darga area of Wattapur district in which five Taliban have been killed so far, said Abdul Jalal Jalal...
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KHOST (AIP): A suicide bomber was killed in bungled attack on a district chief in Paktika province today's morning (April. 25), governor said Wednesday. The bomber detonated himself far away from the vehicle of Hazrat Muhammad, district chief of Matta Khan who was on way to Sharan, capital of Pak...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces discovered explosives and small-arms ammunition during two separate raids and detained two suspects April. 24 in Khost province, a coalition statement said Wednesday (April. 25). The first raid was conducted on a house while the second raid was conducted o...
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KHOST (AIP): A roadside bomb blast killed seven Afghan soldiers and wounded one in Paktika province today's morning (April. 25), governor said Wednesday. The incident was happened in the Kushta area of Waza Khwa district as a vehicle of Afghan National Army (ANA) was blown up in a landmine explos...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Coalition air strike killed a key Taliban commander in the Alishang district of Laghman province April. 20, the US-led coalition said Wednesday. "Fateh Gul Haqparast, an important militant organizer and leader with extensive ties to the Gulbuddin Hekmatyar network, as well as Tal...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): A three-member delegation of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) visited the Area Study Centre of Peshawar University April. 23 and exchanged views with its faculty on current Afghan situation with particular reference to peace and stability in that insurgency-st...