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KABUL (AIP): Unidentified gunmen opened fire on worshipers in Madan Wardak province last night, killing two and wounding 10 people, a police official said Wednesday (Oct. 10). A local police official who wished not to be named told Afghan Islamic Press that people were offering Taraweeh prayers i...
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KABUL (AIP): German engineer who was kidnapped by Taliban three months back was freed in the Maidan Wardak province, interior ministry spokesman confirmed Wednesday (Oct. 10). "The German engineer Rudolf Blechschmidt and his four Afghan colleagues were released following the efforts of local elder...
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KABUL (AIP): Police seized ammunitions and discovered an explosive device in Wardak and Badakhshan provinces, interior ministry said Tuesday (Oct. 08). A press release issued by interior ministry said police discovered explosive materials placed in a pressure cooker in Maila bazaar, Badakhshan pr...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Tuesday (Oct. 09) claimed they had killed five police during an attack on a district centre in Wardak province last night. However, locals rejected Taliban claims and said there were no casualties to police. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan Islamic Press...
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KHOST (AIP): At least nine Taliban were killed in separate air-strikes conducted by foreign troops in Barmal district of Paktika province yesterday (Monday), an official said Tuesday. A spokesman for Paktika governor told AIP that the people of the area informed NATO about the presence of Taliban...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained four suspected Taliban in an operation early today (Oct. 08) in Paktia province, a coalition statement said Monday. The combined force raided compounds on "credible intelligence" in the Gardez District, the statement said. "After conducting a s...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): At least two people were killed and several others wounded in a suicide attack in the southern Helmand province today (Oct. 08), eyewitness said Monday. The suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the office of ALP, a USAID funded non-governmental organization working for a...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Three police were killed as their vehicle overturned in the Ghazni province yesterday (Oct. 07), police said Monday. The vehicle overturned after Taliban attacked a police patrol in Lewany bazaar of Qarabagh district, said General Ali Shah Ahmadzai, provincial police chief. He...
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KHOST (AIP): A motorcycle bomb explosion left two civilian wounded in Khost City today (Oct. 08), an official said Monday. A senior police officer, Colonel Wazir Badshah , told Afghan Islamic Press that in the incident was happened in eastern part of the city when an explosive laden motorcycle de...
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HERAT (AIP): A border police was killed and two an alleged smugglers were wounded during a clash in the western Herat last night. Commander of 4the border corps of western zone, General Rahmatullah Safi told Afghan Islamic Press that a clash took place between border police and smugglers in Korla...