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GHAZNI (AIP): Two sick female Korean hostages released by Taliban today, reached Ghazni City and handed over to Korean officials, an official said Monday. "The freed Korean women were brought to ICRC office in Ghazni City and handed over to the Korean delegation," said Waheedullah Mujadiddi, form...
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KABUL (AIP): South Korean Embassy in Kabul confirmed that they have been handed over the two females released by Taliban earlier today (Aug. 13.
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ISLAMABAD (AIP): Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf has left for Kabul, Afghan Capital, to participate in four-day Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Peace Jirga on Sunday. The President would address the concluding session of the jirga, which commenced August 9 and participating by 700 delegates of...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Three Coalition forces soldiers and one civilian interpreter died of wounds sustained from an IED blast during a combat operation in Ningarhar province Sunday.A Coalition statement issued here said that forces were engaged in combat operations near Bar Kalakney Village, Khogyani Dis...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Journalists after waiting for a long time in front of the office of the Afghan Red Crescent Society in Ghazni returned empty handed on Sunday as no information about the fresh talks between Taliban and South Korean officials could be ascertained. The security officials present there...
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KABUL (AIP): The joint declaration of the four-day Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Peace Jirga strongly recognized on the fact that terrorism is a common threat to both countries and the war on terror should continue to be an integral part of the national policies and security strategies. The participan...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two policemen were injured when their vehicle struck a mine in Sangin district of Helmand province on Sunday afternoon, said provincial police chief of Helmand, Mohammad Hussain Andiwal. Earlier, the Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousaf said a vehicle of Afghan National Army was b...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): No meeting took place between the Taliban leaders and South Korean officials on the issue of 21 hostages while the two sick female hostages were still in the custody of Taliban, said a spokesman for the Taliban Qari Mohammad Yousaf Ahmadi on Sunday. Ahmadi told AIP over telephone...
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HERAT (AIP): The residents of Kehsan district of western Herat province Sunday staged a protest demonstration against the killings of four children by Iranian border security forces and called for handing them over the bodies of the slain children. Yesterday (August 11) the Iranian border securit...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban Saturday (Aug. 10) said talks were smoothly continuing with South Korean delegation in Ghazni province and they hoped that it would yield positive results. "Talks between Taliban and South Korean team on the fate of hostages were held last evening which lasted for several...