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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban for the first time claimed responsibility for kidnapping two Germans and offered conditional release of the hostages. "Our leadership council has set two conditions for the release of two Germans who were picked up by Taliban along with five Afghan nationals," said Qari Mu...
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KABUL (AIP): Two Afghans were killed and two Coalition soldiers were wounded by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Helmand today (July 20), a coalition statement said Friday. The attack occurred as ANA and Coalition vehicles were passing through a bazaar in the village of Sangin, the st...
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): Gunmen shot dead chief of provincial ulema council in Balkh province today (July 20), police said Friday. Spokesman of Balkh police department, Sher Jan Durrani told Afghan Islamic Press that two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on Maulvi Muhammad Aslam in Mazar Sh...
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KABUL (AIP): Eight suspected Taliban were detained and two wounded as Afghan and Coalition forces raided and were later attacked in Paktika early today (July 20), a coalition statement said Friday. "Credible intelligence led the forces to compounds suspected of harboring anti-coalition militants...
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ISLAMABAD (AIP): The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday (July 20) reinstated Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by declaring his suspension as unconstitutional. A 13-member full court started hearing of an appeal of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry against his suspension by P...
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KABUL (AIP): Coalition forces detained a suspected Taliban fighter during an operation in the Terezai district of Khost province early today (July 20), a coalition statement said Friday. "Credible intelligence led Afghan and Coalition forces to a compound suspected of harboring a facilitator of...
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QALAT (AIP): Unidentified gunmen abducted two German and five Afghan workers of United Nations in Ghazni province last night, police said Thursday (July 19). The German and Afghans working for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA were picked up from the Sultan Band area of G...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of police training centre in Hangu, a southern district of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan today morning (July 19), killing seven and wounding 15 people, sources said Thursday. Militants have stepped up attacks against security for...
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): A suicide explosion left two people dead and 26 wounded today (July 19) in the northern Badakhshan province, governor said Thursday. A heavy explosion was happened in front of police headquarters in Faizabad, capital of Badakhan, at approximately 8:00 a.m. local time, said Mun...
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ISLAMABAD (AIP): Twenty six people were killed and around 30 were injured in explosion on police escorting Chinese in Hub area , Baluchistan province of Pakistan today July 19), police said Thursday. Inspector General of Baluchistan police, Tariq Khosa told newsmen that the Chinese engineers esca...