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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition Forces arrested two men early today (Feb. 07) in the Bermel district of Paktika province in connection with aiding foreign fighters and facilitating terrorist operations, a coalition statement said Thursday. Reliable information corroborated by village elders led...
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KABUL (AIP): Two suspected al-Qaeda members were taken into custody during an early morning raid today (Feb. 07) by Coalition forces near the town of Hakimabad in Nangarhar Province, a coalition statement said Wednesday. The statement said the operation was conducted based on information provided...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Six Afghan workers of US Protection Investigations (USPI), a security agency, were wounded in a bomb explosion in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province today (Feb. 07), an official said Wednesday. It was a motorcycle bomb detonated near a vehicle of USPI in Miwand bazaar at no...
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HERAT (AIP): Three Afghan security officials were killed when they were defusing a bomb and it went off in the western Herat province today (Feb. 07), police said Wednesday. The security officials were defusing a remote controlled bomb a the Gardanak check post of Sheendand district when it deton...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Three children were wounded when mortar rounds, fired by insurgents on ISAF base in Gereshk district, of Helmand province, missed their target and landed in a village today (Feb. 07), ISAF said Wednesday. "The children were carried by their parents to the Forward Operating Base (FO...
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JALALABAD (AIP): At least five people including four policemen were wounded as growers clashed with police destroying poppy corps in the eastern Ningarhar province today (Feb. 07), police said Wednesday. Some growers resisted the poppy eradication operation in Ghani Khail district and clashed wit...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber attacked a check post in the Zehri district of Kandahar province today (Feb. 07), killing three policemen and wounding as many others, ISAF said Wednesday. The injured policemen were rushed to ISAF medical facility at Kandahar Airport, ISAF spokesman in Khandahar,...
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KABUL (AIP): Coalition forces killed two Taliban during a clash in Zabul province today (Feb. 07), Coalition said late Wednesday night. A Coalition Forces convoy was attacked with small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades today at approximately 4:39 p.m. four kilometers north of Mizan, Zabul Pro...
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KABUL (AIP): Police recovered a cache of explosive materials in the eastern Kunar province yesterday (Feb. 05), interior ministry said Tuesday. The ammunition cache, consisting of anti-personnel mines, rounds of small and heavy weapons and other explosive materials, was discovered in the Ghaziab...
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JALALABAD (AIP): While retreating of their offer of new agreement on Musa Qala, Taliban on Tuesday said they would hold no more talks on this issue. A statement issued by Taliban media committee and received by Afghan Islamic Press via email, says, "By breaching on the Musa Qala agreement the forei...