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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces killed four suspected Taliban and detained 16 in operations early today (June 29) in Sherzad District of Ningarhar, Coalition and Afghan officials said Friday. Coalition forces conducted raids on three separate compounds suspected of harboring Taliban and...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): The UN refugee agency has temporarily suspended the voluntary repatriation of Afghans through North West Frontier Province (NWFP) after heavy rains and floods damaged several bridges between Peshawar and the Torkham border crossing into Afghanistan. A UNHCR statement issued Friday...
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KABUL (AIP): The Independent Human Rights Organization of Afghanistan Friday strongly condemned the killing and arrest of "innocent" people by coalition forces in Ningarhar early today (June 29). Talking to Afghan Islamic Press Chairman of Independent Human Rights Organization of Afghanistan, Lal...
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KABUL (AIP): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Kabul on a surprised visit Friday (June 29). He met with President Hamid Karzai and the commander of NATO troops Gen Dan McNeil and other officials soon after his arrival and discussed security situation in the Afghanistan. Issues on the...
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GHAZNI (AIP): A clash between Taliban and police left two Taliban dead and five wounded during a clash in Zabul province last night, an official said Friday (June 29). The clash took place in the Takir village of Mezana district when police engaged Taliban, said Younus Akhunzada, in-charge of Mez...
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KABUL (AIP): The workers of a de-mining NGO, who were kidnapped last week in Ghazni province, were freed separately, a spokesman confirmed Thursday (June. 28). Off the 18 kidnapped workers, 11 were released last night while seven were freed today, Inayatullah Khan, spokesman of MDC NGO told Afgh...
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KABUL (AIP): A foreign soldier and a woman were killed and eight people were wounded in a suicide explosion in capital Kabul today (June 28), interior ministry said Thursday. The suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden car into the convoy of foreign troops in Bagrami area of the city at approxi...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Heavy rains killed three and wounded 14 people in Khost and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan, doctor, residents said Thursday (June 28). Torrential rains damaged several houses in Kandahar City in which one person was killed and 10 wounded last night, said Doctor Abdul Qayum, a s...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber crashed his explosive laden car into the convoy of foreign troops in Paktika province today (June 28) but there were no details of the damage, eyewitnesses said Thursday. Flames rose when the bomber rammed his car into the foreign forces convoy at approximately 5:...
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KABUL (AIP), June 17, 2007: A powerful bomb ripped through a police bus near Kabul police training academy, killing at least 37 people including policemen and civilians and wounded dozens of others, said a high-ranking police official Sunday. "A powerful bomb went off inside a police vehicle, ca...