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KABUL (AIP): The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) claimed it "successfully" targeted a meeting of Taliban leaders in the southern Helmand province May 22. In a statement issued here on Wednesday (May 23) ISAF said, "Assessments indicate all of those who died were enemy in...
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HERAT (AIP): Seven Taliban were killed during a clash in the western Farah province yesterday (May 22), police claimed Wednesday. But Taliban rejected police claim of killing Taliban. The clash erupted in the Naalak area of Farah Rod district after a number of Taliban attacked and wounded two wo...
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HERAT (AIP): A decapitated body said to be a former ANA personnel was found in the Shindand district of western Herat province today (May 23), security sources said Wednesday. Security forces told Afghan Islamic Press that Abdul Samad previously worked for the Afghan National Army but later he w...
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JALALABAD (AIP): United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) organized a one-day training workshop for disabled at a local hotel in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Ningarhar Wednesday (May. 23). The training workshop was also attended by UNAMA representative in Ningarhar Mr. Simon, hu...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Mulla Mansoor Dadullah, the brother of slain Taliban operations commander Mulla Dadullah, has directed Taliban to continue attacks. A statement read to Afghan Islamic Press by Shahabuddin Attal who used to be a spokesman of Mulla Dadullah said, "It is our message to all mujahidee...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Seven people including four policemen were injured in a landmine explosion in Kandahar City today (May 22), police said Tuesday. The incident was happened at the same site im Mirwais Maiana of Kandahar City where a roadside bomb injured two civilians today's morning, said General...
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KHOST (AIP): A remote controlled landmine struck a vehicle of Afghan National Army in Khost today (May 22), killing three Afghan soldiers, a military officer said Tuesday. Deputy commander of 203rd Thunder corps, General Murad Ali told Afghan Islamic Press that the remote controlled landmine expl...
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KABUL (AIP): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today (May 22) appealed for an end to the increasing attacks on food convoys in the southern part of the strife-torn country. Over the past 11 months there have been 16 incidents in which convoys of the UN World Food Pr...
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KABUL (AIP): One suspected "terrorist" was killed while the other escaped in Kandahar today (May 22), interior ministry said Tuesday. Police opened fire on them in the 9th zone of Kandahar City after they refused to stop at Talashi Post, a statement of interior ministry said. It said one suspe...
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited German troops in the northern Kunduz province and reaffirmed his country's commitment to reconstruction in this war-ravaged country. The German foreign minister's visit follows a suicide attack in Kunduz City on May 19...