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JALALABAD (AIP): Officials of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) for eastern provinces of Afghanistan Tuesday (May 08) apologized for the March 4 incident in which eight people were killed and over 25 wounded. In this connection a meeting was held at Governor Place in Jalalabad City which w...
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HERAT (AIP): Afghan border police seized 172 kilograms of narcotics after a clash with smugglers near Iran border in the western Herat province last night, border police said Tuesday. The incident was happened in the Teerkash area of Ghoryan district when police clashed with narcotics smugglers,...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A civilian was killed and two others wounded in fire of NATO troops in Kandahar City last night, police said Tuesday (May. 08). Police chief of Kandahar, General Asmatullah Alizai told Afghan Islamic Press that the NATO forces opened fire on bread makers in Kandahar City, killing...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Eight tankers supplying oil to Afghanistan were burned last night in an explosion in the bordering Landikotal town of Khyber Agency, Pakistan, residents said Wednesday (May. 08). Of the eight tankers, four were loaded with oil while the four others were empty and parked in a priva...
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KABUL (AIP): Two US soldiers were killed and two others wounded Sunday (May. 06) when an "apparent" Afghan National Army soldier fired shots into their vehicles near Pol-E-Charki Prison in Kabul, a coalition statement said Monday (May. 07) Other Afghan National Army soldiers providing external se...
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): At least nine people were killed and over 20 wounded in a road mishap in the northern Balkh province yesterday (May. 06), an official said Monday. The 303 bus of Bazarak Panjsher Transport Company carrying passenger from Kabul to Mazar-e-Sharif turned turtle while negotiatin...
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KHOST (AIP): Three people including a minor girl were killed and five wounded in the two separate incident in Khost province, police said Monday (May 07). In the first incident two people were killed Gurbaz district when unidentified gunmen opened fire the vehicle they were traveling in to Khost...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Firefight between Taliban and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is continuing in the Taliban stronghold Kandahar but there were no reports of casualties, a NATO spokesman said Monday (May 07). The battle erupted in the Howz Madad area, 12 kilometers from Panj...
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KABUL (AIP): A rocket landed in capital Kabul today's morning, killing one, wounding five other people (May. 07), a police official said Monday. The rocket fired from an unknown location landed in the Pool Badshah area of Qala Zaman Khan at approximately 7:30 a.m. local time, said Ali Shah Paktia...
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JALALABAD (AIP): A many as 27 prisoners jailed for minor crimes were freed from Jalalabad prison today (May. 07) on the order of President Hamid Karzai. The president issued the order on the occasion of Mujahideen's victory day. A woman was also among the 27 prisoners freed who had passed half o...