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KANDAHAR (AIP): The Afghan National Army (ANA) and NATO forces killed a key Taliban commander and captured 20 other fighters in Kandahar yesterday, governor said Thursday. The joint operations were conducted in the Maiwand district in which a Taliban commander Mulla Muhammad Amin was killed and 20...
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KHOST (AIP): President Hamid Karzai urged unity among the tribesmen of Khost, saying tribesmen can play vital role in war on terrorism. Addressing a meeting at Khost Guest today (Jan. 17) during his visit to the Khost province, the Afghan president said, "Combating cross-border infiltration is mu...
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KHOST (AIP): Three policemen were killed and four others wounded in an explosion amid President Hamid Karzai visit to Khost province today (Jan. 17), military official said Wednesday. The incident happened in the Sambawat area of Nadar Shah Kot district, Deputy Corps Commander of Khost, Murad Ali...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): As the parents are keen in the entire Afghanistan to provide education to their children, half of the schools are closed in the southern Helmand province on security concern. Besides the Afghan officials, President Hamid Karzai has also stressed the need for focusing on education s...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan security forces arrested two would-be suicide bombers in Kandahar today (Jan. 17), governor claimed Wednesday. Both the bombers were held in the bordering Spin Boldak district with a Corrola motorcars packed with explosives, said Asadullah Khalid, governor of Kandahar while...
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KABUL (AIP): NATO air strikes left 60 Taliban dead and at least 33 wounded in southern Afghanistan, Interior Ministry Tuesday (Jan. 15). The attacks were carried out by NATO aircraft during the last 48 hours in Sangin and Kajak districts of the volatile Helmand province, press office of the interio...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Four people were killed and two others injured when a passenger vehicle plunged into a river in the eastern Kunar province yesterday, police said Tuesday (Jan. 16). The incident was happened in Asmar district in which one person was also missing, police chief of Kunar province, A...
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JALALABAD (AIP): The Afghan security force arrested a spokesman of Taliban in the eastern Ningarhar province, officials said Tuesday (Jan. 16). The Taliban spokesman Dr. Muhammad Hanif was captured in Ningarhar and he disclosed his real name as Abdul Haq Haqiq during the preliminary investigatio...
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KABUL (AIP): An Afghan security guard prevented a vehicle borne suicide bomb attack at an ISAF base in Kabul today (Jan. 16), says a press release issued by ISAF Tuesday. "As a civilian vehicle approached the gate of the ISAF camp, the security guard noticed the driver acting suspiciously. Belie...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Four people were killed and five others wounded in a bomb explosion last night in Jalozai Afghan Refugee Camp, 30 kilometers to east of Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier province (NWFP), residents said Monday (Jan. 15). The explosion was happened in the house of Maulvi Maso...