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KABUL (AIP): Three soldiers of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Kabul today (Aug. 16), a police officer said Wednesday. The incident was happened near Bootkhak, Bagrami area of Kabul when a vehicle of ISAF troops struck a roadside bo...
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August 15, 2007 KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban said Wednesday fresh talks with South Korean likely to take place tomorrow (Thursday) on the issue of hostages. A Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousaf Ahmadi told AIP over phone from an undisclosed location that their direct face-to-face talks with South Kor...
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KABUL (AIP): Nine Taliban were killed during a clash with Coalition forces and Afghan National Police (ANP) in Logar province yesterday (Aug. 14), interior ministry said Wednesday. The firefight erupted after Taliban attacked a combined patrol of ANP and coalition forces in the Chorak area of the...
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KABUL (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion left one passer-by dead and another wounded in Paktika province yesterday (Aug. 14). A statement issued by interior ministry said Wednesday (Aug. 15) said the land mine went off in the Yousaf Khail district of Paktika province at approximately 2:00 p.m....
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Seven people were killed in Taliban attack on a private security company in Kandahar province yesterday (Aug. 14), police said Tuesday. Taliban attacked a convoy of US Protection and Investigations (USPI), a private US security company, in the Pashmool area of Zehri district on K...
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KABUL (AIP): Iranian President Mahmmad Ahmadinejad Tuesday (Aug. 14) arrived in Kabul to hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Both President Hamid Karzai and Iran President Amadinejad will discuss prevailing situation in the region. This is Ahmadinejad's first visit to Afghanistan...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Tuesday (Aug. 14) said face-to-face talks with South Korean officials have been suspended on technical reasons but telephonic talks were still continuing. "Negotiations between Taliban and Korean delegation were held today and yesterday by telephone and will also contin...
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KABUL (AIP): Iran President Mahmud Ahmadinejad Tuesday (Aug. 14) urged promotion of ties with Afghanistan saying stable Afghanistan in the interest of Iran. Addressing a joint press conference with President Hamid Karzai after their meeting in the presidential palace, the Iranian president said,...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Police claimed killing several Taliban during operation conducted by Afghan police and foreign forces in Pajwayee district of Kandahar today (Aug. 14). Afghan and foreign troops conducted the operation after Taliban attacked a police post in the Sangisar area, said Sayyed Agha Saq...
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GHAZNI (AIP): At least five police officials were killed on Sunday (Aug 12) when the vehicle they were traveling in hit a mine in Shor-Abak district of southern Kandahar province, said provincial police of Kandahar, Gen Syed Agha Saqib on Sunday. A Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousaf Ahmadi, h...