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PESHAWAR: Korea Muslim Federation (KMF) has called upon Taliban to release 19 South Korean hostages saying the release of captives will open new ways of Dawah (preaching Islam) for the Koreans. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press here on Monday (Aug. 27) , Sulaiman Lee Haeng Lae, Imam of Seoul Centra...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban and S. Korean officials are meeting in Ghazni tomorrow (Aug. 28) to hold face-to-face talks on the fate of 19 Korean hostages captured by Taliban on 19th August in Ghazni province. Taliban spokesman, Qari Muhammad Yousaf told Afghan Islamic Press by phone from an undisclos...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Chaparhar district police chief among two received bullet injuries in Ningarhar province when suspected Taliban militants attacked the district headquarters, officials and eyewitnesses said on Sunday (August 26). Residents said that Chaparhar district police chief Yar Golon and...
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KANDUZ (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Tajikistan counterpart Imam Ali Rehman on Sunday (August 26) jointly inaugurated the newly constructed 682 meters long bridge on River Amu. The newly built bridge on River Amu on Abrisham Highway is connecting Afghanistan to Tajikistan and central...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): At least eight Taliban militants were killed and four others were injured during a joint clean-up operation conducted by Coalition troops and Afghan police in Kadi Jamrat area of Qarah Bagh district in Ghazni province last night, official said Sunday. Provincial police chief of G...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Residents of Kobar Kili, Musa Qila district in Helmand province said at least 18 civilians were killed in the airstrike last night (August 26). The residents told AIP that the airstrikes were carried out at two different places, adding 18 people including women, children and men...
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KABUL (AIP): Six personnel of Afghan Campaign force were killed and two others wounded in a bomb explosion in Khost province today (Aug. 24), NATO said Friday. The roadside bomb went off near a combined of NATO and Campaign troops in the Shinkai area of Ali Sher district near Pak-Afghan border, N...
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KHOST (AIP): Tens of people took out a protest demonstration against the alleged desecration of Kalima Tuiba in Lakhano locality, west of Khost City Saturday (Aug. 25). The protesters while chanting anti US slogans alleged that foreign aircraft dropped toys in Khost province on Aug. 23 in which s...
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KHOST (AIP): Four Taliban and a policeman were killed during a clash in Paktika province last night, governor said Saturday (Aug. 25). The firefight took place in the Khushamand district of after Taliban attack police, killing one and wounding another policeman, said Dr. Muhammad Akram Khpalwak,...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban and South Korean officials have reached on an agreement to release 19 Korean hostages, reliable sources said Saturday (Aug. 25). The agreement was reached after the mediation of Saudi Arabia, sources told Afghan Islamic Press. Taliban, South Korean official and Saudi A...