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KANDAHAR (AIP): One policeman was killed and two other injured in a clash yesterday (Jan. 28) in the southern Kandahar province, police said on Monday. A clash occurred between Taliban insurgents and provincial police in the Sangsaar area of Zeri district that left one policeman killed and two o...
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KABUL (AIP): Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the U.S. House of Representatives meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the residential palace in Kabul on Sunday (Jan. 28) and discussed bi-lateral issues. Pelosi ate breakfast with soldiers from California and met briefly with top military leaders...
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KABUL (AIP): Four children were killed when an unexploded round of mortar suddenly exploded in Sar Pual province, sources said on Sunday (Jan.28). A number of children were playing with an unexploded round of mortar in Kata Kala area of Sozma Kala district in Sare Pual province last Wednesday (...
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KHOST (AIP): A Television channel was opened in the Khost city during a ceremony here on Sunday (Jan. 28). While talking to Afghan Islamic Press, Head of the Khost Television, Sakhi Sarwar said the television channel set up at a cost of 120000 US dollars also formally started airing the progrmmes...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Work on the construction of micro-hydro electric plant completed in Mehtar Lam, said an ISAF statement Saturday (Jan. 27). In this connection a ceremony was held on Wednesday (Jan. 24) which was attended by Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and the Laghman governor Golab Mangal...
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KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the killing of Maulvi Islam Muhammadi, a prominent religious scholar and member of the Afghan Parliament from Samangan province. In a press release issued here on Saturday (Jan. 27) the President expressed his deep regret at the death of Isla...
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KHOST (AIP): Ten Taliban and one policeman were killed during a clash in Paktika province last night, governor said Friday (Jan. 26). The firefight took place after Taliban attacked a border post in Gomal district, killing one policeman and wounding five others, said Dr. Muhammad Akram Khpalwak,...
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KABUL (AIP): Two children were killed and five others wounded as the fuse of a mortar, they were playing with, went off in Kabul today, interior ministry said Thursday. The incident was happened in the Zarbaki Qala, western part of the capital Kabul. The press office of the interior ministry t...
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KABUL (AIP): New Joint Intelligence Operations Centre (JIOC) was opened today (Jan. 25) at ISAF Headquarters during an official ceremony led by Gen. David Richards, COMISAF, in the presence of senior representatives from the Pakistani and Afghan armies. A statement issued by ISAF said the purpos...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber blew himself up after he was wounded in firing of police in Helmand province today (Jan. 26), police said Friday. The bomber wanted to enter the office of ALP, a non-governmental organization, in Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand, but police opened firing on...