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HERAT (AIP): Afghan border police detained two smugglers and seized 644 kilograms of opium after a clash in the bordering area of Badghis province yesterday (Oct. 23), police claimed Tuesday. The narcotics were being smuggled to Turkmenistan from the Bala Murghab district in a vehicle when poli...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A Coalition servicemember was killed and another wounded today (Oct. 23) in a vehicle accident at approximately 7 a.m., about 21 miles northwest of Kandahar Airfield, a Coalition statement said Tuesday. The injured soldier was evacuated to a nearby Coalition facility for treatmen...
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KABUL (AIP): Several suspected Taliban were killed in ISAF air strike in the Jalrez District of Wardak Province in southeastern Afghanistan yesterday (Oct. 22), an ISAF statement said Tuesday. "ISAF air and ground forces operating in the area positively identified more than 50 anti-government mil...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide attack on British troops in the southern Helmand province today (Oct. 22) injured three Afghan civilians, police said Monday. A suicide bomber riding a white Corolla car crashed his explosive laden vehicle into a convoy of British troops in west of Gereshk bazaar on Kan...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday (Oct. 22) claimed responsibility of suicide attack on British troops in Gereshk district of Helmand province and said six foreign troops were killed in the attack. "The attack was carried out by a Talib suicide bomber Abdul Hayee from the Helmand province," sai...
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KABUL (AIP): Four children were injured after playing with a possible Improvised Explosive Device in Kandahar province yesterday (Oct. 21), an ISAF statement said Monday. ISAF troops arrived at the blast site following the incident and requested medical assistance when it became apparent that fou...
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QALAT (AIP): Unknowned armed men shot dead a tribal elder and injured his son in Sangi area of Qarah Bagh district in Ghazni province last night, police said Sunday (October 21). The armed men killed the elder at the time when he was offering Esha prayers at a mosque last night, said provincial...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai left for London on Sunday (Oct 21) on a four-day official visit. During his visit, the president would meet Queen Elizabeth-II and prime minister of Britain, Gordon Brown and Prince Charles and some other British authorities to discuss bilateral r...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Friday (Oct. 19) claimed they had destroyed six military vehicles of foreign forces in separate attacks. Coalition forces, however, rejected Taliban claims. Taliban clashed with foreign troops in the provincial headquarters of Maidan Wardak today (Oct. 19), destroying thre...
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KABUL (AIP): An Afghan child alleged died of ISAF troops fire near Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province yesterday (Oct. 19), an ISAF statement said Saturday. The statement said ISAF troops fired warning shot as a vehicle approached their patrol. "The driver of the vehicle failed to heed a...