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KABUL (AIP): Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and Coalition forces killed a large group of Taliban after a botched ambush near Sarsina village, Oruzgan province today (Nov. 20), a coalition statement said Tuesday. The statement said the combined force was on a when then a large group of att...
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ISLAMABAD (AIP): The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday (Nov. 20) announced that general elections will be held on January 8, 2008. While announcing schedule for the general election Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Qazi Mohammad Farooq said elections for national and provincial as...
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HERAT (AIP): A suicide bomber detonated himself at the enternce of governor Nimroz office, killing seven people including a son of the governor, governor said Monday (Nov. 19). Governor Ghulam Dastagir Azad told Afghan Islamic Press that the bomber was wanted to target him but security guards inte...
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KABUL (AIP): A would be suicide bomber was captured after embarking a vehicle of military training centre in Kabul today (Nov. 19), a defence ministry statement said Monday. Security personnel defused the explosive strap wearing by the bomber and handed him to police, the statement said. It sa...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban killed two policemen in the Qarabagh district of Ghazni province yesterday (Nov. 18), police said Monday. Provincial police chief Khan Muhammad told Afghan Islamic Press that the incident was happed in the Gamishk area when Taliban ambushed a police vehicle. He said two p...
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HERAT (AIP): A soldier of Afghan National Army (ANA) was killed and two others wounded as Taliban retaken headquarters of Bakwa district of the western Farah province early today (Nov. 19), a military officer said Monday. The Bakwa district centre was recaptured from Taliban during a grand operat...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Fire erupted in headquarters of the Dara Noor district of Ningarhar province after a rocket struck the building last night, an official said Monday (Nov. 19). District Chief Muhammad Essa Khan told Afghan Islamic Press that fire broke out in a room soon after the rocket landed, c...
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QALAT (AIP): Combined force killed 12 Taliban during an operation in the Shahjoyee district of Zabul province yesterday (Nov. 17), police said Sunday. The operation was conducted after Taliban attacked a combined convoy of Afghan National Army (ANA) and foreign on Kabul-Kandahar highway in the Sh...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban executed five policemen in Uruzgan province yesterday (Nov. 17), police said Sunday. The slain policemen had been seized by Taliban three months after capturing a check post in Dehzak area of Dehrawad district, said Juma Gul Hemat, police chief of Uruzgan. "We have foun...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): An explosion near a police vehicle in Helmand yesterday (Nov. 18) left a passer-by dead and four people wounded including two policemen, police said Sunday. The explosion was happened in Spin Jumat area of Gereshk district near the border of Nad Ali district, said Muhammad Hussain...