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KABUL (AIP): Three Afghan non-combatants were killed during an engagement between Afghan National Army and ISAF Forces in Paktia province yesterday (Sept 29), said an ISAF press release issued here Sunday. Marine Maj Joseph Kloppel, a Regional Command-East spokesman said that a full investigation i...
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KABUL (AIP): An ISAF helicopter made an emergency landing east of Kandahar Air Field today (Sunday) around 10 am, said a press release issued here. The helicopter was on a routine flight when it experienced engine problems, forcing it to land, the release explained. No ISAF personnel were inju...
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KABUL (AIP): A purported Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mijahid said Saturday (Sept 29) that they freed four workers of Red Cross in the area from where they were seized. He said the workers were released today afternoon (Saturday) in district Saro of Wardag province by a Taliban commander Mualvi...
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KHOST (AIP): At least five persons including three women were injured when a roadside bomb hit a pickup carrying civilians in Zarmat district of Paktia province on Saturday (Sept 29), police said. Provincial police chief of Paktia province, General Asmatullah Alizai told AIP that the incident to...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained three suspected Taliban in an operation today (Sept. 28) in Paktika Province, a coalition statement said Friday. The operation was conducted on intelligence indicating several suspects were hiding in compounds located in the Deela Distric...
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KUNAR (AIP): The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed four suspected Taliban in the eastern Kunar province last night, a coalition spokesman said Friday. Coalition spokesman Dean Welch told Afghan Islamic Press that ISAF forces had an engagement last night with anti-coal...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan National Police (ANP) and Coalition forces detained six suspected Taliban during an operation in the vicinity of Kamal Kheyl Village, Ghazni province, early today (Sept. 28), a coalition statement said Friday. The statement said the target of the operation was an Andar Distric...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb killed four people including a policeman in the Gershk district of Helmand province today (Sept. 28), an official said Friday. A local police official who wished not to be named told Afghan Islamic Press that the landmine planted in front of Gereshk police departme...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Friday (Sept. 28) claimed they had killed six Afghan police and soldiers in separate attacks against government forces in different provinces of Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid phoned Afghan Islamic Press from an unidentified location and said Taliban fi...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan, coalition forces killed two suspected Taliban and detained four others in an operation conducted today (Sept. 27) in Helmand Province, a coalition statement said Thursday. The statement said intelligence sources indicated the compounds raided in the Reeg District, were prov...