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KABUL (AIP): An ISAF convoy was attacked by an Improvised Explosive Device approximately 15 km East of Ganjabad, a town in the Bala Baluk district of Farah province today Sept. 08, a statement of ISAF said Friday. It said Four ISAF soldiers were wounded and medically evacuated. In line with NATO pol...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): The government of Pakistan will start the countrywide registration of Afghans counted in the 2005 census of Pakistan, says a press release issued by the UNHCR on Friday. The statement said those registered will receive a Proof of Registration (PoR) card that recognizes them as Afg...
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KABUL (AIP): An ISAF soldier succumbed to injuries after he was wounded along with four other soldiers during a mortar attack on their position in Helmand province Wednesday (Sept. 06), an ISAF statement said. It said the incident happened at approximately 5 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, leaving five I...
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KABUL (AIP): Security officials of Zabul province on Thursday confirmed reports of the fall of Arghandab district to Taliban yesterday (Sept. 06), saying that Taliban had only entered the district headquarters. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press the Police Chief of Zabul province, Noor Muhammad Pakt...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): One civilian was killed and atleast seven were wounded as British troops opened firing on civilian passenger vehicles near Sangin bazaar in Helmand province yesterday (Sept. 06), residents said Thursday. The British troops opened indiscriminate firing on vehicles crossing Sarki Br...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Six Taliban were wounded in a gun battle with Afghan police in Ghazni province last night, police said Thursday (Sept. 07). Taliban fighters attacked police in Geero district of Ghazni province last night but they faced strong resistance and the attack was repelled, secretary to p...
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KHOST (AIP): Afghan border police claimed the killing of four fighters and capturing of three others in Paktia province Thursday (Sept. 07). However, Taliban rejected the border police claim as false and said none of their fighters was killed or captured in Paktia today. Commander of border polic...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): As many as 21 civilians were killed during the operations being conducted by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Panjwai district of Kandahar province, a member of Kandahar Provincial Council said Wednesday (Sept. 06). Member of Kandahar Provincial Assem...
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KABUL (AIP) Afghan and Coalition forces raided a compound near the Pelankhel village in Khost province and arrested two suspected terrorists yesterday (Sept. 06), says a coalition statement issued here on Wednesday. It the statement alleged that the compound was a refuge for al Qaeda facilitators...
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KHOST (AIP): Three people including a school principal and a government official were killed and two wounded in a suicide bomb explosion in Khost province on Wednesday (Sept 06), a district chief said. A suicide bomber mistakenly attacked the vehicle of an official of census office in Yaqoobi dis...