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KANDAHAR (AIP): An incident involving a routine patrol seven kilometres north of Gereshk in Helmand province tragically resulted in the death of two Afghan civilian adults and the injury of one child yesterday (Nov 15), a press release of ISAF said Thursday (Nov. 16). The statement said a civil...
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HERAT (AIP): Flash floods, caused by heavy rains, wrecked havoc in western Afghanistan yesterday (Nov. 16), leaving several people dead and dozens missing. An unknown number of people were killed and missing in the Bala Murghab and Ghorghach districts of Badghis province, residents of the area t...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two government employees lost their lives when their vehicle drowned in the flood waters in the eastern Zabul province on Friday (Nov 17), official said. "A vehicle traveling by four government workers plunged into flood waters in Zafarkhel area of Shahjoi district. Two of them dro...
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HERAT (AIP): Death toll rose to 47 in the flash floods caused by heavy rains in Badghis province, official said Friday (Nov. 17). "Police recovered 47 dead bodies in the flood hit Balamargab and Goormach districts and search for rest of the missing people was still continuing," Gen. Muhammad Ayub...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces killed one "terrorist" and captured four other during an early morning operation today (Nov. 16) near Payanden Khel in the Kabul Province, a coalition press release said Thursday. The statement said the combined force requested the peaceful surrender of pe...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): The Pakistan government has decided to close Jalozai Afghan refuge camp till 30th April 2007, a local Urdu language newspaper reported Thursday (Nov. 16). The paper reported that the decision was made during a meeting presided over by provincial interior secretary Badshah Gul Wazi...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Governor of eastern Ningarhar province and director USAID jointly opened work on the construction of 27 kilometers long road Thursday (Nov. 16). The road will be constructed between Bahawali area of Surkhrod and Wazir (Karam Khail) area of Khugyani district at a cost of around th...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Police recovered and defused two landmines in Laghman province yesterday (Nov.15), an official said Thursday (Nov. 16). The Surkhakan-Mehtarlam road remained closed from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for traffic as unknown people had planted two mines on the road at Teergaro area yeste...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan and NATO forces killed three Taliban fighters and wounded five others during a joint operation in Zabul province yesterday (Nov. 15), police said Thursday (Nov. 16). The operations were conducted in Khak-e-Afghan district of Zabul yesterday by NATO and Afghan troops, polic...
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KABUL (AIP): A suicide bomber was killed in a bungled attack in Parwan province today (Nov. 15), interior ministry said Wednesday. The bomber tried to blew himself up near police in the centre of Gulbahar district of Parwan province but the explosives strapped to his body could not detonated, pres...