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KANDAHAR (AIP): An ISAF convoy was caught in the blast of a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team this afternoon (Nov. 01), says a press release issued by ISAF Wednesday. It said three ISAF soldiers were wounded during the blast and were...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Wednesday claimed killing eight foreign troops during an attack on a military base in Kunar province today (Nov. 01). However, ISAF rejected the Taliban claim as false. Taliban fighters attacked a base of foreign troops in Korangal area of Manoogi district, Kunar provinc...
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KABUL (AIP): An ISAF patrol decisively engaged and killed 55 insurgents and wounded 20 more earlier today (Oct. 30) in the Daychopan district of Zabul Province, says a press release issued by ISAF late Monday (Oct. 30). The statement said that in a sporadic fire fight that began at 11 am and fi...
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KABUL (AIP): Two soldiers of NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed and two others wounded in roadside bomb explosion in Noristan province yesterday (Oct. 30), ISAF said Tuesday. A vehicle of ISAF struck a landmine in Want area of Waigal Pass in Noristan province yeste...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Farmers of Sherzado district of Ningarhar province demanded financial assistance in return of poppy crops. Talking to Afghan Islamic Press Tuesday (Oct. 31) an elder of Marki Khail area of Sherzado district, Malak Rahmatullah, said farmers of the area were once again cultivating...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 60 people were killed as aircraft of Pakistan Army pounded a madrasas compound in Bajaur Agency Monday (Oct. 30), a tribal region of Pakistan bordering eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, sources said. Informed sources told Afghan Islamic Press that 60 people were kill...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday (Oct. 30) claimed the killing of six foreign troops during a clash in Kunar province yesterday (Oct. 29). Spokesman of Taliban fighters, Dr. Muhammad Hanif, phoned the office of Afghan Islamic Press from an undisclosed location and said, "Taliban attacked a dismo...
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KABUL (AIP): A convoy of foreign forces was attacked with a hand grand in capital Kabul Monday (Oct. 30), causing no damages police official said. A police official of Kabul city informed Afghan Islamic Press that unknown culprits traveling in a motorcar threw a hand grand on a convoy of foreign...
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KABUL (AIP): Spain will build a well equipped hospital in the northern province of Badghes, Spanish minister for health said on Saturday (Oct. 28). The Spanish minister for health Alena Sargudo addressed a joint press conference with his Afghan counterpart Syed Muhammad Amin Fatemi in Kabul yest...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban Saturday (Oct.28) disowned the roadside bomb blast in Uruzgan province which left 14 people dead Friday (Oct. 27). Taliban fighters were not behind the landmine explosion in Tarin Kot capital of Uruzgan province, spokesman of Taliban fighters, Qari Muhammad Yousaf told Afg...