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JALALABAD (AIP): Authorities of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) inaugurated a bridge over Kunar river between Khiwi and Noor Gal districts in Kunar province today (Feb.16). The bridge is 100 metres long and seven metres wide. The project has been completed at a cost of 1.5 million dollars....
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Pakistani security officials said (Feb. 16) that US drones conducted an air strike in Kurram Agency. They said the camp of an Afghan commander Behram Khan Kochi was targeted in the strike which is located in Lada tehsil of Sadda, Kurram Agency. However, the official did not giv...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has announced (Feb.16) that an agreement has been signed between the provincial government and Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM) for enforcement of Islamic Sharia in Swat and Malakand. This agreement which has been signed by represe...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Izadullah Akhunzada was elected as a new speaker of Kunar provincial council yesterday (Feb 15). Akhunzada secured five out of nine votes and declared successful while Torpekai Rasooli, a female member of the council, were elected as deputy speaker. As per the law of the provi...
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KABUL (AIP): Two ISAF soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in southern Afghanistan on Saturday (Feb.14), ISAF said. It said that an ISAF serviceman died of wounds suffered in a direct fire incident in southern Afghanistan. In a separate statement it said that an ISAF service member was...
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KABUL (AIP): An Afghan contractor was killed Yesterday (Feb.14) when an Improvised explosive device (IED) went off just before Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and Coalition forces were attacked by insurgents during a patrol in the Shaheed Hasas district of Oruzgan province, coalition said in...
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HERAT (AIP): Six kidnappers were arrested yesterday (Feb.14) in Farah province. Farah Provincial Police Chief Samonwal Abdul Ghafar Watandar while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) today (Feb. 15) said that the alleged kidnappers had kidnapped Haji Ghulam Hazrat along with his 16-year...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Heavy rains and snowfall killed four people and 150 livestock in eastern Ningarhar province. Roof of a house caved-in due to heavy rains and snow in Ghwagiza area of Hesarat Ghaljai district last night, leaving three children and an elderly man dead, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai told Afgha...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Over 20 people, believed to be foreign militants, were killed today (Feb. 14) by US missile attack in South Waziristan Agency, a troubled tribal district of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, media reported Saturday. Media reports said the missiles fired from a US pilotless aircraft...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces launched operations today (Feb. 14) in Kandahar province. Zari district Chief Niaz Muhammad Sarhadi told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that operations were launched in Kadhal south of Zari district in Kandahar province. He claimed that seven Taliban fighters were...