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JALALABAD (AIP): A policeman was killed and two more wounded during Taliban attack in the eastern Kunar province last night, police said Sunday (Jan. 11). Police Chief of Kunar province, Abdul Jalal Jalal while giving details of the incident to Afghan Islamic Press said Taliban attacked Mangol Po...
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KABUL (AIP): Three-day anti-polio campaign was started in Afghanistan today (Jan. 11). Health Minister Muhammad Amin Fatimi while talking to journalist said that hundreds of thousands of children will be administered anti-polio vaccine during the three day campaign across the country. He urge...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghanistan Central Bank will issue new currency notes at a cost of 50 billion afghani, the bank announced Saturday (Jan. 10). A spokesman of the Afghanistan Central Bank said that a company has been contracted for printing the currency notes. He, however, did not disclose the name of t...
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KABUL (AIP): A Canadian soldier serving under ISAF command was killed and three more wounded in a roadside bomb attack in the southern Kandahar province yesterday (Jan. 08), ISAF and Canadian military officials said Thursday. Though ISAF did not disclose nationality of the deceased soldier, Canadia...
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POOL-E-ALAM (AIP): Residents of Logar, Kabul and Farah province of Afghanistan Thursday (Jan. 08) held a demonstration against Israeli attacks on Palestine in which hundreds of people mostly children were killed. Around one thousand people including clerics, students, elders and members of provin...
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HERAT (AIP): Two rockets landed near girls hostel of a university in Angeel district of western Herat province last night, causing no damage, security sources said Thursday (Jan. 08). The rockets landed close to the building of girls hostel but did not cause any loss of life or property, security...
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Kandahar (AIP) : Three civilian were killed and ten other people including three foreign troops were wounded in a suicide attack in the southern Kandahar province today (jan 08) , officials said Thursday . Mula masood district chief of Maiwand told AIP that the suicide bomber who was on foot detonat...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan police and ISAF forces killed two Taliban commanders in the southern Kandahar province last night, a spokesman said Thursday (Jan. 08). Mulla Aminullah and Mulla Ibrahim were killed during combined operation in Panjwayee district, said Zalmay Ayubi, spokesman of governor Ka...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): ISAF and Afghan police seized huge quantity of hashish during an operation in Panjwayee district of Kandahar province yesterday (Jan. 07), police said Thursday. Provincial Police Chief Matiullah Qati told Afghan Islamic Press that approximately 1000 kg of hashish kept in 30 bags w...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan government Thursday (Jan. 08) confirmed 17 civilians including women and children were martyred during operation by foreign forces in the Alishang district of Laghman province on Jan. 06. A statement issued from the office of the Afghan president said government stance on civi...