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KABUL (AIP): Counter-narcotics police seized 26 kg opium in the western Nimroz province today (July 21), interior ministry said Monday. The interior ministry in a statement said the opium was seized in Majmal area. I would not say whether any one was arrested with the narcotics or not. Nimr...
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KABUL (AIP): A roadside bomb killed three children and wounded four more in the southern Helmand province today (July 20), interior ministry said Sunday. The children were on way to school when the vehicle they were travelling in hit the roadside bomb in Saidan area of Gereshk district, the inter...
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KABUL (AIP): Democratic presidential contender Barrack Obama met today with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. According to sources both the Afghan president and Democrat president candidate held talks in the Presidetnal Palace in Kabul and discussed war against terror, reconstruction and counter narco...
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KABUL (AIP): A soldier of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed during fighting in Khowst province earlier today (July 20), an ISAF statement said late Sunday night. ISAF would not disclose nationality of the decease soldier and the area where the fighting took pla...
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Taliban capture town, two policemen whisked away Date 19-7-08 KHOST (AIP): Armed Taliban set on fire Garda Seray district after capturing it in Paktika province last night (July 18) and whisked away two policemen as well, police chief Inayatullah told AIP. The police chief said that the distr...
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Three persons killed in separate incidents Date 19-7-08 KHOST (AIP): At least three persons were killed and three others were injured in separate incidents in Khost province today, district chief Lutufullah told AIP, Saturday (July 19). Lutufullah said that in Dowa Mandi district one security...
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Mine explosion leaves five policemen dead Date 19-7-08 KANDAHAR (AIP): Five police personnel were killed in a landmine explosion in the Zheri district of Kandahar province today (July 19), eyewitnesses said Saturday to AIP. They said that the roadside bomb hit the police vehicle, wounding a p...
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S No 1344 Obama arrives in Afghanistan Date 19-7-08 KABUL: Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday (July 19), on the first leg of a trip aimed at proving his foreign policy credentials. It merits a mention here that the presidential candidate while t...
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S No 1343 One civilian dead in suicide attack Date 19-7-08 KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber targeting a caravan of ISAF soldiers, leaving one civilian dead on Kandahar-Speen Boldak road in Tarnag Plah area today (July 19), eyewitnesses said Saturday to AIP. They said that the carvan had pass...
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Explosives-laden car seized, two arrested Date 19-7-08 GHAZNI (AIP): Police arrested two suspected persons and seized an explosives-laden vehicle being used in anti-personnel mines today (July 19), says security official Muhammad Ghani to AIP Saturday. The security official said that the people were...