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Date 23-8-08 KANDAHAR (AIP): As many as 15 Taliban were killed in clash between Taliban and Afghan National Army in Nadali district of Helmand province, says spokesman of provincial interior ministry Muhammad Dawad Ahmadi to AIP. Ahmadi said that the said clashes were started from yesterday Aug...
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Date 23-8-08 JALALABAD (AIP): As many as 3131 displaced families of restive Bajaur Agency where armed clashes between security forces and militants are going on have reached Kunar province, says Director of Refugees Department of Haji Sardar told AIP on Saturday Aug 23. He said that the migrated...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Foreign troops detained 15 people including a prayer leader the eastern Ningarhar province last night, a public representative said Saturday (Aug. 23). The detainees, most of them labourers, were held during operation in the Battikot District, said Dr. Allad Dad, a member of Nin...
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KABUL (AIP): Three ISAF soldiers died in eastern Afghanistan yesterday (Aug. 20) in a roadside bomb explosion, ISAF said Thursday. An ISAF press release said the vehicle of ISAF troops hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Though the international forces did not disclose exact location o...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A fierce clash took place between Taliban and police in the Arghandab District of Kandahar province last night, leaving one Talib dead, police said Thursday. The clash took place after approximately 150 anti-government gunmen attacked security posts in Jazi and Daraza villages at...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Over 50 people were killed in two suicide explosion at the gates of Pakistan Ordnance Factory in Wah Cantt, near Rawalpindi today (Aug. 21), media reported Thursday One bomber detonated himself at one gate and the other on another gate when the workers were leaving factory after the...
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KHOST (AIP): Foreign forces air strike in Zarmat District of Paktia province last night left four Taliban dead and three wounded, police and Taliban said Wednesday (Aug. 20). The aircrafts of foreign forces bombed Taliban police in Zarmat District, killing nine Taliban including two commanders Mu...
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KABUL (AIP): French President Nicloas Sarkozy arrive in Afghanistan Wednesday (Aug. 20), a day after 10 French troops were killed and 21 wounded in deadliest Taliban ambush in Kabul province. The French presidentwas accompanied by Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Defense Minister Herve Morin a...
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KABUL (AIP): Police seized 150 kg of opium and arrested a suspected in Uruzgan province yesterday (Aug. 19), Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The interior ministry in a statement said the opium was recovered from a vehicle, seven kilometers away from the city, during search. Ends Posted @ 12...
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KABUL (AIP): A soldier of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) died of a non-combat injury today (Aug. 20) in eastern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said Thursday. The incident is under investigation, ISAF said without disclosing nationality and cause of the injury. Ends