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KABUL (AIP): An ISAF soldier was killed in an explosion in the volatile Helmand province yesterday (July 29), allied forces said Wednesday. The ISAF soldier died of wounds after Taliban attacked their convoy in Nahri Sarrj District, the NATO-led ISAF said in a statement. It would not disclo...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Unidentified gunmen abducted five workers of a non-governmental organization last night in the eastern Ningarhar province, an official said Wednesday (July 30). The gunmen raided the office of Development Alternative Incorporation (AIP), an implementing partner of USAID, in Pajee...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Minister for Water and Power Ismail Khan visited Dahla Dam in Shah Wali Kot District of Kandahar province Wednesday (July 30) and reviewed arrangement for the revival of the dam. Deputy Governor of Kandahar, Ghulam Jeelani Khan, deputy chief of provincial council Ahmad Wali Karza...
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HERAT (AIP): Nine Taliban were killed and two police wounded during a clash in the western Farah province today (July 30), governor said Wednesday. The clash happened in Mian Rod area of Gulistan district, said Roohullah Amin, governor of Farah province. He told Afghan Islamic Press that two Pakista...
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KABUL (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai approved appointments on different posts on the proposal of Interior Ministry. A statement issued here on Tuesday by the Interior Ministry said Lt. Colonel Abdul Qayum was appointed police chief of Khost province, Brigadier Ms Aziza as security ass...
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HERAT (AIP): Border police detained six alleged Iranian smugglers and recovered arms and narcotics today (July 29), police said Tuesday. The alleged Iranian smugglers were on way to the house of another smuggler in Dahna Village, Gulran district, near Afghan-Iran border when nabbed by police, sai...
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KHOST (AIP): Foundation stone of two health clinics were laid today (July 29) in Paktia province. The health clinics one each would be built in Sepahi near Gardez, capital of Paktia province and Aryub Zazi district, said Roohullah Samoon, spokesman of governor Paktia. He told Afghan Islamic Pr...
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KABUL (AIP): A soldier of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) died of wounds yesterday (July 28) in the opium-rich southern Helmand province, an ISAF statement said Tuesday. The ISAF soldiers were on food patrol when attacked by in the Nad Ali District, the statement said....
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KABUL (AIP): Hundreds of people took out a protest demonstration in Kabul Monday (July 28) against Abdul Latif Pidram, leader of National Congress, for his insulting remarks against former Afghan king Ghazni Amanullah Khan. The protesters carrying portraits of late Amanullah Khan declared Latif P...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): A rocket struck a seminary in South Waziristan, a tribal district of Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, early today (July 28), state-run-television reported Monday. Some sources said it might not be a rocket attack but the munitions might have been fired from an aircraft. There w...