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Date 2-10-08 KABUL (AIP): NATO troops opened fire on a minibus of Afghan civilians, wounding four, near the Afghan capital in Pool-i-Charkhi on Thursday (Oct 2), says a press release of ISAF media office issued to AIP. The release said that the minibus moved into an ISAF convoy on which the sold...
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Date 2-10-08 KANDAHAR (AIP): One police cop was killed and two others were injured Thursday (Oct 2) in Taliban attack, Urzagan Police Chief Samaoonwal Juma Gul Himat told AIP today. Himat said that the causality and injuries to police occurred when Taliban attacked a foreign and Afghan forces co...
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KABUL (AIP): Three Coalition soldiers were killed yesterday (Sept. 29) in southern Afghanistan, the US-led force said Tuesday. The coalition soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), a coalition statement said without disclose the identity of the deceas...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Coalition forces killed four Taliban including a local commander in an airstrike in Ghazni province yesterday (Sept. 28), an official said Monday. Abdur Rahim Bessiwal, chief of Adnar district told Afghan Islamic Press that the coalition aircraft pounded Taliban in Shah Toro area....
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KABUL (AIP): Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated with religious zeal and fervor across Afghanistan tomorrow (Sept. 30). This was announced by Supreme Court Afghanistan the sighting of Shawal moon in Saudi Arabia today (Sept. 29). Afghanistan follows Saudi Arabia in observe Eid. Afghans living in NW...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan border police discovered four landmines and killed two Taliban in the bordering Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province today (Sept. 27), they claimed Saturday. The mines had been emplaced by Taliban on Sapin Boldak-Arghistan road to blow up police patrol but it did not e...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Two police were wounded as unknown assailants attacked police headquarters in Ghazni city today (Sept. 28), police said Sunday. A police officer, Jan Agha, told Afghan Islamic Press that the attackers hurled hand grenades on the police headquarters which also broke windowpanes of...
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HERAT (AIP): Taliban fired two rockets on Qala Naw, capital of the western Badghis province last night, causing no damage, police said Sunday. The rockets fired on City from mounds in west of the provincial capital exploded in the air which did not cause any damage, said Muhammad Ayub Niazyar, po...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber killed six people and wounded 17 more in the bordering Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province today (Sept. 28), police said Sunday. The suicide bomber ridding a motorcycle detonated himself near police in Spin Boldak town at approximately 5:50 p.m. local ti...
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KHOST (AIP): A clash happened between Afghan and foreign forces in Paktia province today (Sept. 28), informed sources said Sunday. The sources without disclosing further details said that clash was happened in the Ayub Zazi district. Local Afghan officials avoided to talk on the issue while there wa...