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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide car bomber rammed his car into a convey of US Protection and Investigation (USPI), killing two drivers and wounding six security guards on Kandahar-Greshak highway near Sangin district in Helmand province, official said on Tuesday (Sept 11). Provincial police chief of He...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Attorney General of Afghanistan, Abdul Jabar Sabit has said that 12 high ranking officers of three separate Afghan departments have been arrested over corruption charges in southern Kandahar province. Addressing a press conference in Kandahar on Tuesday, the top law official of...
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HERAT (AIP): Four police were killed and two others wounded as Taliban attacked a police convoy in the western Badghis province yesterday (Sept. 10), police said Monday. Taliban attacked a police unit stationed in Garmak area between Ghormach and Qala-e-Gaz, capital of Badghis province, said Gene...
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KABUL (AIP): A suspect was killed while two others were wounded and detained during a raid on a house in the Andar district of Ghazni province early today (Sept. 10), a coalition statement said Monday. Afghan and Coalition forces raided the house on intelligence suggesting the compound was sus...
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KHOST (AIP): Abductors freed 10 of the 13 workers of non-governmental organization (NGO) today (Sept. 10), an official said Monday. Head of Afghan Technical Consultant (ATC), Kifayatullah Ablagh, confirmed to Afghan Islamic Press that 10 de-mining workers were released by the abductors and they h...
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KABUL (AIP): Two soldiers of Afghan National Army were killed while 14 suspected people were detained by Afghan and foreign forces in separate incidents, a defence ministry statement said Monday (Sept. 10). The statement said a roadside bomb struck a vehicle of ANA in the Zarmat district of Pakti...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed at least 26 people and wounded 59 in the southern Helmand province today (Sept. 10), officials said Monday. The suicide bomber detonated his explosive laden motorcycle near a police vehicle in the volatile Gereshk district...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Monday (Sept. 10) they wanted to resolve the Afghan issue through negotiations. While reacting over President Hamid Karzai's offer of talks on the occasion of death anniversary of Ahmad Shah Masood, Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi told media that, "Taliban...
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HERAT (AIP): At least 12 Taliban and two policemen were killed when the armed militants ambushed a convey of the World Food Programme (WFP) officials in Nimroz province yesterday (Sept 8). The incident took place in the area falling between Dilaram and Bakwa districts in Nimroz province, said the...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): The provincial reconstruction team (PRT) provided edible items to at least 200 hundred destitute families ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, a few days to go. The representatives of the PRT, Kandahar province, distributed flour bags, rice, ghee, blankets and other amenities amon...