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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan and NATO forces began a deliberate operation against several "known" Taliban strongholds in Kandahar's Panjwayi district early today, says an ISAF statement on Saturday (Sept. 02) It said the operation was designed to drive Taliban fighters out and allow displaced residents...
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KANDAHAR (AIP) A NATO aircraft crashed approximately Saturday (Sept. 02) noon in Panjwai district of Kandahar province, a NATO spokesman said. The aircraft crashed after developing technical problems and no details about the loss of lives are available, a spokesman of NATO-led International Securi...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility of downing an aircraft of NATO-led ISAF in Kandahar province today (Sept. 02). Spokesman of Taliban fighters, Dr. Muhammad Hanif, phoned the office of Afghan Islamic Press from and unknown location and said, "Taliban fighters shot down a...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep sorrow and grief over the crash of a NATO aircraft in Kandahar. In a press statement issued late Saturday from his office, the President expressed his heartfelt sympathies and deep sorrow over the crash in the Panjwai district of Kanda...
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KABUL (AIP): A chain of four improvised explosive devices were discovered and destroyed by Coalition forces in Paktika Province on Aug. 31, says a press release issued here on Friday (September 1). It said the first IED was discovered on the side of a road and a U.S. explosive ordnance disposal te...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A vehicle of British troops was badly damaged in a roadside bomb blast in Helmand province last night, an ISAF official said Friday (Sept. 01). Spokesman of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kandahar, Maj. Malcolm Innis, confirmed to Afghan Islamic Press that British...
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KABUL (AIP): In another attack on a school, extremists used an improvised explosive device to damage the Malekshay School in the Bermel District of Paktika Province on Sept. 1, says a press release issued here on Friday. It said the munition caused major damage to the roof and most of the inside...
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KABUL (AIP): Police rounded up three alleged kidnappers who attempted to kidnap the head of a foreign non-governmental organization in Zaranj, capital of Nimroz province yesterday (August 31), interior ministry said Thursday. Four armed gunmen tried to abduct a French head of a foreign NGO, worki...
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KHOST (AIP): Two people were killed and four others wounded as bomb went off inside a house in Khost province yesterday (August 30), a security official said Thursday. The incident was happened in Khooni Khwar area of northeastern part of Khost city when children was playing with an explosive dev...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber attacked a police convoy in Zabul province today (August 31) but there were no details of the casualties, eyewitnesses said. An eyewitness told Afghan Islamic Press that incident was happened between Qalat and Shajoi as a suicide bomber attacked a police convoy on...