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JALALABAD (AIP): Two brothers were killed in a landmine blast in the eastern Ningarhar province today (Oct. 19), residents said Friday. Both were playing when one of them stepped on a mine in Samar Khail, Behsud district at approximately 11:30 a.m. A resident told Afghan Islamic Press that the...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Coalition forces killed 13 Taliban during an airstrike in the southern Helmand province today (Oct. 19), the US-led coalition said Friday. In a statement issued by coalition press office in Kandahar said coalition aircraft struck Taliban in the Regi area of Sangin district of Helm...
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KHOST (AIP): At least four policemen were killed and three others were injured when armed Taliban attacked a vehicle of police at Ali Sher district of Khost province near border with Pakistan this morning, said an official on Thursday. Taliban have not yet claimed responsibility for the incident...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Two security men on foot were killed in a mine explosion in Nari district of Kunar province yesterday evening (October 17), said an official on Thursday. The incident occurred following a rocket attack at a base of foreign troops, said Kunar police chief Abdul Jalal Jalal. The two w...
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KABUL (AIP): A vehicle of PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team) hit a mine in Dehna Ghori district of Baghlan province yesterday (Oct 17), casusing no casualties, said Baghlan police chief Abdur Rehman Syed Khaili on Thursday. He added that the mine was planted under a small bridge and exploded wh...
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HERAT (AIP): The 17th meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states commenced on Wednesday (Oct 17) in the ancient city of Herat, the capital of Herat province amid extraordinary security measures, said a spokesman for Afghan foreign ministry, Sultan Ahmad Baheen. He said t...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were found dead in eastern part of Jalalabad in Majborabad area, police said Tuesday (Oct 16). No one has claimed responsibility for killing the three soldiers who were in uniform, said Abdul Ghafoor, a spokesman for Ningarhar police. He sai...
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HERAT (AIP): Police claimed to have seized 132 kilogram of opium during a search operation on Herat-Baghdes highway at Kotak Sabzi area in Herat province yesterday evening (Oct 14), police said on Monday (Oct 15). Provincial police chief of Herat province, Juma Gul Adeel told AIP that the opium w...
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KABUL (AIP): Hunger strike of the political prisoners in Pul-Charkhi prison against the execution of political and criminal prisoners entered its second week on Monday while the situation of a number of inmates said to be in critical condition. Abdullah Tayeeb, a spokesman for the political prisoner...
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JALALABAD (AIP): At least one person was killed and 18 others were inured in a road accident in Khogiano district of Ningarhar province on Monday (Oct 15), a resident told AIP over phone. He said the incident took place near the bazaar of Khogiano center Kaga when two motor cars collided head-on....