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KABUL (AIP): Six men were detained and several others were killed in an operation yesterday (Aug. 31) in Ghazni Province, a coalition statement said Saturday. Credible intelligence led Afghan and Coalition forces to a compound in the Dih Yak district where a cache consisting of mortar and artille...
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KABUL (AIP): Seven Taliban were killed in coalition air strike after Taliban ambushed combined forces of ISAF, coalition and Afghan National Auxiliary Police near the Musa Qalah wadi, Helmand province, today (Sept. 01), a coalition statement said Saturday. Taliban attacked the patrol with small-a...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb blast left one soldier of Afghan National Army dead and four others wounded in the volatile southern Kandahar province today (Sept. 01), a military officer said Saturday. The incident was happened in the Spirwan area of Panjwayee district when the ANA vehicle struck a...
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HERAT (AIP): Three Taliban were killed and two police wounded during a clash in the Charbolak district of Nimroz province today (Sept. 01), police said Saturday. The clash erupted after Taliban attacked a border post, said Muhammad Daud Askaryar, provincial police chief. He told Afghan Islamic...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Several suspected Taliban were killed and five Pakistan nationals held in the troubled southern Kandahar province today (Sept. 01), Afghan and NATO officials said Saturday. ISAF and Afghan National Security Forces jointly conducted operation against Taliban in the Gondigan area of...
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HERAT (AIP): A former Afghan security officer was held in the western Farah province on charges of spaying for Iran on Aug. 31, a security officials said Saturday (Sept. 01). He told Afghan Islamic Press that the former security officer had been shifted to capital Kabul for interrogation. Besi...
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KABUL (AIP): A suicide car bomber rammed his car into a checkpost at northern gate of Kabul Airport, killing himself and injuring three others, said a high ranking police official, Ali Shah Paktiawal on Friday (August 31). He did not give further details. However, he said the checkpost belongs to fo...
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JALALABAD (AIP): At least ten people were killed and five others wounded as rockets hit a villages in the eastern Kunar province today (Aug. 31), police said Friday. Taliban fired 13 rockets from area closed to Durand Line (Pak-Afghan border) which struck different houses in Babar village of Chow...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A senior provincial officer was held on charges of financial embezzlement in the southern Zabul province today (Aug. 31), an official said Friday. Engineer Akhtar Muhammad Afzal, director of rural development was held on the order of attorney general, said Muhammad Sadiq Shinwari,...
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JALALABAD (AIP): At least 12 missiles were fired at two separate bases of foreign troops in Kunar province last night, an official on the condition of anonymity told AIP on Thursday (August 30). No one was killed or injured in the attacks, he added. Giving details about the incident, he said t...