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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces killed four Taliban and detained 14 more during separate operations in Khost, Ghazni and Nimroz province, interior and defence ministries claim Monday (Feb. 23). A statement issued by interior ministry said coalition and Afghan forces conducted operation i...
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KABUL (AIP): A Taliban commander was killed while five others were detained yesterday (Feb. 21) in Logar province, ISAF said Sunday. A statement issued from the press office of ISAF in Kabul today (Feb.22) said that a Taliban commander, Shereen Agha was killed while five others were detained duri...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan National Army (ANA) 203 Corps came under an attack from Taliban yesterday (Feb. 21) which resulted in a fierce gun battle in an area of Sabari district in Khost province, defense ministry said in a statement (Feb 22) It said that five Taliban fighters were killed while 12 were...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): A vehicle, supplying fuel to foreign forces in Afghanistan, struck a mine on Peshawar-Torkham highway in Khymber Agency today (Feb. 21), leave a man and two other wounded, a security official said Saturday. The security official who wished not to be named told Afghan Islamic Press th...
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KABUL (AIP): A number of protestors, who had blocked Kabul-Gardez road, opened it for traffic on the assurance of Logar Governor General Ateequllah that foreign troops will not carry out operations in the province in the future. The protestors opened the road for all kinds of vehicular traffic in...
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KABUL (AIP): Nancy Pelosi called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Speaker of the Parliament Muhammad Younas Qanoni today (Feb. 21) in Kabul. The Speaker of the House of Representatives discussed terrorism, arrival of fresh American contingents and the upcoming presidential elections of Afghan...
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KABUL (AIP): Three Coalition soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Uruzgan province yesterday (Feb. 20), US forces said Saturday. The soldiers died of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device during a combat reconnaissance patrol, the US forces said in a statement with...
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LASHKARGAH (AIP): Taliban on Friday (Feb. 20) claimed they had killed nine Afghan soldiers during a clash in the vicinity of Lashkargah, capital of Helmand province yesterday. Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi, spokesman of Taliban, told Afghan Islamic Press that the clash took place in Bashran area in...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): At least 30 people were killed and over 150 wounded in a suicide attack on a funeral procession in the Dera Islamil Khan district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan Friday (Feb. 20). The suicide bomber struck at the funeral process of a Shiite leader who was ki...
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KABUL (AIP): Deputy Iranian President Pervez Daudi met Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday (Feb. 19) and held talks on political, economic and trade issues. Both the sides agreed on strengthening economic cooperation and boosting trade between the two neighbouring countries, said a statement i...