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LASHKARGAH (AIP): Foreign Minister of Estonia, Urmas Paet, arrived in Lashkargah, capital of Helmand province on a short visit Tuesday (March 10). Besides meeting Estonian troops, Urma Paet also met deputy governor of Helmand at Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) base and provincial heads of he...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Several soldiers of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were wounded in a rocket attack in the eastern Kunar province yesterday (March. 09), foreign forces said Tuesday. Taliban attacked a base of ISAF troops in Sarkani district of Kunar province, wounding sev...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai flown to Iran to attend 10th summit meeting of Economic Cooperation Organization in Tehran. A press release issued by the presidential office said ECO meeting will begin tomorrow (March 11) and will be attended by several leaders of member countries, del...
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HERAT (AIP): Forty Taliban fighters surrendered to Afghan authorities, official claimed Tuesday (March 10). Addressing a press conference chief of Reconciliation and Peace Commission of the south western zone of Afghanistan Syed Sharif Mujadiddi announced that 40 armed Taliban surrendered to Afgh...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A journalist working for a Canadian TV cannel was killed by unknown assailants today (March 10) in Kandahar city. The slain journalist was identified as Javid Ahmed Yazmeen. In-charge of a Journalist organization Fazal Rehman confirmed the occurrence to AIP in Kandahar. Ends Posted @...
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KABUL (AIP): A soldier of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack yesterday (March 08) in Kandahar, ISAF s said Monday. The soldier was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in southern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said without disclosi...
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HERAT (AIP): A woman was killed and her two brothers were wounded in when an unexploded ordnance went off inside their house today (March 09) in the western Herat province, police said Monday. The two brothers had found two unexploded rounds of rocket in the mount brought it home which detonated...
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KHOWST (AIP): Four soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed yesterday (March 7) in land mine explosions in Khowst, Taliban claimed Sunday Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of Taliban while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) said that four ANA soldiers were killed yesterday when th...
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KABUL (AIP): Two Afghan police were killed in friendly-fire incident when they engaged a combined Afghan and coalition force patrolling in Kapisa province late Friday night (March 6), coalition said in a statement Sunday. The statement said that Afghan and coalition force were conducting a patrol in...
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KHOWST (AIP): One Nato soldier was killed and two others injured on Sunday (March 08) when their vehicle struck a landmine in Showak district of Paktia province, Nato said. Press office of foreign troop in Khowst told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that one Nato soldier was killed and two others injured...