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GHAZNI (AIP): At least two Taliban militants were killed and one was injured in police encounter in Andar district in Ghazni province last night, official said on Sunday (Aug 19). District in-charge of Andar, Khwaja Mohammad told AIP that last night Taliban attacked a police check post, injuri...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber targeting a vehicle of a non-governmental organization (NGO) in southern Helmand province, exploded himself, killing four security guards and injuring four others last night, official said Sunday (August 19). The incident took in Dorahi area, situated be...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Taliban claimed to have blown up the vehicle of the deputy in-charge of Khogiani district of Ghazni province with a remote-controlled device, killing five persons on board. This was claimed by a Taliban spokesman Qari Yousaf Ahmadi on Sunday. Ali Shah Ahmadzai, provincial police ch...
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GHAZNI (AIP): Three Taliban militants were killed when police raided their hideout in Chardiwal area in Ghazni province, official said on Sunday (August 19). Provincial security in-charge of Ghazni Abdur Rahim told AIP that police received tips about the presence of Taliban militants who were pla...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Like other parts of the country, Independence Day was celebrated in southern Kandahar province with national zeal and fervor. In this connection, a gathering was held in Omomi Bagh area of Kandahar city, which was participated by Kandahar governor Asadullah Khalid, army officials...
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GHAZI (AIP): Two Taliban were killed after an attack on a district centre in Zabul province last night, an official said Saturday (Aug. 18). A group of approximately 200 Taliban attacked headquarters of Deh Chopan but police strongly retaliated as they had prior information about Taliban intentio...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign security agency in Kandahar City today (Aug. 18), killing 15 and wounding 25 people, police said Saturday. The incident was happened in Bagh Pul area, western part of Kandahar City when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden car...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Police seized 93 kg opium and arrested a man in the Khugyani district of Ningarhar last night. Spokesman of Ningahar police, Colonel Abdul Ghafoor told Afghan Islamic Press that counter-narcotics police raided a house in Wadisar village and recovered 93 kg opium. He said the m...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen abducted four Afghan engineers in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province yesterday (Aug. 17), police said Saturday. The abducted engineers were working for Hashim Construction Company and all were Afghan nationals, said Sayyed Agha Saqib, provincial po...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban leader Mulla Muhammad Omar urged unity among Afghans on the eve of Afghanistan 88th Independence Day. In a statement issue Saturday the Taliban supreme leader said, "We are celebrating our independence day in such a situation that our country has been invaded, our houses h...