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KANDAHAR (AIP): A plane crashed in Helmand province of Afghanistan on Monday and some casualties have also happened in the crash, officials said.Governor of Helmand province Mulla Muhammad Amir told Afghan Islamic Press that the plane crashed in residential area by overrunning an airstrip on landing...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Atleast six children were wounded in an explosion in the outskirts of Jalalabad city on Monday, police said.The children were playing with a fuse of mortar shell in Khoshkonbad village, outskirt of Jalalabad when it exploded, a spokesman of Jalalabad police told Afghan Islamic Press...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Five children were wounded when a mortar shell exploded in eastern Ningarhar province on Monday.A correspondent of Afghan Islamic Press visited the area where five children were wounded in an explosion of mortar shell.Some children who were grazing their cattle found a mortar shell...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): An Antonov-32 transport aircraft crashed at Bost Airfield in Lashkar Gah at around 11:30 a.m. local time today (Monday).A press statement issued by the coalition forces said the aircraft was on final approach when a civilian truck drove across the runway. The pilot pulled...
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HERAT (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived Qilla Nau , capital of Badghais province on Saturday to lay the foundation stone of hospital funded by Spain.The hospital will be constructed at a cost of 2.5 million euro by the Provincial Reconstruction Team of Spain which will be a complete...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan and coalition forces arrested 16 suspected Taliban fighters in a series of operations in Zabul province last night, Afghan military officials claimed Sunday.Coalition and Afghan forces conducted a string of operations in Arghandab district of Zabul province last night after th...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Eleven armed activists of Hezb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) join government yesterday in Kunar province, governor claim Sunday.Governor of Kunar province, Haji Asadullah Wafa told Afghan Islamic Press today that 11 people who had been working for Hezb-e-Islamic (Hekmatyar) have join governm...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A fierce fighting is continuing in Geelan district of Ghazi province and one Afghan soldier and three Taliban fighters have been killed in the fighting so far, sources said Sunday.Heavy firefight has been continuing between Taliban and government forces in Geelan district since morni...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Four rockets were fired at Kandahar airport on Sunday but did not cause any damage, coalition forces in Kandahar disclosed.A spokesman of coalition forces in Kandahar told Afghan Islamic Press that three rockets landed at the Airport in early morning (2:00 A.M) today (Sunday) w...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban on Thursday accepted responsibility of suicide attack in Kandahar and said 16 people were killed and wounded in the attack.Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf told Afghan Islamic Press that a Talib suicide bomber hailing from Kandahar attack vehicles of US troops in Howz-e...