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KHOST (AIP): Three people including a minor girl were killed and five wounded in the two separate incident in Khost province, police said Monday (May 07). In the first incident two people were killed Gurbaz district when unidentified gunmen opened fire the vehicle they were traveling in to Khost...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Firefight between Taliban and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is continuing in the Taliban stronghold Kandahar but there were no reports of casualties, a NATO spokesman said Monday (May 07). The battle erupted in the Howz Madad area, 12 kilometers from Panj...
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KABUL (AIP): A rocket landed in capital Kabul today's morning, killing one, wounding five other people (May. 07), a police official said Monday. The rocket fired from an unknown location landed in the Pool Badshah area of Qala Zaman Khan at approximately 7:30 a.m. local time, said Ali Shah Paktia...
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JALALABAD (AIP): A many as 27 prisoners jailed for minor crimes were freed from Jalalabad prison today (May. 07) on the order of President Hamid Karzai. The president issued the order on the occasion of Mujahideen's victory day. A woman was also among the 27 prisoners freed who had passed half o...
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KHOST (AIP): Governor Khost Arsala Jamal laid the foundation of the new building of district headquarters of Musa Khail yesterday (May 06). The new district headquarters building will be built at a cost of over two million US dollars by Provincial Reconstruction Team. Meanwhile, security force...
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JALALABD (AIP): A roadside bomb explosion killed four people including a woman and a child and wounded four others in the eastern Laghman province today (May 07), police said Monday. All the eight victims were traveling in a vehicle when it was struck by a roadside bomb in Wardako village of Omer...
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KABUL (AIP): Coalition forces detained five suspects after a raid on a compound in the Qalat district of the Zabul Province early this morning (May. 07), a coalition statement said Monday. "Coalition forces entered the compound and two men fled the scene. The forces took them into custody," the...
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KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai on Monday (May. 07) extended his heartfelt congratulations to Nicolas Sarkozy on being elected as president of France. In a press release issued here today the President said, "I hope the historic and friendly relations between Afghanistan and France will furth...
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JALALABAD (AIP): The head of Ningarhar Provincial Council, Fazl Hadi Muslimyar was reelected for the next term today (May. 06). Of the total 17 votes, he security 10 against 7 by Muhammad Omar Taher, member of the provincial council. Maulvi Abdul Aziz Khairkhwa and Qazi Khan Muhammad were also...
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HERAT (AIP): A policeman was wounded in a failed suicide attack in Farah province today (May 06), police said Sunday. The personnel of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) were returning after conducting operations when a suicide bomber riding a car attempted to attack them, said Sayyed Agha Saqi...