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KHOST (AIP): Five Taliban and a policeman were killed while another police wounded during a clash in Paktika province today's afternoon (April. 21), police said Saturday. The firefight took place between Taliban and police in the Zarmat district, said General Aziz Wardak, head of crimes investiga...
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HERAT (AIP) The Provisional Reconstruction Team (PRT) Herat inaugurated a new school on 18 April in Shindand district. The opening ceremony was attended by local elders, in-charge of Shindand district and Col. Pietro Luigi Monteduro, PRT commander. The school was constructed at a cost of 230...
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HERAT (AIP): Afghan border police seized huge amount of opium and vehicles of smugglers after a clash with armed smugglers in the western Herat province today (April 21), official said Saturday. "The clash occurred between border police and smugglers in Musaabad area of Goryan district of Herat...
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KABUL (AIP): While setting seven days deadline, Taliban has demanded the release of their colleagues or withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan in exchange of abducted French aid workers. In an email to Afghan Islamic Press, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said "France should pullout it...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Nine civilians were killed and 11 others wounded as foreign aircraft struck a convoy of civilians after a clash with Taliban in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province April. 18, eyewitnesses said Friday (April. 20). A convoy of several families left for Sorak Khan Karez...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Cinema owners of eastern province of Afghanistan have condemned Tolo television and demanded a probe into the income of the television. A meeting of cinema owners of eastern provinces was held here today (April 20) in a local hotel. Besides cinema owners the meeting was also...
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KHOST (AIP): A vehicle of border forces was destroyed in a roadside bomb explosion in Khost province last night, an official said Friday (April. 20). A roadside bomb struck a patrol of borer police in the Yaqobi district in which a vehicle was destroyed but did not cause any casualties, Sher Ahma...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force were killed in two separate explosions in southern Afghanistan today (April. 20), an ISAF statement said Friday. The statement did not reveal further details of both the incidents. In accordance with NATO pol...
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HERAT (AIP): Three suspected Taliban were killed while planting a landmine in the western Farah province today (April. 20), governor said Friday. The suspected Taliban were planting a remote controlled landmine at a roadside in the Bala Balook district when it went off, said Mohiudin Baloch, gove...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): As many as 116 policemen were passed out of Kandahar Police Training Centre today (April. 20). Provincial police headquarters of Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul had approved these policemen for training. Thousands of police were trained by expert foreign and local trainers...