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KABUL (AIP): A US soldier was killed today (Feb. 19) in eastern Kunar province, a coalition statement said late Monday. The statement said the soldier was killed during combat operations in the vicinity of Naray district of Kunar province. The name of the soldier is being withheld pending notifi...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban attacked Afghan and Coalition forces in western Uruzgan province this afternoon (Feb. 19) when the combined forces were clearing an improvised explosive device, a coalition statement said late Monday. The statement said the combined force engaged the insurgents with heavy weap...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Monday (19) claimed capturing 20 Afghan police when they tried to retake Bakwa district of Farah province Monday (Feb. 19) afternoon. Taliban raided the Bakwa district headquarters last night and captured the district with any resisted as police fled the site, spokesman of...
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KHOST (AIP): A heavy explosion happened near civil hospital in Khost City today (Feb. 20) but details of the damage of life and property were not available, eyewitnesses said Tuesday. It seems that this was a suicide attack, an eyewitness told Afghan Islamic Press. He added that details could...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban ambushed a patrol of Afghan National Army in the Kamdesh district of Noristan province yesterday (Feb. 19), killing on and wounded two Afghan soldiers, Defence Ministry said Tuesday. The incident was happened in the Suraj area when Taliban abruptly attacked ANA partrol, said...
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KABUL (AIP): A driver was killed and a passenger was wounded when ISAF force opened firing on a vehicle after it failed to stop at a checkpoint in Zabul province yesterday (Feb. 19). A press release issued by NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Tuesday (Feb.20) said a vehicle...
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KABUL (AIP): A convoy of coalition forces came under fire in the Tagab district of Kapisa province while a man suspected of pointing weapon at a medical evacuation helicopter near Bagram Airfield was arrested yesterday (Feb. 19), a coalition statement said Tuesday. The suspect was apprehended and...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan National Army and Coalition forces discovered a large munitions cache 20 kilometers south of Shindad, in Herat Province, Feb. 19 while conducting a combat patrol in the area, an ISAF statement said Tuesday. The combined Afghan and Coalition patrol discovered the cache, consi...
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KABUL (AIP): Like Wolesi Jirga, the Masharano Jirga (Upper house of Afghan Parliament) on Tuesday (Feb. 20) also passed the controversial bill, granting immunity to warlords involved in war crimes, with majority of votes. The bill was supported by 45 members of the upper house of parliament while...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has imposed ban on three television channels of Afghanistan, for spreading negative propaganda against Pakistan, a local Pashto language newspaper reported Tuesday (Feb. 20). According to Daily Wadat, PEMRA has directed all...