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KABUL (AIP): Atleast 100 houses were destroyed, five people were injured and hundreds of livestock were killed in Badakhshan as a powerful earthquake struck Afghanistan and Pakistan early Tuesday.
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PESHAWAR (AIP): The protest rally against the murder of Wolesi Jirga member, Commander Asmatullah Mohabat was called off after talks between the representative of the protesters and a delegation which arrived from Kabul on Friday.Thousands of people rallied for the forth consecutive day in Mehtarlam...
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KABUL (AIP): A renowned former Taliban leader Maulvi Arsala Rehmani who joined hands with government has also been appointed as member of Masharano Jirga (Senate).The Afghan President Hamid Karzai appointed 34 persons including 17 women for Masharano Jirga during the past days. Former Taliban leader...
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KABUL (AIP): Three US soldiers were injured yesterday when an improvised explosive device detonated as their convoy conducted combat operations southwest of Deh Chopan, says a press release issued by the coalition forces on Monday.The injured soldiers are being treated at Kandahar Airfield and are i...
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KABUL (AIP): Initial indications reveal that enemy fire caused two CH-47 Chinook helicopters involved in offensive operations in southern Afghanistan to make hard landings Sunday, says a press release issued by the coalition forces on Monday.One of the helicopters had to make an immediate controlled...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A district in charge and three policemen were killed as Taliban fighters blew up their vehicle with remote control landmine in restive Kandahar province on Friday.Obaidullah, deputy district in charge of Shahwali Kot while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press on Saturday said: "The...
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LOGAR (AIP): Taliban fighters claimed to have killed two soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) in Logar province on Friday night but officials reject the claim.Taliban guerillas' spokesman, Doctor Muhammad Hanif, on Saturday phoned Afghan Islamic Press and said: "Our fighters attacked vehicle of AN...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban militia claimed to have killed four Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Zabul province on Saturday.Qari Muhammad Yousuf, Taliban fighters' spokesman, phoned the office of Afghan Islamic Press by satellite and said: "Taliban ambushed a vehicle of ANA in Nawrak area of Shahj...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Former Jehadi commander and member of Wolesi Jirga (National Assembly) of Afghanistan, Asmatullah and his bodyguard were killed and three others injured in Laghman province on Sunday morning.
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KABUL (AIP): Two US CH-47 Chinook helicopters made emergency landings today (Sunday) in separate locations in southern Afghanistan resulting in the injury of five US soldiers and one Afghan National Army soldier, says a press release issued by the coalition forces. In t...