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KABUL (AIP): Three civilians were killed in separate explosions in Laghman and Helmand provinces yesterdays (March. 06), interior ministry said Sunday. Two civilians riding on a motorcycle were killed when it hit a roadside bomb at Zardkamar area...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): One policeman was killed and three others wounded in separate incidents of violence over the last 24 hours in southern Kandahar province, a police official said Sunday. Muhammad Shah Farooqi, deputy police chief of Kandahar provinc...
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KHOST (AIP): Foundation stone of a 30-bed hospital was laid in Sabari district of southeastern Khost province today (March 07). Mirna Gul Tariwal, chief of counter-narcotics department in Khost province told Afghan Islamic Press that the hospital...
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MARJA, Helmand (AIP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked foreign and Afghan soldiers to vacate the homes of civilians in Marja district of southern Kandahar province. The president made these remarks during a visit to Marja today (March 07) a...
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KHOST (AIP): Four civilians sustained injuries in separate incidents in southeastern Khost province, eyewitnesses and hospital sources said Sunday. Eyewitnesses told Afghan Islamic Press that a blast hit a convoy of NATO supplies at Fiaz Muhmmad K...
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HERAT (AIP): A suspected Taliban commander was killed during an operation in western Herat today (March 07), an official said Sunday. Lal Muhammad Umerzai, chief of Sheendand district told Afghan Islamic Press that foreign and Afghan forces conduc...
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GHAZNI (AIP): ISAF commandoes and personnel of Afghan National Army (ANA) detained a suspected Taliban commander during an operation in Ghazni province last night (March 06), police said Sunday. Abdul Rehman Shedai, security in-charge of provincia...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Chief of rural uplift department of Zabul province has been missing for the last two days, it is learnt. A high-ranking security official in Qallat, capital of Zabul province on Sunday (March 07) told Afghan Islamic Press that Eng...
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LASHKARGAH (AIP): Taliban on Sunday (March 07) claimed to have fired rockets on the gathering attended by President Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Marja area of Helmand province. Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousuf Ahmadi...
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HERAT (AIP): Taliban on Sunday claimed to have destroyed three vehicles of foreign and Afghan soldiers in Sang-e-Aatish district of Badghis province today (March 07). Mullah Abdul Manan, a regional Taliban commander told Afghan Islamic Press by te...