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KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the killing of Maulvi Islam Muhammadi, a prominent religious scholar and member of the Afghan Parliament from Samangan province. In a press release issued here on Saturday (Jan. 27) the President expressed his deep regret at the death of Isla...
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KHOST (AIP): Ten Taliban and one policeman were killed during a clash in Paktika province last night, governor said Friday (Jan. 26). The firefight took place after Taliban attacked a border post in Gomal district, killing one policeman and wounding five others, said Dr. Muhammad Akram Khpalwak,...
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KABUL (AIP): Two children were killed and five others wounded as the fuse of a mortar, they were playing with, went off in Kabul today, interior ministry said Thursday. The incident was happened in the Zarbaki Qala, western part of the capital Kabul. The press office of the interior ministry t...
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KABUL (AIP): New Joint Intelligence Operations Centre (JIOC) was opened today (Jan. 25) at ISAF Headquarters during an official ceremony led by Gen. David Richards, COMISAF, in the presence of senior representatives from the Pakistani and Afghan armies. A statement issued by ISAF said the purpos...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber blew himself up after he was wounded in firing of police in Helmand province today (Jan. 26), police said Friday. The bomber wanted to enter the office of ALP, a non-governmental organization, in Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand, but police opened firing on...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Unidentified assailants shot dead a police commander and his companion in Kandahar today, police said Friday. General Asmatullah Alizai, police chief of Kandahar province told Afghan Islamic Press that commander Ahmad was the in-charge of police personnel providing security to for...
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KABUL (AIP): An unidentified gunman shot dead a member of Wolesi Jirga (lower house of Afghan parliament) in capital Kabul today, interior ministry Friday. Maulvi Islam Muhammad Muhammadi, a member of Wolesi Jirga from Samangan province and his bodyguard were walking to a mosque for Friday prayers...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Five people were killed and eight wounded in a clash over land dispute in the eastern Ningahar province today (Jan. 25), an official said Thursday. The incident was happened in Barbehar area of Khygyani district as a local elder Malak Abdul Qayum was constructing a market adjacent...
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JALALABAD (AIP): A district chief escaped unhurt in a roadside bomb blast in the Pajeer Agam district of Ningarhar province today (Jan. 25), his brother said Thursday. A remote controlled landmine struck a vehicle traveling in by district chief of Pajeer Agam, Haji Syed Rahman at 9:30 a.m. local...
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HERAT (AIP): Poppy crops cultivated at 12.5 acre of land were destroyed in the Sheendand district of western Herat yesterday, governor said Thursday (Jan. 25). As the Sheendand district has no district chief and police chief, we formed a Shora, consisting of 25 representatives of each tribe in th...