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HERAT (AIP): Taliban attacked a police vehicle in the western Farah province yesterday, killing two policemen and wounding three others, police said Monday. The firefight ignited by a sudden attack of Taliban on Dilaram police vehicle in the Sarpozak area of Dasht Bakawa continued for three hours...
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HEART (AIP): A four-member delegation comprising of the members of Mashrano Jirga arrived in Herat Monday (Jan. 22) to brief local government officials, tribal elders and notables on the proposed Peace Jirga. In an exclusive interview to Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), head of the delegation Muhamma...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Australian troops to finance the construction of a bridge in the Uruzgan province, an official said Monday. The foundation stone of the 6o-meters long bridge on Garam Aab River, near Tarin Kot, was laid yesterday, said Abdul Qayum Qayumi, spokesman of Uruzgan province. The bri...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): The Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), based at Camp Nathan Smith, conducted a village medical outreach patrol on Friday while ISAF soldiers also participated in a ceremony to mark the re-opening of a school in Sperwan on Saturday. A press release issued by ISAF Monda...
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KABUL (AIP): Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) has launched a humanitarian assistance programme for religious schools in Wardak province, an ISAF statement said Monday (Jan. 22). The statement said food and winter supplies were provided to 16 religious schools and approximately 2,000 students...
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KABUL (AIP): President Hamid Karzai said Sunday (Jan. 21) that corruption, drug business and foreign interference were the main causes of instability and insecurity in Afghanistan. This he said while addressing the Wolessi Jirga by opening the Second parliamentary year of the Afghan parliament. Th...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Five soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were wound as their vehicle collided with explosive laden vehicle in Uruzgan yesterday, ISAF said Saturday (Jan. 20). The vehicle packed with explosives detonated when it was hit by the ISAF military...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Five people including a district chief and four policemen were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Uruzgan province yesterday, police said Saturday (Jan. 20). A roadside bomb struck the vehicle of the Chora district chief, Ghulam Farooq, in Yakawlang area of Tarin Kot, capital of...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb struck a vehicle of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the volatile Zehri district of southern Kandahar today (Jan. 20), an official said Saturday. Yes, a roadside bomb hit ISAF vehicle but there is no further details, Haji Khairuddin, district chief...
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KHOST (AIP): A district police chief escaped unhurt in a bomb blast in Khost province today (Jan. 20), police said Saturday. The bomb planted at a tree went off near the vehicle of the police chief of Yaqoobi district in Matta Cheena approximately 12:00 noon, police chief of Khost province, Gener...