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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (AIP): Heavy snowfall was recorded in the northern region of Afghanistan last night causing difficulties to people, resident said Saturday (Dec. 30). A resident of Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of Balkh province told Afghan Islamic Press that about 25 centimeter snowfall was recorded in...
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KHOST (AIP): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed seven gunmen in an air-strike in Khost province yesterday (Dec. 28), eyewitnesses and officials said Friday. The gunmen were fleeing after torching shops including two public call offices, a medical store and two other shops i...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Supreme leader of Taliban fighters, Mulla Muhammad Omar has strongly rejected the proposed peace jirga, saying the invading forces want to trap tribesmen of the region. In a message issued on the occasion of Eid-ul-duha and received by Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) via email Friday (D...
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KHOST (AIP): A young beggar was killed while a child and two policemen were wounded in an explosion in Khost province today (Dec. 29), an official said Friday. The bomb went off near a police vehicle in Ghrombi area, west of Khost City, an office told Afghan Islamic Press on condition of anonymit...
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KABUL (AIP): The Laghman Provincial Development Council (PDC delivered humanitarian assistance supplies for families in real need across the province in conjunction with the Mether Lam Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), says a press release issued by ISAF Wednesday (Dec. 27). "The PDC is best...
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KABUL (AIP): An ISAF and Coalition sponsored Medical Civil Affairs Programme (MEDCAP) recently treated more than 600 patients from Kabul Police District 9, the first event of this kind in this area, says a press release issued by ISAF Wednesday. The statement said medical and security forces pers...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): One ISAF soldier was killed and three wounded, one of them seriously, during a reconnaissance mission south of Garmsir, Helmand yesterday, a press release issued by ISAF said Thursday (Dec. 28). An explosion caused an ISAF vehicle to crash, resulting in one ISAF fatality, one seri...
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KHOST (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a government official in Khost province yesterday, a security official said Thursday (Dec. 28). Akbar Khan, a revenue offier of Yaqoobi district was attacked by three armed people in a bazaar of the area, a security official said. He added that beside...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Two police were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Ningarhar today (Dec. 28), an official said Thursday. The district police chief of Khugyani was on way to district headquarters from the Nakar Khail area when the vehicle he was traveling was struck by a landmine in Shaguy, Dist...
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HERAT (AIP): Three cops and one civilian were killed when police engaged a group of robbers yesterday (Dec 26) in the western Heart province, police official said on Wednesday. "At least 20 robbers in the Adar Sakan district stopped vehicles and snatched cash, mobiles and other items from the peopl...