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HERAT (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed 27 Taliban fighters today (Feb. 02) during a fierce battle in the western Nimroz province, border police said Friday. Fierce fighting erupted between Taliban and government forces in Lakhchak area of Khashrod district, Nimroz province today's morning,...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Police recovered 82 kg of crystal, a drug made of heroin, from a vehicle in Zabul today (Feb. 02), security officials said Friday. The drugs had been concealed in a fuel supply tanker, security incharge of Zabul police said. He told Afghan Islamic Press that the drugs were bein...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen shot dead an education official and his cousin in the troubled Kandahar province today (Feb. 02), relatives said Friday. The education officer of Arghandab district, Maiwan Khan and his cousin Abul Hadi were killed when they were going somewhere, said, Ajmal,...
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KABUL (AIP): More than 10 Taliban fighters were killed today (Feb. 02) in clash with Afghan National Army soldiers and Coalition forces near the village of Farah in Farah Province, coalition said Friday. A press release issued by coalition forces said the battle occurred after Taliban fighters a...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): The residents of Musa Qala on Friday (Feb. 02) confirmed the capturing of district center by Taliban. A security official while talking to Afghan Islamic Press on condition of anonymity also admitted unrest in the district. Although there was no confirmed reports from Musa Qala but s...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan security forces arrested a suspected terrorist and two alleged smugglers in separate incidents in Logar and Laghman provinces yesterday, interior ministry said Thursday (Feb. 01). A terrorist preparing suicide bombers was captured with some documents and explosive materials in...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Afghan and foreign forces killed 30 Taliban during joint operations conducted in the southern Helmand province yesterday, police said Thursday (Feb. 01). Mulla Sher Agha, a Taliban commander was also among the 30 fighters killed during operations in the Kajaki district, police chi...
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KHOST (AIP): A NATO air strike killed eight Taliban in Paktika province last night, governor said Thursday (Feb. 01). The NATO aircraft struck Taliban in the Pir Koti area of Urgun district after Taliban attacked police, said Dr. Muhammad Akram Khpalwak, governor of Paktika province. He told A...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Police arrested director refugee of Ningarhar province today (Feb. 2) on charges of embezzlement in government funds, sources said Thursday. Maulvi Shamal Khan, director refugees Ningarhar, was nabbed on the order of Attorney General of Afghanistan. Several serving and retired o...
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KABUL (AIP): A roadside bomb exploded near the vehicle of Chinese road construction company in Faryab Jan. 29, slightly damaging the vehicle, a security official said Wednesday (Jan. 31). The vehicle was damaged but the inmates did not suffer any damages when the landmine went off in the Dawai ar...