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KABUL (AIP): Two soldiers of NATO- International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) were killed and seven wounded, one of them critically, in separate hostile and non-hostile incidents in Afghanistan Wednesday (August 9), ISAF statement said late Wednesday. It said one ISAF soldier died in Kabul fo...
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JALALABAD (AIP): A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of US troops in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Ningarhar province on Thursday (August 10), leaving six people wounded. The incident was happened in western part of Jalalabad city on a highway leading to Kabul. An eyewitness told Afghan Is...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Police said the explosion occurred earlier today in Jalalabad City (August 10) was caused by the landing of rocket. Talking to journalists at the site of the explosion, a high-ranking police officer said it was neither a roadside bomb blast nor a suicide attack. He informed th...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan National Army (ANA) and the Afghan National Police (ANP), launched a Joint security operation in Faryab province on August 8 with the support of ISAF, says a press release issued by ISAF on Thursday (August 10). It said the operation launched in response to recent fighting betw...
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KABUL (AIP): The five ministers who were nominated by President Hamid Karzai and later won the trust of parliament, will take oath of office today (August 9). The ministers including Karim Khurram for Information and Culture, Muhammad Jalil Shamas for Economy, Muhammad Amin Farhang, trade, Niamat...
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KABUL (AIP): Five new ministers took oath of office in a ceremony held here in the Presidential Palace on Wednesday (August 9). President Hamid Karzai administered oath to the new ministers in an impressive ceremony. Besides President Hamid Karzai, the ceremony was also attended by Chief Justice o...
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KABUL (AIP): The interior ministry said on Wednesday (August 9) that the Lebanese engineer abducted by Taliban fighters has been gotten freed from the Taliban detention today. The Press office of the interior ministry told Afghan Islamic Press that the Lebanese engineer was now in the safe hands of...
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KABUL (AIP): Coalition soldiers killed 15 fighters during a firefight at the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) base in the Kamdesh District of Nuristan Province late Tuesday evening, a coalition statement said Wednesday (August 9). It said thirty Taliban attacked the base with small-arms a...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces recovered a weapons cache and two explosive devices yesterday Aug. 8 in different locations of eastern Afghanistan, says a coalition statement Wednesday (August 9). The statement said the weapons including 200 pristine rockets hidden in a cave in the Kohi S...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Prisoners clashed with police in Lashkargah Jail on Wednesday (August 9) after the jail administration refused to accept their demands. Administrative Chief and spokesman of Helmand province, Mohiuddin Khan while giving details to Afghan Islamic Press said, "Unrest once again erupt...