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JALALABAD (AIP): A rocket landed near Jalalabad City, capital of eastern Ningarhar province last night, police said Tuesday (Jan. 09). The rocket fired from southwestern side landed four kilometers to west of Jalalabad city but did not cause any damage, spokesman of Ningarhar police department,...
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HERAT (AIP): On the directives of President Hamid Karzai, 25 prisoners, jailed for minor crimes, were freed in western Herat province yesterday (Jan. 08), an official said Tuesday. The president had issued the order on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, said Major General Shamir Amirpur. He told AIP...
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JALALABAD (AIP): A landmine blast left two children dead in the Peach district of eastern Kunar province last night, police said Monday (Jan. 08). Unidentified people had planted the landmine in the house of one Qadir Gul which went off last night, leaving two minors dead, Police Chief of Kunar p...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan police and NATO forces captured two suspected Taliban fighters during joint operation in Ghazni province yesterday, interior ministry said Monday (Jan. 08). The operation aimed at arresting these fighters was conducted in Andar district in which two AK-47 rifles were also reco...
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KABUL (AIP): Turkish Battle Group and Portuguese Company donated school supplies, food and medicine donations to the residents of Kabul province Jan. 06, an ISAF statement said Monday (Jan. 08). The statement said the team donated 60 school bags, 60 writing boards and numerous kites to the childr...
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KHOST (AIP): A suicide car bomber wounded three Afghan soldiers in Paktia province today (Jan. 08), a military officer said Monday. The bomber attacked Afghan soldiers by detonating his explosive laden car in the Margha area of Barmal district, Deputy commander of 203rd military Corps of Pakt...
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KHOST (AIP): Four soldiers of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were wounded in a suicide attack in Paktika province yesterday, governor said Saturday (Jan. 06). The Afghan and NATO troops were setting up security post in Marghay area of the Barmal district, bordering Pakist...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): ISAF forces delivered winterization assistance through a donation of blankets, beans, rice and cooking oil as part of Operation Baaz Tsuka in Senjaray, Panjawayi district of Kandahar province yesterday, an ISAF statement said Friday. The statement said the ISAF forces conducted a...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A roadside bomb left one NATO soldier wounded in the volatile Kandahar province today (Jan. 06), ISAF spokesman said Saturday. The bomb hit a NATO vehicle in the Sanzali area of Zehri district, damaging the vehicle and wounding one soldier, spokesman of ISAF, Andre E. Salloum told...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): ISAF and Afghan forces killed 15 fighters including a Talib commander in the southern Helmand province yesterday (Jan. 04), police said Friday. The operation was conducted in Kajaki district in which a Talib commander, Mulla Azizullah was killed along with 14 fighters, Police chie...