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JALALABAD (AIP): Foreign force helicopters "mistakenly" bombarded police post in the eastern Ningarhar province last night, killing seven and injuring five police, a police officer said Tuesday (June 12). The police post was bombarded in the Grabawa area, 40 kilometers to west of Jalalabad, capi...
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KABUL (AIP): A soldier of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed and two others wounded in an explosion in southern Afghanistan yesterday (June 11), an ISAT statement said Tuesday. The ISAF did not disclose location of the explosion but a resident of the Sangin district of Helm...
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KABUL (AIP): Three Afghan children were severely wounded when an "insurgent rocket" fell short of an ISAF base in eastern Paktika province around 6:30 p.m. today (June 11), a statement said Monday. The children, and their escorts, have been medically evacuated to an ISAF treatment facility, it sa...
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KABUL (AIP): Two female civilians were injured and as many suspected people were detained by Afghan and Coalition forces in an operation early today (June 12) in Khost province, a the US-led coalition said Tuesday. The combined forces conducted the operation in the Mandozai district on "credible...
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KABUL (AIP): Three Afghans were killed and two others wounded today (June 11) in Kunar province as ISAF troops opened fired on a vehicle after it failed to stop at a traffic-control point, a statement said late Monday. The statement issued by ISAF said their troops used hand gestures and flashi...
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KABUL (AIP): Coalition forces killed over two dozens of suspected Taliban in eight-hour battle in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province yesterday (June 11), a coalition statement said Tuesday. The statement said the Afghan Highway Police (AHP) and Coalition forces patrolling near the vi...
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KABUL (AIP): The ministry of information and culture Tuesday (June 12) strongly condemned life threats to a senior female journalist and demanded protection to journalists so that they could fulfill their professional duties. A press release issued by the information and culture ministry said the...
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HERAT: At least 150 Taliban attacked Frahrod district of Farah province in western Afghanistan early in the morning (4am local time) on Monday (June 11, 2007), injuring one policeman, district police chief Syed Agha Sabit told AIP. He said after a fierce fighting with police, the Taliban were forc...
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KHOST (AIP): A motorcar suicide bomber blew himself up near a police post in Khost City Monday (June 11), killing two including himself and wounding three policemen and a passerby, officials and eyewitnesses said. Khost police chief General Muhammad Ayyub while confirming the incident told AIP th...
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HERAT (AIP): Afghan police claimed to have killed at least six Taliban fighters and injured five as the militants attacked on them in Frahrod district of Farah province in western Afghanistan, sparking a two-hour gunbattle, district police chief Syed Agha Saqib told AIP on Monday (June 11). A pol...