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KHOST (AIP): As many as 10 small explosions were reported in different parts of Khost province last night, a police official said Friday (June 01). The explosion were carried out near the houses of government workers or those people who support the Afghan government, said Colonel Wazir Badshah, p...
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KABUL (AIP): Seven ISAF soldiers were killed after a Chinook helicopter went down in Helmand province near Kajaki just after 9 p.m. May 30, an ISAF statement said Thursday. The cause of the crash is being determined by military officials, it said "The entire crew of five died in the incident;...
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KABUL (AIP): Taliban on Thursday (May 31) claimed responsibility for downing ISAF helicopter last night in which according to ISAF press office seven soldiers were killed. "The helicopter was shot down by Taliban," said Koko Agha, a Taliban commander in the southern Helmand province. "We have...
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PESHAWAR (AIP): Unidentified gunmen fired rockets at the house of a government official in the southern Tank district of North West Frontier Province (NWF) of Pakistan, killing 13 and wounding two people, police and residents said Thursday (May 31). Six family members of the Political Agent of Kh...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained three suspected Taliban in a raid on a compound early today (May 31) in the Khost district of Khost Province, a coalition statement said Thursday. The raid was conducted on credible intelligence indicating the compound was housing "known Taliban o...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A landmine explosion left two suspected Taliban dead and one wounded in the Panjwayee district of southern Kandahar province last night, an official said Thursday (May 31). The incident was happened near the district headquarters when the suspected Taliban were planting landmine a...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): At least 19 Afghan police were killed and five injured as Taliban attacked police convoy in Zabul province today's morning (May 31), officials said Thursday. "Enemy of the country ambushed police in the Shah Hasan Khail area of Shahjoi district of Zabul province. The firefight las...
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KHOST (AIP): Participants of a meeting held here on Thursday (May 31) condemned violent clashes in Shebarghan, capital of northern Jowzjan province and demanded disarming of the armed groups. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Jehadi council, ulema council, political parties and c...
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KABUL (AIP): The NATO-led ISAF has said Taliban fire may have brought down the helicopter in which seven soldiers killed last night. An ISAF statement issued here on Thursday (May 31) said the ISAF helicopter that went down Wednesday (May 30) killing all seven on board had just delivered troops w...
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KABUL (AIP): The clash between police and Taliban in the Shahjoi district of Zabul province also left 10 dead today (May 31), interior ministry said Thursday. Besides the killing of 16 police, 10 Taliban were also killed in the firefight ignited by Taliban ambush on a police convoy in the Shah Hu...