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KABUL (AIP): Security personnel arrested a would-be suicide bomber in Khost province today (May 19), a security official said Monday. The would-be suicide bomber, Rahmat, hailing from Doaba area, North West Frontier Province of Pakistan was detain in Bagh area of Khost City, security sources told...
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KABUL (AIP): Anti-narcotics police seized 455 kg of drugs in Kandahar and Helmand province during the past one week, a statement said Monday (May 19). The narcotics were seized in Ghorak district of Kandahar and Musa Qala and Sangin district of Helmand province, it said. The statement said th...
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HERAT (AIP): A mine explosion left five shepherds dead and six more wounded in Farah province yesterday (May 18), governor of the neighbouring Nimroz province said Monday. The shepherds hailing from Chakhansor district of Nimroz province where carrying their livestock in a vehicle when a roadsi...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): US ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood visited Ghazni province Sunday (May 18). While addressing a press conference after his arrival in Ghazni, the US envoy promised 30 million US dollars aid for the province. He said half of the aid would be spent on the construction of ro...
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JALALABAD (AIP): Two police were killed in Taliban attack on a check post last night in Ningahar province, an official said Sunday (May 18). The security check post was attacked between Memla and Khwaran areas of Khugyani district, said Zalamy Dadak, district chief of Khugyani. Earlier, Taliba...
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KABUL (AIP): Police discovered and defused two mines in capital Kabul yesterday (May 17), sources said Sunday. Security sources told Afghan Islamic Press that the landmines were discovered near Herati Serai, 5th zone of Kabu City. Sources said the landmines were planted into pressure cookers,...
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KANDHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber detonated himself near the vehicle of a police commander in Helmand province today (May 18), killing four and wounding three civilians, police said Sunday. Provincial police chief Sayyed Agha Saqib told Afghan Islamic Press that the bomber attacked vehicle of Haji...
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KHOST (AIP): An officer of Afghan National Army (ANA) was killed in a suicide attack in Khost province last night, police said Saturday. The incident was happened in Chaghai Village when a suicide bomber attacked a patrol of ANA, said Colonel Wazir Badshah, spokesman of Khost police department....
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KABUL (AIP): Several Taliban were killed and four detained during an Afghan National Security forces and Coalition forces joint operation in Khost province yesterday (May 16), a coalition statement said Saturday. Afghan and Coalition forces searched several compounds in Saberi District targeting a...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Two separate roadside bomb explosions left five civilians dead and three policemen wounded in Kandahar and Paktika province, officials and resident said Saturday. A remote controlled landmine exploded on a police vehicle in front of a Fazel Kandahari School in Dand area of Kandaha...