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    Security and Crime May 19, 2013 - 19:37

    NATO plane makes hard-landing in Logar

    KABUL (PAN): A C-130 plane with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) made a hard landing in central Logar province on Sunday, but there were no casualties, the alliance said.

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    Governance

    Senators condemn HIA-claimed suicide blast
    May 19, 2013 - 20:10

    KABUL (PAN): The Meshrano Jirga or upper house of parliament on Sunday condemned Thursday’s suicide attack in Kabul and asked the government to take elaborate security measures to prevent such attacks in future.

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    Governance

    MoD seeks fund to buy 5 more cargo planes

    May 19, 2013 - 20:32

    KABUL (PAN): The National Security Council (NSC) on Sunday directed the Ministry of Finance to release $100 million (5.5 billion afghanis) to the Ministry of Defence for purchasing five cargo aircrafts, the Presidential Palace said.

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    Accidents & Disasters

    9 Afghan refugees die in Iran accident

    May 19, 2013 - 21:56

    KABUL (PAN): Nine Afghan refugees were among 14 people died in a traffic accident in the Sestan province of neighboring Iran, officials said on Sunday.

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    Features

    Ghazni’s key demands: Jobs & security

    GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Residents of southern Ghazni province want the Afghan government and the...

    Balkh newspapers struggling to survive
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    Interviews

    Shafaq promises security, good governance

    BAMYAN CITY (PAN): The newly-appointed governor for central Daikundi province, Abdul Haq Shafaq...

    152 Maqur villages cleared of Taliban
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    Governance

    Kabul, Muscat vow to strengthen ties

    May 19, 2013 - 14:07

    KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan and Oman have decided to develop a memorandum of understanding on establishing a joint commission to work for a cooperation framework in various fields, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.

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    Governance

    UN-Habitat pledges $20m in aid to IDLG

    May 19, 2013 - 20:55

    KABUL (PAN): The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) on Sunday agreed to providing $20 million in aid to Afghanistan for capacity building programmes and bringing improvement to municipality system in four major provinces.

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    Governance

    Foreign troops to stay till stability: Naeemi

    May 19, 2013 - 13:07

    KHOST CITY (PAN): Khost governor Abdul Jabbar Naeemi on Sunday claimed foreign troops had promised not to leave Afghanistan until its security situation had stabilised and warfare ceased.

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    Health

    Pakistani trust to treat 200 Afghan cleft lip patients

    May 19, 2013 - 21:19

    KABUL (PAN): A Pakistani trust is organising a surgical mission at the Isteqlal Hospital in Kabul from May 18 -24 to perform free of cost surgeries on more than 200 cleft lip and palate patients.

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    Security and Crime

    Casualties as police, Taliban clash in Lashkargah

    May 19, 2013 - 12:34

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Two Taliban fighters were killed and five policemen injured during a clash in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Sunday, an official said.

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    Security and Crime

    MRRD training institute opens in Kabul

    May 19, 2013 - 19:43

    KABUL (PAN): A training institute of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) was inaugurated in the capital Kabul on Sunday.

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    Security and Crime

    Tajikistan hands over 14 Afghan prisoners

    May 19, 2013 - 13:29

    KABUL (PAN): Fourteen Afghan prisoners, who had been languishing in Tajikistan‘s prisons, have been handed over to Afghan authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.

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    Security and Crime

    Fresh violence claims 18 lives

    May 19, 2013 - 18:46

    KABUL (PAN): Six local policemen were among 18 people killed in separate incidents of violence in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday.

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    Security and Crime

    Takhar-Badakhshan road reopens after protest

    May 19, 2013 - 16:02

    TALOQAN (PAN): A major highway in northern Takhar province was reopened 10 hours after it was closed by hundreds of people protesting against the appointment of a former mayor as the provincial police chief.

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    Security and Crime

    13 dead in new violence

    May 19, 2013 - 16:08

    KABUL (PAN): Nine Taliban insurgents and four border policemen were killed during separate incidents in Uruzgan and Nangarhar provinces, officials said on Sunday.

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    Security and Crime

    Bike explodes in Sar-i-Pul, no one hurt

    May 19, 2013 - 16:25

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): A motorcycle exploded with a big bang after caching fire in a car parking facility at the governor's house in northern Sar-i-Pul province, but no one was hurt, police said on Sunday.

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