KABUL (PAN): Seven civilians and four armed rebels were killed during a predawn operation in the Syedabad district of central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday, officials said.
JALALABAD (PAN): A 136-year-old woman, Hasano, believed to be the oldest person in Afghanistan, passed away yesterday in eastern Nangarhar province, relatives said on Saturday.
CHARIKAR (PAN): The Salang Pass, a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains that connects the capital Kabul with several northern provinces, reopened on Saturday, hours later it was blocked by a heavy snowstorm, the highway maintenance authority said."
QUETTA/ISLAMABAD (PAN): More than 100 people, including security personnel and a journalist, were killed and over 200 others wounded in a string of bomb and gun attacks in three main cities of Pakistan on Thursday, officials said.
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): One civilian was killed and two others were wounded in an accident involving an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) vehicle in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): About 90 policemen were poisoned at an academy in the Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, an official said on Wednesday.
KABUL (PAN) Three passengers were killed and two others wounded in a road accident in the Qarabagh district of central Kabul province on Monday, an official said.
PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Twenty tonnes of Kinos were swept away by the Salang River when a truck flipped over in the Khanjan district of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Monday.
