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    Floods wreak havoc in Herat, Badghis

    HERAT CITY (PAN): At least three people died and four others sustained injuries as flash floods unleashed by heavy rains hit 15 districts in western Herat and Badghis provinces, officials said on Sunday.



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    Snowstorms clog Salang road

    CHARIKAR (PAN): The Salang pass, a major route that connects Kabul with northern Afghanistan,  has been closed for traffic since late Friday when snowstorms buried the highway at five locations, officials said on Sunday.



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    Parwan family loses kids to roof-collapse

    KABUL (PAN): A young girl and his 5-year-old brother died on Saturday after the roof of their house caved in due to heavy rains in central Parwan province, a relative said.



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    22 dead, 50 injured in Hangu attack

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): At least 22 people were killed and more than 50 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside two neighbouring mosques in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, officials said.



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    2 dead, 7 injured in Helmand collision

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Two people were killed and seven others sustained injuries when a police pick-up crashed into a car in the Nahr-i-Saraj district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Thursday.



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    28 rebels join peace process in Baghlan

    PUL-I- KHUMRI (PAN): A 28-member group of the Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan joined the peace process in the Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province on Tuesday.



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    Motorcyclist crushed to death by ISAF vehicle

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): A motorcyclist was killed after being hit by NATO-led troop’s vehicle in the northern province of Balkh on Saturday, an official said.



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    Cold wave leaves 17 IDPs dead in Kabul, Herat

    KABUL (PAN): Seventeen internally-displaced people, mostly children, died of severe cold weather in Kabul and Herat provinces, the Amnesty International said on Tuesday.



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    Kunduz woman commits suicide

    KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): A 34 years old woman has committed suicide for reasons yet to be known in the northern province of Kunduz, officials said on Sunday.



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    3 Afghans die in roof collapse at Bagram base

    CHARIKAR (PAN): Three employees of an Afghan company died when the roof of the building they were in caved in at Bagram Airfield in central Parwan province on Friday, the International Security Ass