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    DABS annual revenue projected at $203m

    KABUL (PAN): The revenue of Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) will reach $203 million and $150 million will be paid to four exporting countries, an official said on Tuesday.



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    Officials accused of destroying orchards

    JALALABAD (PAN): Government-owned orchards are being felled illegally by officials in the Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province, residents complain.



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    Defying taboos, Balkh women join sports club

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Undeterred by cultural taboos and security threats, women are increasingly joining different sports in northern Balkh province, an official said on Wednesday.



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    Hospital staff accused of fleecing patients

    JALALABAD (PAN): Workers of the maternity ward at the 50-bed hospital in the Ghanikhel district of eastern Nangarhar province are illegally receiving money from female patients, residents complain.   



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    Helmand police under probe for links to insurgents

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Officials have opened an investigation of police officers suspected of links to insurgents in the southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday.



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    Winter food crisis looms over Daikundi

    DAIKUNDI (PAN):  People in the central Daikindui province is likely to face severe food crisis this winter as food production had dipped in recent months due to erratic weather conditions.



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    Afghan importers dump Karachi Port

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Infuriated Afghan traders who had suffered heavy losses as their imported cargoes remained stuck at Karachi Port for months are opting for alternative transit routes -- namely via Heart and Nimroz provinces.



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    Bacha Khan’s philosophy of non-violence

    KABUL (PAN): It was only two months ago when residents of Andar district of Ghazni province took up arms against the Taliban and forced them to leave the area.



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    NATO’s 2014 exit dents Kabul property market

    KABUL (PAN): The scheduled withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan in 2014 has dampened the property market in Kabul, forcing a 20 percent drop in property prices amid growing uncertainty over the future of the country, according to real estate brokers. 



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    Foreign women beggars raise alarm in Nangarhar

    JALALABAD (PAN):  Residents in the eastern Nangarhar province are perturbed by the rise in foreign female beggars who are alleged to be spreading sexually transmitted diseases and luring local youths into immoral activities.