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    Pakistan rebuilding Goshta gate

    JALALABAD (PAN): Pakistani soldiers have started reconstructing the border gate that was razed during a recent clash in the Goshta district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official claimed on Sunday.



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    Public reps push for change in Nangarhar

    JALALABAD (PAN): Putting aside their differences, lawmakers and provincial council members on Sunday said they would work jointly to push for administrative changes in eastern province of Nangarhar.



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    Officials reluctant to speak on Goshta border posts

    JALALABAD (PAN): Officials in eastern Nangarhar province refuse to share accurate information with the media on the current status of Pakistani border posts in Goshta district.



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    Anti-Pakistan protests staged in south

    QALAT/KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Hundreds of people on Sunday rallied against Islamabad, burning Pakistani flags and effigies of some of its leaders in southern Afghanistan.



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    Senators extend support to Qasim’s family

    KABUL (PAN): Members of the Meshrano Jirga -- or upper house of the parliament -- on Sunday provided cash assistance to relatives of a slain border policeman, asking the government to honour his family.



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    New governors named for Badghis, Daikundi

    KABUL (PAN): New governors for northwestern Badghis and central Daikundi provinces have been appointed in compliance with President Hamid Karzai’s decree, his office said on Sunday.



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    Karzai most influential Afghan leader: Poll

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai remains the most powerful political leader in Afghanistan, followed by Balkh Governor Atta Mohammad Noor and Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayyaf, an opinion poll reveals.



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    Rassoul meets non-resident ambassadors

    KABUL (PAN); Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Zalmai Rassoul met with a number of non-resident ambassadors to Afghanistan in Kabul on Saturday afternoon, the foreign ministry said.



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    10 polling zones to be set up for Kuchis

    KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga on Saturday decided 10 polling zones would be set up for nomadic Kuchis in the next parliamentary elections, a move that drew criticism from some lawmakers.



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    Pakistan has set up post in Kunar: Wahidi

    ASADABAD (PAN): Pakistani troops have established a checkpoint 300 metres inside Afghan territory in the Narai district of eastern Kunar province, an official claimed on Saturday.