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    Reconstruction

    New building for traffic police in Kabul

    By Abdul Qadir Siddique Oct 19, 2010 - 16:46

    KABUL (PAN): A newly-constructed building for the General Directorate of Traffic was inaugurated in the capital Kabul on Tuesday, officials said.

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    Business & Economics

    Afghanistan signs agreement with IRU

    By Abdul Qadir Siddique Oct 18, 2010 - 20:23

    KABUL (PAN): Afghan vehicles with trade goods would be able to move into 90 countries of the world after eight months, the transport and aviation minister said on Monday.

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    Governance

    Candidates reject Sept 18 vote, seek fresh election

    By Frozan Rahmani & Abdul Qadir Siddique Oct 16, 2010 - 20:46

    KABUL(PAN): More than 2,000 candidates who had contested last month's parliamentary election on Saturday asked the government to hold a fresh election as the massively fraud-marred September 18

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    Governance

    Commission supervising constitution to start work next year

    By Abdul Qadir Siddique Oct 10, 2010 - 19:01

    KABUL (PAN): Head of a commission meant for supervising the implementation of the constitution on Sunday said the body would start working next solar year due to some problems.

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    Governance

    Peace council members named

    By Abdul Qadir Siddique Sep 29, 2010 - 08:58

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai Tuesday announced long-awaited names of the High Peace Council, tasked with holding peace talks with militants and bringing them into the national mainstream.

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    Education

    155 students to be sent to Kazakhstan

    By Abdul Qadir Siddique Sep 26, 2010 - 17:41

    KABUL (PAN): As many as 155 students, who got high marks in last year's entry test, would leave for Kazakhstan for higher education on September 28, an acting minister said Sunday.

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    Business & Economics

    Food, fuel prices continue to rise

    By Abdul Qadir Siddique Sep 25, 2010 - 19:12

    KABUL (PAN): Prices of all edibles but rice have increased by 27 percent and fuel rates by 18 percent in impoverished Afghanistan over the past six months, wholesaler and retailers said on Saturday

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    Reconstruction

    Indian firm to expand Kabul power station

    By Abdul Qadir Siddique Sep 22, 2010 - 19:28

    KABUL (PAN): An Indian firm has agreed to expand a power station in the Dasht-i-Barchi area, west of Kabul, at an estimated cost of $14.7 million, officials said on Wednesday.

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    Security and Crime

    Teenager killed in Kapisa

    By Naweed Waqif & Abdul Qadir Siddique Sep 14, 2010 - 19:34

    MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN): A NATO air craft killed a teenager in central Kapisa province, an Afghan official said on Tuesday.

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    Security and Crime

    Govt praised for its call for war strategy review

    By Abdul Qadir Siddique Sep 12, 2010 - 15:57

    KABUL (PAN): Afghan President Hamid Karzai's call for a review of the nine-year war was a step in the right direction, but should have been done years ago, analysts said on Sunday.

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