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    Security and Crime

    Kandahar clerics seek role in peace parleys

    by Bashir Ahmad NaademonMay 19, 2012 - 18:33

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Religious scholars, demanding a key role in peace negotiations, on Saturday asked the government to protect religious figures from intelligence agencies of neighbouring countries.

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    Governance

    Kandahar security on the mend, claims governor

    by Bashir Ahmad NaademonMay 16, 2012 - 20:07

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Security incidents have declined by 60 percent, compared to 2011, in southern Kandahar province, where Afghan armed forces have extended their writ to remote areas, the governo

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    Governance

    Development projects underway: Kandahar governor

    by Bashir Ahmad NaademonMay 13, 2012 - 19:44

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Kandahar Governor Toryalai Weesa on Sunday claimed work on different reconstruction and development projects was underway in the southern province which has not received development budget over the past few years.

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    Security and Crime

    Kandahar set for security switch: Gass

    by Bashir Ahmad NaademonMay 8, 2012 - 20:31

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): NATO’s senior civilian representative on Monday said Afghan forces in southern Kandahar province were all set for security transition.

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    Education

    4 primary schools open in Kandahar town

    by Bashir Ahmad NaademonMay 5, 2012 - 20:58

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Four new schools were inaugurated in the Mianshin district of southern Kandahar province in a single day on Saturday, benefiting hundreds of students, officials said.

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    Governance

    Kandahar journalists facing challenges

    by Bashir Ahmad NaademonMay 4, 2012 - 11:55

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Journalists from southern Kandahar province complain they are faced with a host of problems in reporting day-to-day events and incidents.

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    Security and Crime

    Some of striking prisoners could die, warns HR activist

    by Bashir Ahmad NaademonMay 2, 2012 - 21:27

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Some of protesting prisoners in the southern province of Kandahar could die if they did not call off their hunger strike, a human rights activist warned on Wednesday

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    Security and Crime

    Kandahar jail inmates go on hunger strike

    by Bashir Ahmad NaademonApr 29, 2012 - 20:29

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Political prisoners in the Kandahar central jail have gone on a hunger strike against their planned transfer to a prison in the central capital Kabul, an official said on Sunda

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    Security and Crime

    Would-be bomber among 7 held in Kandahar

    by Bashir Ahmad NaademonApr 8, 2012 - 20:44

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A would-be suicide bomber was among seven insurgents detained in a string of intelligence operations in southern Kandahar province over the past week, the governor said on Sund

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    Accidents & Disasters

    7 dead in Kandahar tanker-van collision

    by Bashir Ahmad NaademonApr 6, 2012 - 12:31

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Seven people were killed and three others wounded as a NATO fuel tanker caught fire after ploughing into a passenger vehicle in southern Kandahar province on Friday.

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