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    Bashir Ahmad Naadem

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    Accidents & Disasters

    6 killed, orchards damaged by floods

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Flash floods triggered by torrential rains caused destruction across the southern province of Kandahar, uprooting fruit



    Governance

    Haj flights to start in 3 weeks

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Nearly 1,574 pilgrims from southern Kandahar province would travel to Saudi Arabia to perform haj this year, an official said on Wednesday.



    Education

    Orphanage named after child overrun by ISAF vehicle

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): American troops have established an orphanage in the memory of a child who was overrun by a military vehicle a year and a half ago in the southern province of Kandahar.



    Security and Crime

    Kandahar police say no surge in target killings

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): The deputy police chief on Thursday ruled out an increase in target killings in southern Kandahar province, saying they had been able to prevent such attacks.



    Security and Crime

    Fighters killed by own bombs, banned fertiliser seized

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Three militants were killed when the roadside bombs they were planted exploded prematurely in southern Kandahar province, an official said.



    Agriculture

    Kandahar farmers happy over high grape yield

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Grapes production in southern Kandahar province is experiencing a high output this season, with prices soaring despite limited export facilities, say orchard owners and fruit merchants.



    Kandahar farmers happy over high grape yield

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Grapes production in southern Kandahar province is experiencing a high output this season, with prices soaring despite limited export facilities, say orchard owners and fruit m

    Security and Crime

    With advent of Ramadan, Kandahar security up

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): As the holy month of Ramadan approaches, security had been heightened in the volatile southern province of Kandahar, said an official on Thursday.



    Security and Crime

    Afghan forces take Kandahar City security

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): In the third phase of the transion programme, security of Kandahar City and some districts of the volatile southern province would be transferred from international soldiers to Afghan forces on Wednesday (today, an official said.



    Security and Crime

    6 civilians among 18 killed in Kandahar

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A dozen Taliban insurgents were killed during a fierce gun-battle with police in southern Kandahar province, where six civilians died and five others suffered wounds in two separate roadside bomb blasts, officials said on Monday.