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    Reconstruction

    Building starts on first orphanage in Panjsher

    PARAKH (PAN): Work on the first orphanage in central Panjsher province started on Monday, officials said.



    Reconstruction

    Returnees receive land in Parwan

    CHARIKAR (PAN): Plots of land are being distributed to nearly 1,026 families who have returned from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran to Barikab town of Bagram district in central Parwan province, an



    Reconstruction

    Families benefit from projects in Maidan Wardak

    MAIDAN SHAR (PAN): Hundreds of families will benefit from more than a dozen reconstruction projects recently completed in the central province of Maidan Wardak, officials said on Sunday.



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    Gunmen shoot dead imam in Parwan

    CHARIKAR (PAN): Unknown gunmen shot dead a prayer leader inside a mosque in Charikar, the provincial capital of central Parwan province, officials said on Friday.



    Security and Crime

    Counterterrorism police officer dies in accident

    CHARIKAR (PAN): The counterterrorism police chief for the Jabalus Saraj district of central Parwan province was killed in a traffic accident on Tuesday, officials said.



    Reconstruction

    UAE renovates 24 Parwan mosques

    CHARIKAR (PAN): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has renovated 24 mosques and assisted religious scholars in central Parwan province, an official said on Sunday.



    Security and Crime

    Two Pakistanis among six killed in Parwan strike

    CHARIKAR (PAN): Six militants, including two Pakistanis, have been killed in a bombardment by the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in central Parwan province, an official said on Sun



    Education,Culture

    Thousands continue Quran burning protests

    MAHMOOD RAQI/CHARIKAR (PAN): Thousands of people in central Afghanistan protested for a second day on Saturday, warning that if a Florida church went ahead with its plan to burn copies of the Quran it could spark a holy war against foreigners in the country.



    Security and Crime

    Female candidates in Parwan say they are threatened

    CHARIKAR (PAN): Women standing in the September 18 parliamentary election accuse their rival candidates in central Parwan province of pretending to be insurgents to threaten them.



    Health

    Agriculture officials seek plots

    CHARIKAR (PAN): Hundreds of agriculture officials in central Parwan province on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against a jihadi leader and accused him of snatching the land plots allotted to them by the president.