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    Governance

    12,000 women to check female voters on voting day

    KABUL (PAN): As many as 12,000 women, including schoolteachers, will be on hand to check women going into polling stations on September 18, the day of the parliamentary election.



    Security and Crime

    Karzai orders probe into reporter's killing

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai ordered on Monday an investigation into the death of deputy head of Afghan Journalists' Association, Sayed Hamid Noori.



    Security and Crime

    Three militants killed, 15 arrested

    KABUL (PAN): Three militants have been killed and 15 others arrested during separate operations by Afghan and coalition forces in different provinces, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.



    Security and Crime

    Threefold increase in number of drug smugglers held this year

    KABUL (PAN): The number of people arrested on the charge of drug smuggling has registered a threefold increase during the past five months against the same period last year, an interior ministry official said on Monday.



    Security and Crime

    Threefold increase in number of drug smugglers held this year

    KABUL (PAN): The number of people arrested on the charge of drug smuggling has registered a threefold increase during the past five months against the same period last year, an interior ministry official said on Monday.



    Security and Crime

    Student poisoning incidents to be probed

    KABUL (PAN): Interior and public health ministries will jointly investigate recent poisoning incidents in Kabul schools, officials said on Sunday.



    Security and Crime

    Militant-linked violence dropped, says Bashari

    KABUL (PAN): As many as 917 people, including civilians, police and Taliban fighters, have been killed, and 801 wounded in 691 roadside bomb explosions and guerrilla attacks, the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday.



    Security and Crime

    Cable operators violating IEC campaign rule

    KABUL (PAN): Some private cable operators, campaigning for parliamentary candidates, are violating the procedure set by the Independent Election Commission (IEC), contenders said on Sunday.



    Security and Crime

    Son of refugee minister set free

    KABUL (PAN): The son of a government minister kidnapped 10 days ago has been freed in Kabul and two suspects arrested, a police official said on Wednesday.



    Security and Crime

    Taliban attack Shakardara district of Kabul

    KABUL (PAN): Taliban fighters fired rockets at the Shakardara district of Kabul overnight, but caused no casualties, official said on Wednesday.