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    Security and Crime

    Afghanistan, neighbours to fight opium smuggling

    KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran on Monday promised to enhance regional cooperation in countering drug smuggling and narcotics production.



    Security and Crime

    ISI agent among 9 held in Kabul

    KABUL (PAN): Nine individuals, including a member of Pakistan's spy service, the Inter-Service-intelligence (ISI), have been arrested by Afghan security forces in Kabul, a military commander said on Wednesday.



    Security and Crime

    Security report ready for submission to president

    KABUL (PAN): A 150-page draft report on overall security and measures to control the situation would be submitted soon to President Hamid Karzai, the Ministry of Defence announced on Wednesday.



    Business & Economics

    Ministers say they have no right to fix gas prices

    KABUL (PAN): Ministers of economy and finance on Tuesday acknowledged they had no authority to control gas prices, but hoped efforts underway in this regard would yield positive results.



    Governance

    Senate concerns about jirga removed: Yazidyar

    KABUL (PAN): The Meshrano Jirga, or upper house of Parliament, on Sunday said its concerns regarding the traditional tribal assembly's authority and decisions had been resolved.



    Security and Crime

    CJTF prosecutor shot dead

    KABUL (PAN): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a prosecutor of the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) in front of his house in the capital Kabul on Sunday, officials said.



    Security and Crime

    27 insurgents killed, 6 detained: MoI

    KABUL (PAN): Twenty-seven insurgents were killed and six others detained during joint operations over the past 24 hours in different provinces, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Thursday.



    Security and Crime

    Suspected bomber shot dead near Loya Jirga's site

    KABUL (PAN): A suspected suicide attacker was shot dead by security forces near the tent of this week's Loya Jirga on a strategic agreement between Afghanistan and the US, officials said on Monday.



    Business & Economics

    Gas prices to be brought down soon: official

    KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Commerce and Industries on Thursday said the prices of liquefied gas would be brought down soon, after Kabul residents complained about soaring rates of the k



    Security and Crime

    ISAF soldier dies in insurgent attack

    KABUL (PAN): An International Security and Assistance Forces (ISAF) soldier was killed in southern Afghan