AIBAK (PAN): The Swedish ambassador promised on Monday his country would continue supporting Afghanistan beyond 2014 when all foreign troops are scheduled to pull out.
AIBAK (PAN): Residents of Samangan complain Internet prices are too high and net cafes too few in the northern province, but officials concerned insist on the availability of improved services.
TALOQAN/AIBAK (PAN): Heavy snowfall has blocked several roads connecting 80 villages in two districts of northern Takhar and Samangan provinces, officials said on Wednesday.
AIBAK (PAN): More than 200 schools were provided with modern equipment as part of efforts at improving educational standards in northern Samangan province, officials said on Sunday.
AIBAK (PAN): Two people were killed and as many others injured when a fuel tanker collided with a car overnight in northern Samangan province, an official said on Monday.
AIBAK (PAN): Two oil carrying tankers were torched after a collision that left one of the tankers' drivers dead in northern Samangan province, a senior traffic official said on Monday.
AIBAK (PAN): A district chief escaped unhurt in a bomb blast that wounded an intelligence official in northern Samangan province on Wednesday, an official said on Wednesday.
AIBAK (PAN): A newly-constructed building for the district police headquarters has been inaugurated in northern Samangan province, officials said on Sunday.
AIBAK (PAN): Eight Afghan citizens were killed by Tajik forces after they crossed the border into the neighbouring country from northern Samangan province, residents said on Wednesday, but local officials expressed unawareness about the incident.
