AIBAK (PAN): New buildings for two schools, funded by the Japan government and UNICF, were inaugurated in northern Samangan province on Thursday, an official said.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF/AIBAK (PAN): A clash between police and Taliban militants left three Taliban dead in northern Faryab province while in Samangan, two bombs struck an election logistic supplying convoy, officials said on Thursday.
AIBAK (PAN): Security and election officials in northern Samangan province say that serious security measures have been put in place to ensure the September 18 election day passed off peacefully.
AIBAK (PAN): Three employees of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) have been fired for having close links with parliamentary candidates in northern Samangan province, officials said on Wednesday.
AIBAK (PAN): Saffron seeds are being distributed for the first time among farmers in northern Samangan province, in a bid to increase production of the lucrative plant, an official said.
AIBAK (PAN): Fourteen prisoners were released from the central jail in northern Samangan province, in compliance with a presidential decree, officials said on Sunday.