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    Business & Economics

    Ex-ANA officers protest for plots

    KABUL CITY (PAN): The Afghan National Army (ANA) officers who were sent on early retirement staged a protest, blocking doors of the finance ministry for not implementing a Cabinet decision on distribution of residential plots to them, officials said on Saturday.



    Security and Crime

    Afghan Air Force needs modern equipment: Karimi

    KABUL CITY (PAN): The Chief of Army Staff Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi on Thursday said Afghan air force needed modern equipment to effectively deal with any foreign aggression.



    Security and Crime

    579 civilians killed in four months: UNAMA

    KABUL (PAN): A top United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) official said about 579 civilians had been killed in the first four months of this year and most of the killings were carried out by militants.



    Governance

    Czech Republic vows continued cooperation

    KABUL CITY (PAN): Czech Republic Defence Minister Dr Alexander Vondra, who arrived in Kabul on Tuesday, said his country’s assistance to Afghanistan beyond 2014 will remain focused on training and equipping Afghan security forces.    



    Culture

    Newly proposed media law to create problems: Nai

    KABUL (PAN): A media supporting organistaion, Nai, on Monday accused the Ministry of Information and Culture of trying to enforce a new media law that could create many problems for the i



    Security and Crime

    Air force needs urgent makeover: MoD

    KABUL CITY (PAN): The Defense Ministry raised concerns over the country’s air force capabilities, saying that 15 transportation airplanes given by the United States were obsolete and could not be used, the president office said in a statement.



    Governance

    May consider Taliban's reasonable conditions: Fahim

    KABUL CITY (PAN): Afghanistan’s first vice president on Sunday said that government was ready to meet Taliban's reasonable conditions, but the leader of the National Front described the Taliban as a terrorist group and killers of Jihadi leaders. 



    Security and Crime

    3 policemen jailed for misleading court

    KABUL CITY (PAN): Three policemen of the 9th police district in Kabul were sentenced from one to five years in jail for misleading a court in an alcohol smuggler’s arrest case, the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said on Saturday.



    Governance

    Karzai govt. blamed for failing to keep promises

    KABUL CITY (PAN): The Right and Justice Party on Wednesday said though the Chicago Summit outcome could not fully meet expectations of Afghan people, its decisions guaranteed overcoming security concerns after 2014.



    Security and Crime

    Protestors want Logar, Helmand governors fired

    KABUL (PAN): People coming all the way from Helmand and Logar provinces on Wednesday staged separate protest demonstrations against their provincial governors in the central capital Kabul.