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    Pre-poll violence in Pakistan claims more lives

    KABUL (PAN): Gunmen opened fire on an election rally in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday, killing two people and wounding three others, a media report said.



    Security and Crime

    16 rebels killed, many wounded

    KABUL (PAN): As many as 16 insurgents were killed and several others were wounded during separate incidents of violence in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday.



    Education

    Cabinet orders entry test preparation courses

    KABUL (PAN):  The Cabinet has asked the Ministry of Higher Education to conduct one-year preparation course for 12th grade graduates in insecure and less developed provinces in the lead up to annual nationwide university entrance test.



    Governance

    Hagel confirmed as US defense secretary

    KABUL (PAN): Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran, was confirmed as US secretary of defense late on Tuesday when the Senate finally ended a Republican filibuster and voted on his nomination after a 1



    Security and Crime

    Foreign soldier killed in IED attack

    KABUL (PAN): An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service member was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in southern Afghanistan on Friday, the alliance said.



    Business & Economics

    India renews commitment to gas project

     KABUL (PAN): India has reiterated its strong commitment to the execution of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project by 2017, a media report said on Wednesday.<



    Security and Crime

    15 suspected militants captured

     

    JALALABAD (PAN): Fifteen suspected militants were captured in a joint search operation by the Afghan army and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, the alliance said.



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    Karzai warns against delay in prisoners’ transfer

    KABUL (PAN): Any delay in the transfer Bagram jail inmates to local authorities would be a serious violation of a recent memorandum of understanding between Afghanistan and the United States, President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday.



    Security and Crime

    ISAF rules out operations inside Pakistan

    KABUL (PAN): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has rejected some Afghan media reports that NATO-led troops were planning to conduct joint operations with the Pakistani military inside that country.



    Security and Crime

    CJTF convicts 12 drug traffickers

    KABUL (PAN): The Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) had convicted 12 drug traffickers and awarded them jail sentences ranging from 10 to 20 years, an official said on Saturday.