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    ANA soldier, 5 militants killed in Badakhshan clash

    by TanhaonMay 16, 2012 - 15:24

    FAIZABAD (PAN): Five Taliban militants, including their commander, and an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier were killed during a clash in the Wurdoj district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Wednesday.

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    Business & Economics

    Afghan firm cries foul over US contract

    by Muhammad Hassan Khetab & TanhaonMay 13, 2012 - 17:40

    FAIZABAD (PAN):  An Afghan construction company alleged that a US firm failed to comply with its contract over building project and have been sidelined without proper notice.

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    Reconstruction

    Work on key road launched in Badakhshan

    by TanhaonApr 22, 2012 - 19:22

    FAIZABAD (PAN): Construction work on a 75-kilomentre road was launched in northeastern Badakhshan province on Sunday, officials said.

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    Security and Crime

    98 rebels lay down arms

    by Obaid Ghori & TanhaonApr 18, 2012 - 19:31

    CHAGHCHARAN (PAN): Ninety-eight insurgents joined the government-initiated reconciliation programme in western Ghor and northeastern Badakhshan provinces on Wednesday, officials said.

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    Education

    Residents donate land to edu institute

    by TanhaonApr 18, 2012 - 15:09

    FAIZABAD (PAN): Residents of the Baharak district of northeastern Badakhshan province have donated 10 acres of land to a newly-established education institute that was inaugurated on Wednesday, officials said.

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    Landslides displace 123 Badakhshan families

    by TanhaonApr 4, 2012 - 16:11

    FAIZABAD (PAN): At least 123 families have been displaced by landslides as heavy snow started melting in the Zibak district of northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Wednesday.

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    Accidents & Disasters

    21 bodies retrieved in avalanche-hit village

    by TanhaonMar 24, 2012 - 16:05

    FIAZABAD (PAN): Twenty one bodies were retrieved from a fatal avalanche by residents and rescuers in northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Saturday.

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    Accidents & Disasters

    New avalanches wreck havoc in Badakhshan

    by TanhaonMar 17, 2012 - 19:13

    FAIZABAD (PAN): Two people were killed and hundreds of domestic animals perished as heavy snow avalanches swept away 25 houses in the Kofab district of northern Badakhshan province, the scene of several such incidents this winter, officials said on Saturday.

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    Accidents & Disasters

    44 dead, hundreds trapped in Badakhshan snow

    by Khwaja Basir Ahmad & TanhaonMar 7, 2012 - 17:09

    KABUL/FAIZABAD (PAN): Wolesi Jirga members, representing northern Badakhshan province, on Wednesday said that hundreds of people remained buried under heavy snow after a massive avalanche killed at least 44 people in the rugged mountainous region.

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    40 Badakhshan families face landslide threats

    by TanhaonFeb 29, 2012 - 19:14

    FAIZABAD (PAN): Forty families are under threat of landslides in Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Wednesday.  

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