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    BALKH, Mar 1, 2011: Students sit in university entrance test in northern Balkh province. Around 2000 students attended the test, an official said. 

    BALKH, Mar 1, 2011: Students sit in university entrance test in northern Balkh province. Around 2000 students attended the test, an official said. 

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    HR activists concerned at women's jail conditions

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Women rights activists said on Sunday they were "deeply concerned" over living conditions in prisons for females in northern Afghanistan.



    Security and Crime

    13 fighters including commanders surrender

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): A 13-member insurgent group, including two commanders, surrendered to the government in northern Faryab province, officials said on Sunday.



    MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Feb 28, 2011: Swedish ambassador to Afghanistan Bringeus along with Col. Nilsson commander of Swedish provincial reconstruction team (PRT) address a news conference here on Monday.

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Feb 28, 2011: Swedish ambassador to Afghanistan Bringeus along with Col.

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Feb 28, 2011: Swedish ambassador to Afghanistan Bringeus along with Col. Nilsson commander of Swedish provincial reconstruction team (PRT) address a news conference here on Monday.

    Security and Crime

    Foreign troops survive bomb attack in Balkh

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): International forces escaped unhurt in a bomb attack that damaged a small bridge in northern Balkh province on Saturday, officials said.



    Business & Economics

    Revenue of Balkh municipality increased to 300m afghanis

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Northern Balkh province collected 300 million afghanis ($6.65 million) in revenue in the first 11 months of the Afghan financial year, nearly double the amount it collected in



    Governance

    Swedish soldiers to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN: Swedish forces will remain in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 date NATO has set for its transition to an Afghan-led security force, a Swedish official said on Monday.