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    Taliban kill 1 policeman, wound 2 others

    BAMIAN/POL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): One policeman was killed and two others wounded when Taliban attacked two police posts on Bamian-Baghlan border, an official said on Thursday.



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    14 guards held over Baghlan jailbreak

    PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Fourteen guards of the central prison in northern Baghlan province have been arrested in connection with a recent jailbreak, an official said on Thursday.



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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.



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    Suicide blast rocks Khost City

    KHOST CITY (PAN): A suicide bombing rocked the capital of southeastern Khost province, bordering the Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region of Kurram, on Thursday.



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    Pul-i-Charkhi inmates continue hunger strike

    KABUL (PAN): "Thousands" of prisoners at the Pul-i-Charkhi detention centre west of Kabul have been on hunger strike over the past five days, with hundreds sewing their mouths shut, some protesting inmates claimed on Wednesday.



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    Takhar man accused of killing daughter

    TALOQAN (PAN): A man has killed his three-month-old daughter in the Rostakh district of northern Takhar province, a resident claimed on Tuesday.



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    Crime Management College being built

    KABUL (PAN): Construction of a permanent Crime Management College for the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) in Kabul has been formally launched, the European Union (EU) Delegation to Afghanistan said on Wednesday.



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    Man plotting to kill Abdullah detained: NDS

    KABUL (PAN): A man has been detained for plotting an assassination attempt on top opposition leader Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Afghan spy service claimed on Wednesday.



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    Police officer among 7 killed in Paktika

    SHARAN (PAN): A police officer was stabbed to death and six militants were killed in separate explosions in the southeastern province of Paktika on Tuesday, officials.