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    MRRD training institute opens in Kabul

    KABUL (PAN): A training institute of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) was inaugurated in the capital Kabul on Sunday.



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    NATO plane makes hard-landing in Logar

    KABUL (PAN): A C-130 plane with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) made a hard landing in central Logar province on Sunday, but there were no casualties, the alliance said.



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    Fresh violence claims 18 lives

    KABUL (PAN): Six local policemen were among 18 people killed in separate incidents of violence in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday.



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    Bike explodes in Sar-i-Pul, no one hurt

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): A motorcycle exploded with a big bang after caching fire in a car parking facility at the governor's house in northern Sar-i-Pul province, but no one was hurt, police said on Sunday.



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    13 dead in new violence

    KABUL (PAN): Nine Taliban insurgents and four border policemen were killed during separate incidents in Uruzgan and Nangarhar provinces, officials said on Sunday.



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    Takhar-Badakhshan road reopens after protest

    TALOQAN (PAN): A major highway in northern Takhar province was reopened 10 hours after it was closed by hundreds of people protesting against the appointment of a former mayor as the provincial police chief.



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    Tajikistan hands over 14 Afghan prisoners

    KABUL (PAN): Fourteen Afghan prisoners, who had been languishing in Tajikistan‘s prisons, have been handed over to Afghan authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.



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    Casualties as police, Taliban clash in Lashkargah

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Two Taliban fighters were killed and five policemen injured during a clash in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Sunday, an official said.



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    Islamabad behind Kandahar blasts: Patyal

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Deputy Governor Abdul Qayyum Patyal on Saturday accused Pakistan of masterminding two back-to-back bomb blasts that killed nine people and injured 64 others in southern Kandahar province.