KABUL (PAN): More than 2,000 residents of Dehsabz district on Wednesday staged a violent protest against the no-payment of their land seized by the government, officials said.
JALALABAD (PAN): One policeman was killed and 10 others, including civilians, were injured in two back-to-back explosions in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, official and witnesses said.
KABUL (PAN): The Taliban on Tuesday announced the release of the remaining Turkish engineers they had kidnapped last month in central Logar province -- two days after four of the hostages were freed in Nangarhar.
KANDAHAR/KABUL (PAN): Four NATO soldiers were killed by a home-made bomb that ripped through their vehicle in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, an official said.
KHOST CITY (PAN): Governor Abdul Jabbar Naeemi on Tuesday inaugurated a newly-constructed building for the attorney's office at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Department in southeastern Khost province.
ZARANJ (PAN): Thousands of people on Tuesday emerged on roads in southwestern Nimroz province, strongly condemning Pakistani attacks on Afghan posts in the east earlier this month and killing Afghans by the Iranians near the western border.
HERAT CITY (PAN): Up to 50 villages have been cleared of insurgents as a result of a major military offensive simultaneously being conducted in four western provinces, an official said on Tuesday.
