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    Kandahar

    Security and Crime

    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.



    Security and Crime

    Taliban planned Maiwand protest: investigators

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): An investigation team on Wednesday said a protest demonstration that left 20 people killed and wounded in the Maiwand town of Kandahar province had been planned by the armed opposition.



    Security and Crime

    20 prisoners freed from Kunduz jail

    KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Twenty prisoners were released from the central jail of northern Kunduz province in compliance with a presidential decree issued on Mujahidin Victory Day, an official said on Wednesday.



    Business & Economics

    5 factories added to Kandahar industrial park

    KADAHAR CITY (PAN): With the establishment of five more factories at the industrial park in southern Kandahar province, a number of people have found work opportunities, overcoming their financial woes, an official said on Tuesday.



    Security and Crime

    10 civilians dead in blast condemned by Karzai

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Ten civilians were killed in a roadside bombing in southern Kandahar province on Monday, an official said.



    Security and Crime

    Panjwai offensive leaves 8 rebels dead

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A Taliban commander and seven of his associates have been killed during an ongoing operation aimed at driving insurgents from three villages of the Panjwai district in southern Kandahar province, police said on Saturday.



    Governance

    Anti-Pakistan protests continue

    KABUL (PAN): Hundreds of people, including the disabled, continued protests against Pakistan in Kabul, Baghlan and Kunduz provinces for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday, officials said.



    Security and Crime

    Policeman among 3 killed in Kandahar

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A border policeman and two insurgents have been killed in a clash in the Shurabak district of southern Kandahar province, officials said on Saturday.



    Social

    Panjwai uprising members want schools, clinics

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Members of the public uprising in Panjwai district on Monday asked the government to establish schools, health clinics and initiate reconstruction and job-creating projects in the restive town.



    Accidents & Disasters

    45 dead in Kandahar bus-tanker collision

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Forty-five people were killed and several others wounded in a road crash on the Kandahar-Helmand highway on Friday morning, officials said.