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    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.



    Governance

    No decision yet on post-2014 troop presence: Bildt

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Thursday said his country spent $150 million annually on Afghanistan's development through the European Union (EU).



    Security and Crime

    175 acres cleared of poppies in Kandahar

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Nearly two hundreds of acres of land was cleared of poppy crops and 22 people were detained as part of an anti-poppy campaign in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Sunday.



    Business & Economics

    PIA halts Kandahar-Quetta flights

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has stopped flights between Kandahar and Quetta apparently due to fewer passengers using the aging fleet, officials said on Thursday.



    Security and Crime

    Ex-Bagram detainee mines road

    BAMYAN CITY (PAN): A former Bagram inmate has heavily mined part of the Daikundi-Kandahar road in central Daikundi province blocking traffic movement over the last four days, residents and officials said on Thursday.



    Security and Crime

    Civilian casualties on the rise: UNAMA

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Civilians casualties in the conflict over the past three months show an upsurge, compared with figures for the same period last year that saw a 12 percent decline, a UN official said on Monday.



    Security and Crime

    Taliban-designated district chief killed

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A Taliban-designated district chief has been killed along with five associates in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Sunday.