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    Khost

    Security and Crime

    Khost council office closed for security fears

    KHOST CITY (PAN): The provincial council office in southeastern Khost province was closed by its members on Monday, saying most of police guards keeping security for the office had been called back to their headquarters.



    Education

    Khost schools get new buildings

    KHOST CITY (PAN): Two newly-constructed schools, benefitting 1,500 boys and girls, were on Thursday inaugurated in southeastern Khost province.



    Security and Crime

    New building for NDS attorney's office opens

    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.



    Accidents & Disasters

    Floods kill 2, wash away crops in Khost

    KHOST CITY (PAN): Two people were killed and thousands of acres of farmland destroyed by floods in southeast Khost province, an official said on Monday.



    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.



    Governance

    Anti-Pakistan rallies staged in Kapisa, Khost

    MAHMOOD RAQI/KHOST CITY (PAN): Thousands of people staged a protest in central Kapisa province on Monday, condemning Pakistan’s attack on Afghanistan and showed their willingness to defend the country.



    Social

    Slain soldier’s family gets cash support

    KHOST CITY (PAN): Family members of Muhammad Qasim, a soldier killed in a clash with Pakistani forces in eastern Nangarhar province, received cash support from tribesmen in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Saturday.



    Security and Crime

    Intelligence official killed in Khost gun attack

    KHOST CITY (PAN): A district intelligence chief was killed during a gun attack by the Taliban in southeastern Khost province late on Thursday, officials said.



    Security and Crime

    Paktia elder killed, his wife injured in operation

    KHOST CITY (PAN): Foreign troops killed a tribal elder and injured his wife and detained four other people during an operation in the southeastern province of Paktia, an official said on Wednesday.



    Health

    Specialization programme for doctors launched

    KHOST CITY (PAN): A specialization programme for doctors was launched at a ceremony in southeastern Khost province on Thursday, officials said.