KABUL (PAN): The governor of southeastern Paktia province on Thursday said the withdrawal of most of combat foreign troops by the end of 2014 from Afghanistan would positively impact the country's overall security situation.
GARDEZ (PAN): Thousands of kilograms of drugs and hundreds of litres of alcohol were destroyed in the southeastern province of Paktia on Wednesday, officials said.
KABUL (PAN): Three senior officials of southeastern Paktia province have been sacked due to their inefficiency, a spokesman for the provincial governor said on Tuesday.
SHARAN (PAN): A woman has given birth toquadruplets in the civil hospital in Sharan, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, doctors said on Monday.
GARDEZ (PAN): Twenty-three schools have been closed due to insecurity and a shortage of trained teachers in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Wednesday.
GARDEZ (PAN): Four children of a family were burnt to death after a gas cylinder blast in the Ahmadabad district of southeastern Paktia province, a doctor said on Monday.
GARDEZ (PAN): Two people were killed and 16 others wounded on Saturday when their vehicle flipped over on the Paktia-Khost highway in the southeastern province, officials said.
