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    1 dead in Paktika suicide attack

    SHARAN (PAN): One civilian was killed and seven others were wounded in a suicide bombing in the Sarobi district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said.



    Security and Crime

    Paktika tribal elder gunned down

    SHARANA (PAN): Insurgents stormed the house of a tribal elder and shot him dead in southeastern Paktika province, the governor's office said on Sunday.



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    3 insurgents blown up by own explosives

    GHAZNI CITY/ SHARAN (PAN): Three Taliban insurgents were killed and as many others wounded when the explosive device they were planting in the Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province went off prematurely, an official said on Monday.



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    Paktika residents seek ALP deployment

    SHARAN (PAN): Residents on Sunday demanded the deployment of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) force to the Mata Khan district and Sharan, the capital of southeastern Paktika province.



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    Rebel leader killed in Paktika clash

    SHARAN (PAN): One regional Taliban commander was killed and another wounded during a clash with security personnel in southeastern Paktika province on Friday.



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    Ex-district chief killed in suicide attack

    SHARAN (PAN): Three civilians were killed and seven others, including two policemen, wounded in a suicide attack in the Janikhel district bazaar in southeastern Paktika province on Sunday, officials said.



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    9 injured in Paktika blast

    KABUL (PAN): Six civilians and three local policemen were injured in a bomb blast that ripped through a shop in a bazaar in the Shakin district of southeastern Paktika province on Saturday, an official said.



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    2 children die as rocket hits home in Paktika

    SHARAN/TALOQAN (PAN): Two children were killed and as many sustained injuries when a Taliban-fired rocket hit their home in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Thursday. Elsewhere, a tribal elder was gunned down in northern Takhar province.



    Education

    Unpaid Paktika teachers boycott classes

    SHARANA (PAN): More teachers on Tuesday boycotted classes in government-run schools in southeastern Paktika province to protest non-payment of salaries.



    Security and Crime

    3 police killed in Paktika blast

    SHARAN (PAN): Three local policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in the southeastern province of Paktika, an official said on Tuesday.