QALAT/KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Hundreds of people on Sunday rallied against Islamabad, burning Pakistani flags and effigies of some of its leaders in southern Afghanistan.
QALAT (PAN): Eight civilians, including four women, were killed when a roadside bomb ripped through a tractor-trolley in the Sewri district of southern Zabul early on Monday, police said.
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Zabul High Peace Council head Mohammad Daud Gulzar said on Monday he had resigned due to the provincial administration’s meddling in his affairs.
QALAT (PAN): A senior information and culture official on Monday warned around 18 ancient sites, mostly shrines of saints, were on the verge of irreparable loss and destruction in southern Zabul province.
QALAT (PAN): Authorities in southern Zabul province, complaining of a shortage of qualified public health staff, say nurses are working instead of doctors at hospitals in three districts.
QALAT (PAN): Up to 25 schools, previously closed for security reasons, have reopened over the past one year in southern Zabul province, where another 133 schools remain shut due to a lack of interest by the residents concerned, a senior education official said on Friday.
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Hundreds of residents on Monday staged a protest in Qalat, the capital of southern Zabul province, against nighttime raids by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers.
QALAT (PAN): A public representative and his nephew were killed on Monday when the car they were traveling in crashed into another vehicle in the Shahr-i-Safa district of southern Zabul province, an official said.
