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2 policemen injured, assailant killed in Kandahar city attack

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
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Dec 07, 2018 - 14:30
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Two policemen wounded and an assailant was killed during an attack on police forces in the capital of southern Kandahar province on Friday, officials said. The incident took place when two assailants on a motorcycle opened...
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High raw materials tax hits Kandahar industry output

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Dec 03, 2018 - 17:43
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Traders and industrialists in southern Kandahar province say they are struggling with numerous problems and the government instead of facilitating them is adding to their miseries. They say the government has increased tax...
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Kandahar man gets 2 years in jail for electoral fraud

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadim
On
Nov 19, 2018 - 21:18
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): An appellant court in southern Kandahar province on Monday sentenced a man to two years in jail over fraud in the recent Wolesi Jirga elections and another man to three years over smuggling heroin to India.
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Elections rigged systematically in Kandahar: Candidates

By
Ahmad Bashir Naadem
On
Nov 11, 2018 - 20:23
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Some Wolesi Jirga candidates in southern Kandahar province on Sunday alleged the parliamentary ballot was massively rigged in the province and that they would not accept votes without biometric verification. The candidates...
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Protesting candidates disrupt vote recount in Kandahar

By
Ahmad Bashir Naadem
On
Nov 07, 2018 - 20:40
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Some protesting Wolesi Jirga candidates on Wednesday disrupted inspection and vote recount at 22 polling stations by Independent Electoral Complaints Commission ( IEC ) officials in southern Kandahar province, an official said...
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Kandahar exports 18,000 tons of pomegranates so far this year

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Bashir Ahmad Naadim
On
Nov 06, 2018 - 22:11
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Despite drought and water scarcity, the pomegranate yield in southern Kandahar province is high this season, with 18,000 tons of the fruit going abroad so far. Abdul BaqiBina, Kandahar Chamber of Commerce and Industry head,...
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Kandahar elders support Abdali as presidential candidate

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Ahmad Bashir Naadem
On
Nov 05, 2018 - 19:17
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Some tribal elders in southern Kandahar province on Monday held a gathering to announce they would support Dr. Shiada Abdali if he contested the upcoming presidential election. The elders held the meeting in Aino Mena...
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5,000 deserving families in Kandahar receive food aid

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Nov 04, 2018 - 15:34
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The distribution process of food aid to 5,000 families affected by poverty has been started in districts and capital of southern Kandahar province, an official said Sunday. The aid is provided by the World Food Program (WFP...
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Kandahar produces 150,000 tons of pomegranates

By
Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Oct 29, 2018 - 19:55
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Agriculture , Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Monday said southern Kandahar province produced 150,000 tons of pomegranates this year.
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Overall elections were a success in Kandahar: Observer

By
Basher Ahmad Naadim
On
Oct 28, 2018 - 20:29
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Though some problems and violations marred the Wolesi Jirga elections in southern Kandahar province, yet the overall process was a success in the province, an election observer said Sunday. Ziba, an election observer in...
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In Kandahar, Haji Abdullah says he votes for change

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Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Oct 28, 2018 - 18:06
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Displaced and disabled 65-years-old Haji Abdullah, a resident of southern Kandahar province, says he cast his vote in the Wolesi Jirga elections for change in his country. The physically challenged man, who cast his vote at...
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Kandaharis vote in Wolesi Jirga polls without incident

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Oct 27, 2018 - 20:13
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The week-long delayed voting in the Wolesi Jirga elections concluded in southern Kandahar province without a security incident occurring on Saturday, the acting governor said.
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Technical problems plague some Kandahar polling sites

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Oct 27, 2018 - 16:27
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Despite technical problems at polling stations, a large number of people on Saturday participated in the Wolesi Jirga elections in southern Kandahar province. The Wolesi Jirga elections were delayed for a week in Kandahar...
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Technical issues during voting to be resolved immediately: Governor

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Oct 27, 2018 - 15:38
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Acting Kandahar Governor Abdul Hanan Munib on Saturday visited some polling stations and assured that technical issues in the way of voting process would be resolved soon. Wolesi Jirga elections in Kandahar province...
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Gen. Raziq’s killer appointed under fake name, guarantee

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Ahmad Bashir Naadem
On
Oct 22, 2018 - 20:01
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Spymaster Mohammad Masoum Stanikzai said on Monday the killer of Kandahar police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq had been appointed as the governor’s security guard with fake National ID card and personal guarantee. Gen. Raziq and...
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‘One of two Kandahar attack plotters flees to Pakistan’

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Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Oct 21, 2018 - 16:10
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): One of the two main perpetrators behind the insider’s attack in which Kandahar police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq was killed has fled to Pakistan, an official said on Sunday. Haji Agha Lalai Dastagiri, advisor to the Kandahar...
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Wolesi Jirga election postponed in Kandahar for a week

By
Hakim Basharat
On
Oct 19, 2018 - 13:48
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Presidential Palace on Friday said the Wolesi Jirga or lower house election has been delayed in southern Kandahar province for a week. Shah Hussain Murtazavi, spokesman to the president, said on his twitter account that the...
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Kandahar candidates fear biometrics may not prevent rigging

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Oct 14, 2018 - 17:15
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Some Wolesi Jirga candidates from southern Kandahar province say they are concerned about the conduct of the upcoming elections and raised questions about the vote’s transparency. The candidates attended a joint meeting with...
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Afghan, Pakistani forces clash over border fence

By
Ahmad Bashir Naadem
On
Oct 14, 2018 - 16:48
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Afghan and Pakistani border forces engaged in an armed clash over building a fence along the Durand Line on Sunday, local officials in southern Kandahar province said. Kandahar police spokesman, Zia Durani, told Pajhwok...
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2 killed, 16 injured in Kandahar roadside blast

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadim
On
Oct 05, 2018 - 13:36
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Two young girls were killed and 16 others civilians wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Zheri district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Friday.
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