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AGO says Arghand’s killers sentenced to death

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Pajhwok Report
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Apr 16, 2019 - 20:43
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Attorney General Office (AGO) on Tuesday said the murderers of Kabul News TV journalist Abdul Manan Arghand have been sentenced to death. In a statement, the AGO said Arghand, a local reporter with Kabul New TV, had been...
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In Kandahar, 176 villages without healthcare coverage

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Apr 16, 2019 - 19:56
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Public health department officials in southern Kandahar province said on Tuesday they have identified around 176 remote villages in the province that needed healthcare coverage. They say from 300 to 5,000 people live in these...
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4 Romanian soldiers wounded in Kandahar IED blast

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Pajhwok
On
Apr 13, 2019 - 19:11
KABUL (Pajhwok): Four Romanian soldiers were wounded in a blast caused by an improvised explosive device in southern Kandahar province on Saturday, the country’s Defense Ministry said. The soldiers were in mission in Kandahar and were further...
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ANA chopper crashes in Kandahar; 2 pilots injured

By
Bashir Ahmad Nadem.
On
Apr 10, 2019 - 11:39
KABUL (Pajhwok): Two pilots were wounded as an Afghan National Army (ANA) helicopter crashed in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday. Maj. Sadiq Esa, deputy commander of the 205 th Atal Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took...
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In Kandahar, 493m afs set aside for 434 projects under NSP

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadim
On
Apr 06, 2019 - 18:44
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): More than 435 million afghanis have been set aside for 434 projects, including 104 school buildings, in southern Kandahar province under the National Solidarity Program (NSP), officials said on Saturday. NSP spokesman in Kandahar...
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Kandahar, Herat sign mutual cooperation agreements

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Bashir Ahmad Nadem.
On
Apr 04, 2019 - 15:35
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Mutual cooperation agreements in various fields were inked on Thursday between the municipalities of southern Kandahar and western Herat provinces. The cooperation agreements were signed in areas of culture, economic,...
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Kandaharis share demands, concerns with Khalilzad

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadim
On
Apr 02, 2019 - 20:23
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): US special envoy for Afghanistan peace Zalmay Khalilzad held separate meetings with officials, women and youth regarding the peace process after arriving in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday morning.
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Khalilzad in Kandahar to confer on peace-related issues

By
Ahmad Bashir Naadem
On
Apr 02, 2019 - 19:46
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): US special envoy for Afghanistan peace Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday morning to discuss issues concerning the peace negotiations, an official said. Aziz Ahmad Azizi, the governor’s...
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Bid to smuggle heroin to India foiled at Kandahar airport

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadim
On
Mar 31, 2019 - 20:15
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Intelligence forces have arrested four persons over allegedly attempting to smuggle narcotics in their stomachs to India at the airport in southern Kandahar province. In a statement, the governor’s house said the four persons,...
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Kandahar dry, fresh fruit exports up by 40pc

By
Ahmad Bashir Naadem
On
Mar 31, 2019 - 16:58
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): More than 120,000 tonnes of dry and fresh fruits worth $180 million have been exported to foreign countries from southern Kandahar province last year, registering a 40 percent increase over the previous year, an official...
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13 Taliban, 4 police killed in Kandahar clashes

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Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Mar 30, 2019 - 14:58
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): At least 13 Taliban militants and four police personnel have been killed in two separate incidents of violence in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Saturday. Another 12 insurgents and two policemen were wounded...
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Kandahar exports pomegranates worth $8.8m this season

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Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Mar 27, 2019 - 16:58
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Above 40,000 tonnes of pomegranates worth $8.8 million have been exported from southern Kandahar province to Pakistan and India, officials said on Wednesday. Kandahar Chamber of Commerce and Industry deputy head Eng. Abdu...
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Govt orders probe into Kandahar, Helmand incidents

By
Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Mar 24, 2019 - 15:56
KABUL (Pajhwok): The National Security Council (NSC) has ordered investigation into recent explosions in southern Helmand and the assassination of a former parliamentarian in Kandahar provinces. A statement from the NSC received by Pajhwok Afghan...
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Hundreds of unpaid Kandahar teachers go on strike

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Mar 23, 2019 - 18:56
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Hundreds of contractual school teachers on Saturday went on strike in the capital of southern Kandahar province against the delay in payment of their salaries. The teachers gathered in front of Ahmad Shah Baba High School in...
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Roadside blast in Kandahar leaves 1 civilian dead, 4 injured

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Mar 22, 2019 - 15:22
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): One person was killed and four others injured in a blast in the Shawalikot district of southern Kandahar province on Friday, an official said
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A year on, Kandahar hospital awaits inauguration

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Mar 17, 2019 - 17:59
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): One year after its construction, a 350-bed government hospital in southern Kandahar province is yet to be inaugurated. The hospital building, spreading over 87 acres of land in Aino Mina area of Kandahar City, was...
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Kandahar border police without pay for 3 months

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Mar 13, 2019 - 16:49
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Border police personnel in southern Kandahar province have not received salary for the last three months or so, negatively impacting their economic situation. The border police forces say they are deeply concerned about the...
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Floods: Kandahar livestock, industry incur millions of afghanis loss

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Mar 10, 2019 - 16:19
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Recent heavy rains and flash floods have caused millions of afghanis losses to the livestock and industry besides crops and residential homes in southern Kandahar province. Officials say the livestock suffered 63 million...
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Ghani says will give up life but not Afghan forces

By
Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Mar 10, 2019 - 15:47
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has said he is ready to pay the ultimate sacrifice but would not let the Afghan forces to be dissolved and those thinking so should rethink. A statement from the Presidential Palace received by Pajhwok Afghan...
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‘Extra water maybe released from filled Dahla Dam soon’

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Mar 09, 2019 - 20:05
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Recent heavy rains have 98 percent filled up the Dahla dam in southern Kandahar province and it seems the dam’s spillway would be opened to flush out excessive water over the next one week. The dam, the second largest in...
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