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Presidential vote: Kandahar IECC records 106 complaints...

By: Bashir Ahmad Nadem , Date:01/10/2019

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Complaints Commission (IECC)’s regional office in southern Kandahar province says it has received 106 complaints about the Saturday’s presidential election. Ashan G... Read More

4 Kunduz districts miss voter registration process

By: Ajmal kakar , Date:26/06/2019

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): The voter registration process could not be conducted in four districts of northern Kunduz province owing to insecurity, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) regional office said o... Read More

Wolesi Jirga candidate killed in Kandahar blast

By: Bashir Ahmad Nadem , Date:04/03/2019

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A Wolesi Jirga candidate from southern Kandahar province Asadullah Mashouri was killed in a magnetic bomb blast on Monday, an official said. Aziz Ahmad Azizi, the governor’s spoke... Read More

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): NATO commander Gen. Campbell on Tuesday announced handing over Kandahar airport installations to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).
Spread on a 10 kilometres square area, the security installations included a warehouse, a mechanical complex and cold storage, said Samim Khpalwak, the governor’s spokesman.
He said Governor Toryali Weesa a long with foreign affairs director Abdul Nafi Sana and Gen. Campbell visited the site. Campbell said the installations would be given soon to the Afghan forces.

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The provincial council chief escaped unhurt in a suicide attack in southern Kandahar City on Sunday morning, an official said.

A child was wounded in the bomb attack that happened in the Aino Mina area of the city at about 10am, the Kandahar governor’s spokesman said.

Samim Khpalwak told Pajhwok Afghan News that a white Corolla car was used for the bombing. The attacker, who was being chased by police, detonated the explosives-laden car in a square.

Public representative escapes unhurt in suicide attack

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Condemning insurgents’ attacks on residents of Dangam district of eastern Kunar province, the Kandahar provincial council (PC) on Thursday asked the government to increase the number of security forces in the troubled town.
The public representatives held a special meeting in this southern city of Kandahar to discuss the situation in Dangam and express solidarity with families of the victims.

KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): The new provincial council chief on Thursday vowed to take solid steps towards improving security, bringing reforms to government entities, fighting corruption and resuming development activities in southern Kandahar province.
In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Haji Syed Jan Khakrezwal said the numerical strength of Kandahar provincial council members had been increased this time and all the members would work hard to carry forward their affairs in more effectively way than the past.