News from Afghanistan

ANP get training in Helmand

Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:34

ANP are being trained in Shorabak ANP Training Center in Helmand province by internal and foreign teachers.

Ten kilometers of road built in two districts of Kandaha

Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:27

Kandahar Public Works Department officials said they have asphalted and constructed 10km roads in 4th and 5th PD of Kandahar city with financial support from the Municipality.

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New Mosque to be built in Lashkargah

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:28

The foundation stone of a great mosque has recently been laid down in Lashkargah center of Helmand by Helmand governor and number of national traders.

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Kandahar Police seize explosive materials

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:14

Kandahar police authorities say that they seized numerous explosive materials from districts and center of Kandahar province.

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Brave youths stand their ground against insurgents in Helmand

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 08:47

Brave youths of Bost village of Helmand province pushed back armed opponents who wanted to burn tractors donated by the USA to the farmers.

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Helmand Agriculture department teaches farmers about the dangers of poppy

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 08:19

The Agriculture Department of Uruzgan conducted a gathering to teach the farmers about the harms of poppy.

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Officials break ground on Marjah school

Monday, 30 August 2010 13:49

The plant of a shovel symbolically transformed a patch of Marjah farmland into a future primary school site during a groundbreaking ceremony in mid-August in Helmand province.

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Mirwais park: a place to enjoy a stroll, chat or swim

Monday, 30 August 2010 13:36

Maryam is seven. Every day she waits eagerly for her father, a government employee, to come home in the evening.

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Some education is better than no education

Monday, 30 August 2010 13:30

Wali Muhammad does not want to be a farmer. This is a recent revelation for the eight-year-old boy in Helmand province.

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Bomb chemicals seized in Kandahar

Monday, 30 August 2010 11:53

The Afghan National Police seized large amounts of ammonium nitrate, a banned substance that is the main ingredient in home-made bombs, in Kandahar province in mid-August.

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27 captives freed from insurgent jail

Monday, 30 August 2010 11:51

Afghan National Security Forces and ISAF special forces conducted an operation in Helmand province in mid-August that resulted in the release of 27 Afghans who had been kidnapped by insurgents.

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Kandahars’ Mirwais hospital: dedicated to children

Monday, 30 August 2010 11:46

Sayed Agha’s small daughter sleeps exhausted in a hospital bed in Kandahar city. She is dehydrated because of days of diarrhoea and vomiting.

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Free medical help

Monday, 30 August 2010 11:44

Nearly 300 Afghan men, women and children took advantage of free medical treatment provided by the government at the Ma’ruf district centre in Kandahar province in mid-August.

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Officials prepare for elections in Zabul

Monday, 30 August 2010 11:40

With less than a month to go before the September 18 parliamentary elections, officials are working hard to make sure voting goes off smoothly.

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New fire fighting trucks for Zabul

Monday, 30 August 2010 11:35

Fire fighters in Zabul province have received new fire fighting trucks from the Ministry of Interior that will make it easier for them to put out blazes.