The mayor of Kandahar, Mohammad Omar Omar, recently initiated a city-wide program to, firstly, name all the new streets, and, secondly, put street signs and house numbers on prominent places.

Afghan security and foreign forces have seized six suicide vests and weapons in the Shah Walikot district of southern Kandahar province, officials said Wednesday.

Resident of Andar district in southern Ghazni province on Wednesday said they would actively participate in April elections, despite security threats.

Four insurgents were killed in a blast caused by their own explosives and a woman and a child sustained injuries in a separate roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday.