The Afghan government is all set to take over the responsibility of managing Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport in southern Kandahar province from foreign forces tomorrow Sunday, officials said Saturday. Local officials say they are ready to…
Dozens of civil society prisoners to pave the ground for the start of intra-Afghan talks. Hikmatullah Afghan, a civil society activist in Kandahar city, the provincial capital, told Pajhwok Afghan News that they were tired of the…
A man committed suicide after injuring his police wife in southern Kandahar province on Monday, an official said. Police spokesman Jamal Nasir Barakzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the man opened fire at his wife inside his own…
Some residents of southern Kandahar province on Sunday staged a protest rally against what they alleged the killing of a religious scholar by intelligence forces. The angry protestors brought and placed the slain Imam’s (scholar) body in…
Public Health Minister Dr. Firozuddin Firoz on Thursday inaugurated a 350-bed hospital in southern Kandahar province. Besides Dr. Firoz, some other ministers and presidential advisors were also present at the hospital’s inauguration ceremony. Spreading over 67.5 acres…
Residents of southern Kandahar province say they do not want a peace agreement that could touch off another devastating conflict in the country. At a massive gathering here on Monday, they welcomed recent remarks of National Security…
Taliban gunmen shot dead a prosecutor in southern Kandahar province on Sunday, an official said. The incident happened in the limits of the second police district of Kandahar city, the provincial capital, before noon, said Aziz Ahmad…
Four police personnel have been killed and three other wounded as result of a bomb blast in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Thursday. Aziz Ahmad Azizi, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident…
Around 81 Taliban militants have been killed and 18 others wounded in clearing operations in southern Kandahar and central Uruzgan provinces, officials claimed on Monday. Kandahar police spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News 15 insurgents were…
A police officer and a civilian have been killed as result of two separate incidents of violence in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday. Three police personnel and as many civilians were wounded, DawodAhmadi, the…
