KABUL (PAN): A senior official of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has denounced a deadly bombing in the eastern Laghman province.
KABUL (PAN): The current year has seen a 22 per cent drop in poppy cultivation and a 10 per cent fall in production in Afghanistan that accounts for more than 90 percent of the world's total opium, the United Nations said here on Wednesday.
LASHKARGAH: A senior official has accused some organisations of inordinate delays in completion of reconstruction projects in Lashkargah, capital of the southern Helmand province.
KHOST CITY (PAN): A missile fired by NATO troops hit on a house, killing one girl and injuring another in the restive southeastern Khost province, bordering Pakistan.
SHARAN (PAN): Officials in the southeastern province of Paktika claimed on Wednesday nine militants were killed in a joint operation by Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and police.
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Four Taliban were killed when the explosives they were planting on roadside went off prematurely in the volatile southern Kandahar province, the Interior ministry said on Wednesday.
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai -- inching closer to the 50 percent votes needed to avoid a run-off, has extended his lead to 47.27 percent over his closest rival in the landmark presidential election.
AIBAK (PAN): Gravelling of a 25-kilometer road - a project benefiting thousands of families - has been completed in northern Samangan province, an official said Wednesday.
KABUL (PAN): A threefold increase in wheat production in northern Jawzjan and 78 percent boost in western Ghor was recorded this year as compared to the previous years, agriculture officials say.
