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KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (AIEC) announced on Thursday that 350 bundles of ballot papers and other election materials had been transferred to provinces.

MAHMUD RAQI/QALAT (PAN): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a campaigner for presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah in Nijrabi district of the central province of Kapisa last night, officials said on Wednesday.

PARAKH (PAN): A blast took place at the election campaign office of presidential candidate and the incumbent President Hamid Karzai in Parkha district of the central Panjsher province last night, but no one was killed or injured.

ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Five people were wounded when a mortar shell fell in front of the provincial council office in Asadabad, the capital of eastern Kunar province, on Wednesday.
Jamaluddin, the council’s deputy chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the mortar shell had been fired by the militants from Watapur district at around 12.30pm.
Four visitors and a provincial council member’s son were injured in the incident. Asadabad Civil Hospital Director Dr. Farooq Sahak confirmed receiving the injured.