Provincial Council Elections

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): New projects worth one million US dollars have been completed and inaugurated in southern Ghazni province, officials said on Thursday. Funded by the Poland Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), the projects included small parks, two bathrooms, three car parking areas, flood-resistant walls along the Ghazni River and a public bath, Governor Musa Khan Akbar Zada told Pajhwok Afghan News. He said the newly inaugurated projects added to the beauty of the city, adding construction of similar projects was underway.

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Unknown gunmen shot dead the provincial council chief of southern Ghazni province and his brother near their home in Ghazni city, the provincial capital, on Wednesday, an official said. Qazi Sahib Shah came under attack from unknown gunmen in the Nawabad area on the outskirts of Ghazni city around 6pm, the governor's spokesman, Sabawon, told Pajhwok Afghan News. His brother was also killed in the attack that left a security guard injured. Shah was on way home from his office when the gunmen opened fire at him, the official said.

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Poland would provide $7 million in aid for infrastructure development projects in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Tuesday.
The assistance would be spent on various projects in Ghazni City and districts, the Poland Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) head, Gen. Blazios, told a news conference.

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Four people have been killed mysteriously in the capital of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Sunday.
The individuals were shot dead in Zargar area on the outskirts of Ghazni City late on Friday night, the governor’s spokesman said.
Fazal Sabawoon told Pajhwok Afghan News police were investigating the killings. The victims, whose bodies were left at the scene, belonged to northern provinces.

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Three people were injured during an explosion in the capital of southern Ghazni province on Saturday, an official said.
The blast happened at around 11:30 am in front of a private hospital in Ghazni City, the governor's spokesman, Fazlullah Sabawoon, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
The injured included two civilians and an intelligence operative, who was shifted to hospital. The remote-controlled bomb had been rigged to a motorbike.

مشرانو جرگه خواهان توزيع تذکرۀ الکترونيکى قبل از انتخابات شد

HERAT CITY (PAN): Thousands of residents of this western city on Saturday took to the streets, rejecting as illegal the election of Syed Wahid Qatali as provincial council chief.
Qatali won a second round of the ballot that involved 12 members and held in Kabul last week in presence of Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) officials.

Thousands rally for fresh Herat council election

HERAT CITY (PAN): The Herat governor has rejected as 'a coup against him' the election of Syed Wahid Qatali as the provincial council head in the second round. The first round ended in a 9-9 tie between two sitting members.
Governor Dr. Daud Shah Saba told Pajhwok Afghan News the recent elections were not acceptable to him, insisting the vote had not been fair because a majority of council members were absent.