Faryab

 
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Presidential runner Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Monday promised to convert the poor northwestern Faryab province to a hub of agricultural and economic land and implement projects if he won the April 5 vote.
Speaking to thousands of his supporters in Maimana, the provincial capital, Ahmadzai said Faryab was a rich province in natural resources and he would take measures to extract the underground precious if he won the elections.

 
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Three election workers for presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah were shot dead by suspected insurgents in the Almar district of northern Faryab province, an official said.
The three were returning from a memorial service for late vice-president Mohammad Qasim Fahim to Maimana, the provincial capital, when attacked, Abdul Qadir Qaderi, the Pashtun Kot district chief, said.
He said the victims were tribal elders and residents of the Kaptimarashka area of Pashtun Kot district.