Ghazni

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): A woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances and her body delivered to the civil hospital in Ghazni city, the capital of southern Ghazni province, medics said Saturday. The dead body was brought to the civil hospital late on Friday night from the Ganj area on the city's outskirts, the hospital in-charge, Dr. Baaz Mohammad Himmat, told Pajhwok Afghan News. He said the woman had been shot in the head multiple times. Women's affairs director Shukria Wali said the slain woman was hit by stray bullets someone fired into the air.

GHAZNI CITY/SHIBERGHAN (PAN): Six members of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) force were killed in the Deh Yak district of southern Ghazni province on Sunday, officials said. The policemen were killed while staying as guests with their friend Abdul Razzaq, who had links with insurgents, the district chief told Pajhwok Afghan News. Fazal Ahmad said the Taliban killed the six ALP personnel inside Razzaq’s house in the Tasan village and abducted two others. Razzaq also fled with the rebels after snatching the policemen’s weapons.

GHAZNI CITY/MAIMANA (PAN): Sixteen youth were killed while harvesting opium poppies in southern Helmand province, officials said on Sunday. The victims hailed from Qarabagh and Aab Band districts of southern Ghazni province, the Qarabagh district chief, Fazal Rahman Nazarwal, told Pajhwok Afghan News. He said the men were laid to rest in their hometowns on Saturday. While pricking poppy pods in Helmand, they came under militant attack, the official added.