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ACCI opens new branch in Kapisa

By: Bakhtar Safi , Date:18/08/2015

MAHMODRAQI (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has opened its branch for the first time in central Kapisa province which would help resolve problems of businessmen there, an official s... Read More

Construction work on 3 Kapisa road kicked-off

By: Bakhtar Safi , Date:02/07/2015

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Construction work on three roads has been initiated in first Kohistan district in central Kapisa, which would be completed with a cost of $12 million, an official said on Thursday. Abdul Fat... Read More

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New governors assume office, pledge better security

By: Bakhtar Safi , Date:13/06/2015

MAHMOOD RAQI/CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Newly-appointed governors for central Kapisa and Parwan provinces assumed office on Saturday, officials said. An introduction ceremony for the Kapisa governor was held in Mahmood Ra... Read More

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KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Former provincial council head of southeastern Khost province has said President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani should focus more on bolstering security and law and order in the country.
Sayed Karim Khaksar during an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News said emergence of Islamic State (IS) or Daesh fighters in some parts of the country was a looming threat to nascent security.
Citing an example, he said that security situation had got worsened in Khost province as militants launched spring offensive codenamed Azm.

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Women’s rights activists in Central Kapisa and Parwan provinces on Sunday called for giving females representation in the unity government.
They reminded President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah of their campaign promises to give women a proactive role in different state institutions.
Parwan Women’s Affairs Director Nadira Giyah said: “We want the two leaders to give females adequate representation in the government in line with their campaign pledges.”

Women remind president, CEO of campaign pledges

Kapisa is a mountainous province located on the eastern latitude of 69 degrees and 21 minutes and northern longitude of 35 degrees. The province has a total 121 square kilometres area and situated 1,500 meters above the sea level.
Kapisa is among the central provinces of the country bordering Panjsher in the north, Parwan in the west, Kabul in the south and Laghman in the east. The province is located 65 kilometres north of capital Kabul.

MAHMOOD RAQAI (Pajhwok): Four security personnel lost their lives to a gun and bomb attack by insurgents in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province on Sunday noon, an official said.
A convoy of security forces was transferring logistic supplies to the Alasai district when insurgents ambushed it in Tagab, Kapisa police chief, Brig. Gen. Khwaja Faqir Ahmad Seddique, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Insecurity and crimes have increased in the Kohistan-II district of central Kapisa province due to insufficient strength of security forces, residents said on Saturday.
The residents said activities of irresponsible gunmen had increased during night time and they could not go out of home in the evening.
A resident of Jamal Agha area told Pajhwok Afghan News gunmen appeared on roads in the afternoon and created problems for local residents.

Insecurity, crimes rise in Kapisa’s Kohistan-II

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): A lawmaker on Thursday escaped unhurt in a roadside bombing that killed his one guard and injured three others in central Kapisa province, an official said.
Kuchi tribe representative in the Wolesi Jirga or lower house of parliament, Habib Afghan, was travelling in Kor Taz, a mountainous locality east of Mahmood Raqi, the provincial capital, when came under attack in the afternoon, the governor’s spokesman said.