Paktia

 
GARDEZ/TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Presidential runner Gul Agha Sherzai on Tuesday accused the government of refusing to check the use of state resources in favour of a specific candidate.
“The president, supporting Zalmai Rassoul, has been silent on the use of government resources by certain officials in his favour,” he told a gathering in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia province.

 
GARDIZ (Pajhwok): Four campaigners of a provincial candidate were killed in a roadside bombing in southeastern Paktia province on Monday, an official said.
One of the victims was the brother of the provincial candidate, Fazal Haq Jailan. The four individuals were killed by a roadside bomb in Shikhan locality of Paktia at around 10am, provincial police chief, Zalmai Orya Khail told Pajhwok Afghan News.
He said the incident took place when the motorcycles they were raiding hit a roadside bomb.