Paktia

GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Sitting lawmakers, who are seeking reelection to the Wolesi Jirga, have been using government resources and authority in the ongoing electoral campaign, rival candidates in southeastern Paktia province complain.

GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Two security guards were injured in an armed attack on the Wolesi JirgaCandidate’s Dr. Yar Baz Hameedi’s election campaign office in southeastern Paktika province on Friday.
Baz told Pajhwok Afghan News the attack took place at around 1:00 pm on his office in the Beland Mazalo area.
He said two security personnel have been wounded in the attack. One suffered deep wounds, he added.

GARDIZ (Pajhwok): Hundreds of businessmen, civil society activists and provincial council members blocked the Kabul-Gardez Highway in southeastern Paktia province for a second day on Thursday.
The protestors said the highway would remain blocked until the government accepted their demands. They accused Kabul of discriminating against the people of the province, which received little support in terms of reconstruction and security.