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QALAT (Pajhwok): A number of residents of southern Zabul province on Thursday said the president-elect should stay committed to his campaign pledges and resolve problems being faced by the masses.

The major demands Zabul dwellers made on Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai include improved security, end to administrative graft, reforms in government departments, giving attention to education and vocational courses and creating jobs for the youth.

 
QALAT (Pajhwok): Hundreds of residents of southern Zabul province on Wednesday staged a protest against the proposed formation of a national unity government, saying such a set-up was against the constitution.
Tribal leaders, youth, provincial council members and writers gathered in Qalat, the provincial capital, voicing reservations about the national unity government -- a power-sharing arrangement.