KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Fifty-five insurgents have been killed and 10 others injured in security forces joint operations in the Maiwand and Zherai districts of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Zia Durrani...
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Government departments and residents owe about 560 million afghanis to Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) in unpaid power bills in southern Kandahar province, an official said Sunday. DABS chief for Kandahar, Amanullah...
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): A total of 4,256 Afghan refugee families returned from Pakistan via the Spin Boldak border crossing into southern Kandahar province this year, officials say. The Refugee and Repatriate Department of Kandahar province says the...
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Grapes weighing more than 20,000 tons worth $4.5 million have been exported abroad from southern Kandahar province so far this season, a trader representative said on Wednesday. Eng. Abdul Baqi Bena, deputy head of the Kandahar...
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Two lovers, a man and a girl, have committed suicide by consuming poison in the Panjwayee district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Thursday. Provincial police spokesman, Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News the...
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Twelve security personnel have been killed and four others wounded in a car bombing in the Maroof district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Thursday. Provincial police spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok...
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A lot of work is still required to be done to improve women ’s situation in southern Kandahar province where efforts in this regard during the 16 years have little impact. Women’s living standard in Kandahar City, the...
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): A 10-megawatt solar power plant, the first of its capacity in Afghanistan , is now under construction near the southern city of Kandahar, the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ) said on Sunday. A...
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Fourteen militants and three civilians have been killed in security forces operation in Lalak and Zark areas situated between the Khakrez and Ghorak districts of southern Kandahar province, an official said Tuesday. Police...
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Two schools which had been closed for lack of buildings and security reasons were reopened in the capital of southern Kandahar province on Monday.
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Cargo flights carrying fruits from southern Kandahar province to India started again after a months-long delay, officials said Saturday. After the opening of Afghanistan -India air corridor, it was the second cargo flight from...
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): So far 3,629 Afghan refugee families have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan via the Spin Boldak-Chaman border crossing this year, officials in southern Kandahar province say.
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): More than 60 percent of the population in southern Kandahar province lacks access to healthcare services and residents say they have to sometimes travel to Pakistan or India for treatment. While patients from neighboring...
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): The mayor of southern Kandahar province says the municipality’s revenue is expected to reach 800 million afghanis until the end of the year.
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): As many as 355 police cadets graduated from the Southern Zone Police Training Centre in Kandahar province on Sunday. The young officers underwent a six-month training course, learning professional tactics. The individuals...
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): The police chief for southern Kandahar province on Sunday said recent Taliban ’s advancement resulted from America’s previous policy that focused only on Al-Qaeda. Gen. Abdur Raziq told a press conference in Kandahar City, the...
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Residents of the southern zone held a huge gathering in southern Kandahar province on Saturday, declaring their support for the new US strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia. Religious scholars, tribal elders, politicians, youth...
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said the United States would be standing by the Afghan nation till the end without any timeline. The president, who visited southern Kandahar province, was accompanied by a number of Cabinet...
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The third death anniversary of Hashmat Khalil Karzai, a cousin of former president Hamid Karzai, was observed in southern Kandahar province on Sunday.