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TOLOnews
April 16, 2018
The clashes started in Dand-e-Patan district of the province and both sides are using heavy weapons, officials said. “The clashes started after the Afghan and foreign troops tried to close a Taliban transit route close to the Durand Line but the Pakistani forces started shelling the Afghan security forces,” local security officialsÃâà...
Xinhua
April 14, 2018
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Unknown armed men gunned down two local officials in the southern Kandahar province on Saturday, ... head of the education department of Dand district Jalil Khan was shot dead," spokesman for the provincial government Aziz Ahmad Azizi told Xinhua.
Business Standard
April 14, 2018
At least nine militants have been killed and five others wounded after an explosive device exploded prematurely in a Taliban commander's house in Afghanistan's Dand-e-Shahabuddin area of Baghlan province. Several Taliban insurgents had gathered inside the house of Taliban leader Gul Ahmad inÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 27, 2018
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban has destroyed a major electricity tower in northern Afghanistan, disrupting imported power supply to five provinces, including ... The insurgents had destroyed a major tower in Baghlan's Dand-i-Shahabuddin district in about two years ago, cutting power supply to Kabul and otherÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 26, 2018
In Kabul, De Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) said the militants destroyed the pylon with a bomb 22 kilometer from a sub-station in the Baghlan capital at around ... The Taliban destroyed an electricity pylon in Dand-i-Shababuddin last year, cutting off the imported electricity supply to Kabul for 40 days.
Voice of America
March 26, 2018
The Taliban has destroyed a major electricity tower in northern Afghanistan, disrupting imported power supply to five provinces, including Kabul. ... The insurgents had destroyed a major tower in Baghlan's Dand-i-Shahabuddin district in about two years ago, cutting power supply to Kabul and other areasÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 24, 2018
They warned of snapping transmission lines to Kabul in Baghlan if work on distribution of electricity was not launched in certain areas of the provincial capital, Dand-i-Ghori and Shahabuddin districts. But Breshana Shirkat Director Sultan Ahmad Azizi was unaware of the Taliban threat. He said they hadÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 19, 2018
According to first reports, more than 7,000 people fled Pul-e-Khumri district, Baghlan, and sheltered in Dand-e-Shahbuddin district in the same province. Southern/South Eastern: Around 550 displaced people have arrived in Lashkargah, Hilmand Province, from Nad-e-Ali/Marja district, according to initialÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 12, 2018
However, people living in areas under Taleban control say thnat it is too dangerous for them to access these services. Dand-e-Shahabuddin, Burka and Baghlan-e-Markazi districts all have a significant Talbean presence. Another district, Dahana-e-Ghori has been fully under Taleban control for the past twoÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
February 22, 2018
(MENAFN - Daily Outlook Afghanistan) KANDAHAR - Three construction projects costing 60 million afghanis were launched on Wednesday in Dand district of ... 9 million afs to be paid by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD), according to the deputy governor, who added theÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
February 20, 2018
Despite the ongoing insurgency, the ceramic industry in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar has continued to thrive. Potters and traders said ... Afghanistan has a proud history of traditional craft making, and potters still use many of the same methods they have done for millennia. Noor Mohammad, aÃâà...
indiablooms
February 12, 2018
Farah is among the relatively volatile provinces in West of Afghanistan where the Taliban insurgents are active in some of its remote districts and often carry out insurgency activities. Roadside bombings, coordinated attacks on security posts and government institutions, car bombings, clashes with theÃâà...
Syrian War Daily (blog)
February 9, 2018
Afghan National Security Forces arrested four elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Shindand district. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan attacked Afghan National Security Forces' convoy on Kandahar-Herat highway, killing seven and wounding two elements. Similarly, two elements of the AfghanÃâà...
ReliefWeb
December 26, 2017
From 1 January to 10 December 2017, a total of 437,907 people were displaced due to conflict in Afghanistan, up by 35,210 people compared to the ... SR: More than 644 displaced people in Dand district, Kandahar received cash for food from WFP, cash for NFIs from NRC and hygiene and WASH kits fromÃâà...
War on the Rocks
December 20, 2017
Douglas Grindle's memoir, How We Won & Lost The War in Afghanistan: Two Years in the Pashtun Heartland, vividly recounts this familiar story of hope and, ultimately, failure. The book ... He completed two tours as a USAID civilian on a District Support Team in the Kandahar districts of Dand and Maiwand.
Reliefweb
November 13, 2017
As of 12 November, a total of 338,108 people were displaced due to conflict in Afghanistan. This is ... The provinces sheltering the highest numbers of IDPs are Nangarhar (65,859), Kunduz (32,998), Badghis (24,411) and Baghlan (19,138). Central: ... Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces to Kandahar / Dand.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 13, 2017
insurgents and 22 policemen have been killed as insurgents stormed security checkpoints in Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News that hundreds of militants attacked security check-posts in the district onÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 13, 2017
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): At least four US soldiers suffered injuries as the troops convoy was struck by a car-bombing on Monday in the Dand district of southern Kandahar province, an official said. Police spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News the car-bombing on foreign forces processionÃâà...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
Speaking at a joint press conference with Pakistani military officials in Dand-e-Ptan district, in Paktia, which is close to Zazi Maidan district in eastern Khost province, the officials said the ... Afghan security officials in Paktia have accused the Pakistani military of violating Afghanistan's sovereignty and international law.
APN Live
December 31, 1999
Amidst ongoing diplomatic war with India, Pakistan received dead bodies of five of its soldiers from Afghanistan and two of its civilians' from Iranian security ... The Afghan officials said that residents in Dand-e-Ptan district have reportedly taken up arms to defend their areas against Pakistan, if necessary.
Arab News
December 31, 1999
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: An Afghan official says a bomb blast has killed five people, including a police commander, in the southern Kandahar ... cut off a vital Taliban supply line running through the rugged Dand-e-Pathan district of Paktia near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border known as the Durand Line.
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
Following an overnight operation, the Dand-e-Ptan area has been cleared of Taliban and check points will be established, said officials. ... “This area was important because the Taliban used it as a supply route and the Taliban had been using it for their movements between Afghanistan and Pakistan andÃâà...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
At Wednesday's meeting, which was held in Dand-e-Patan district in Paktia, Afghan officials said Pakistani authorities admitted that they have built “structures” on Afghanistan's soil. Officials also raised the issue of Pakistan misleading the public by reportedly saying the Afghan security forces along theÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 31, 1999
They warned of snapping transmission lines to Kabul in Baghlan if work on distribution of electricity was not launched in certain areas of the provincial capital, Dand-i-Ghori and Shahabuddin districts. But Breshana Shirkat Director Sultan Ahmad Azizi was unaware of the Taliban threat. He said they hadÃâà...
