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MENAFN.COM
February 12, 2018
Over the last 15 years, Pakistan has time and again closed the Torkham and Spin Boldak passes, the only ways for Afghanistan to reach seaports and Pakistani markets, detaining thousands of loaded trucks for weeks on both sides of the border. These sudden border closures have cost millions of dollars inÃÂ ...
UrduPoint News
February 12, 2018
KABUL,(UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Feb, 2018 ): Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings into Pakistan have been closed for nearly a month and according to Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), this has resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of AFs to local businessmen.
MENAFN.COM
January 30, 2018
He added that with the two new cases, the number of children affected by Polio soars up to nine in these districts with six in Shah Wali Kot and three in Spin Boldak. Afghanistan is one of three countries in the world (Pakistan and Nigeria are the other countries) where Polio is still affecting children under theÃÂ ...
Eurasia Review
January 28, 2018
In Kandahar, police chief Abdul Razik, who has been in his position since 2011, has resisted attempts to shift him. To his credit, he has delivered a measure of security in Kandahar, in sharp contrast to neighbouring Helmand. He also controls the Spin Boldak crossing into Balochistan. In doing so, he reliesÃÂ ...
Gulf Today
January 26, 2018
The attack by the Taliban gunmen at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul last weekend was a grim reminder of the deteriorating security environment in Afghanistan. The siege at the hotel lasted more than 12 hours and claimed 22 victims, including 14 foreigners, before the gunmen were neutralised.
The Hindu
January 24, 2018
The attack by the Taliban gunmen at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul last weekend was a grim reminder of the deteriorating security environment in Afghanistan. The siege at the hotel lasted more than 12 hours and claimed 22 victims, including 14 foreigners, before the gunmen were neutralised.
ReliefWeb
January 22, 2018
A total of 433 undocumented Afghans spontaneously returned or were deported from Pakistan through the Turkham (Nangarhar) and Spin Boldak (Kandahar) border crossings from 14—20 Jan 2018, according to the Border Monitoring Team of the Directorate of Refugees and Repatriation (DoRR). Of theÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
January 16, 2018
A total of 315 undocumented Afghans spontaneously returned or were deported from Pakistan through the Turkham (Nangarhar) and Spin Boldak (Kandahar) border crossings from 07—13 Jan 2018, according to the Border Monitoring Team of the Directorate of Refugees and Repatriation (DoRR). Of theÃÂ ...
Syrian War Daily (blog)
January 14, 2018
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan raided Afghan National Army's checkpoint in Malid area of Spin Boldak district, killing five elements, including the commander Ghat Mama and wounding another four elements. Furthermore, an armored personnel carrier and a pickup were destroyed in the raid.
Consortium News
January 12, 2018
A U.S. Army lieutenant patrols a new customs yard under construction near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, April 8, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shane Hamann). Dennis Bernstein: We have heard that America's continued presence inÃÂ ...
Syrian War Daily (blog)
January 8, 2018
Syrian Arab Army captured the village of Sinjar from the rebel factions in the southern Idlib, as well as Al-Khiyara, Ajaz, Mutawasitah, Saraa, Surayah, Ramlah, Abu Tuhaijah and Nabaz villages. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham lost at least six fighters during the clashes around the village of Sinjar. VBIED targetedÃÂ ...
Syrian War Daily (blog)
January 3, 2018
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ambushed an alleged spy of the Afghan National Police Abdul Raziq and a member of the district council of Spin Boldak, Malak Haji in Nawi Kili area of Spin Boldak district. Both individuals were killed in the ambush. Afghan National Army's soldier defected to the IslamicÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
January 3, 2018
A total of 498 undocumented Afghans spontaneously returned or were deported from Pakistan through the Turkham (Nangarhar) and Spin Boldak (Kandahar) border crossings from 24-30 December, according to the Border Monitoring Team of the Directorate of Refugees and Repatriation (DoRR). Of theÃÂ ...
Gandhara
January 3, 2018
His military career began as a border force commander in Kandahar small town Spin Boldak. But his apparent success and zeal in countering the Taliban turned him into a key figure in the region where the Taliban emerged in the 1990s and which served as their de-facto capital. Raziq, believed to be in hisÃÂ ...
Reliefweb
December 28, 2017
Returns through Torkham, Spin Boldak, Nimroz and Herat borders continued with some 375,500 undocumented Afghans (70 per cent from Iran) arrived in the first nine months of the year adding to the pressure on existing services and resources in hosting communities. Small-scale natural disasters,ÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
December 26, 2017
AGEs coordinated an attack on the Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Maiwand district and to the Marouf District Administrative Centre (DAC) which resulted in casualties and displacement within the district centers including Spin Boldak district and Kandahar city. Inter-agency joint assessment isÃÂ ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 23, 2017
Gulzai said told a news conference in Kabul: “Gen. Abdul Raziq have private prisons in Kandahar city and Spin Boldak district where civilians are also imprisoned and they are tortured and persecuted.” The public representative further claimed he knew an individual who had been held captive on the policeÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
December 20, 2017
Conflict continued to displace families and individuals, which created pressure on health services around the country in November 2017. Due to the newly increased number of IDPs from Khogiani district in the Eastern region, the host communities of the surrounding areas were stretched with patients.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 11, 2017
via the Spin Boldak border crossing into southern Kandahar province this year, officials say. The Refugee and Repatriate Department of Kandahar province says the returning families have been distributed $2.4 million in aid from the UN refugee agency UNHCR. Mohammad Azim Nawabi, the departmentÃÂ ...
TOLOnews
May 28, 2017
Pakistani government announced on Saturday that it has reopened the Spin Boldak crossing, one of the two main crossing points with Afghanistan, three weeks after several people from the two countries were killed after Afghan forces stopped a team of Pakistani census surveyors to conduct survey in twoÃÂ ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
May 12, 2017
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Kandahar police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq on Friday said the Spin Boldak-Chaman border crossing would remain closed until a dispute over the status of a village on the Durand Line info-icon was resolved. Raziq said this while addressing a gathering at the Governor's House inÃÂ ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
May 7, 2017
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): A peculiar silence prevailed on Sunday in the Luqman village of Spin Boldak border town of southern Kandahar province following Friday's deadly clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces. Hundreds of families fled homes as a result of the clashes that left at least 11 peopleÃÂ ...
TOLOnews
May 4, 2017
In an escalation of tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Afghan and Pakistani border forces clashed in Spin Boldak district in southern Kandahar province on Friday morning, police officials said. Kandahar police spokesman Zia Durani told TOLOnews that the clash started at around 4am on FridayÃÂ ...
The Nation
November 22, 2017
... be offloaded at Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings before Afghan trucks carry them to their destination, Afghan media has reported.
The Nation
November 18, 2017
Now this figure is surely rising as according to experts the frequent blockade of Torkham and Spin Boldak and drastic decrease in the trade with ...
DAWN.com
November 18, 2017
... vaccination campaigns were concentrated in the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak too so those who crossed over were clear of the virus.
ReliefWeb
November 18, 2017
... Torkham border crossing whilst 435 individuals used the Chaman/Spin Boldak border crossing, bringing the total number of returns this week ...
DAWN.com
November 17, 2017
... vaccination campaigns were concentrated in the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak too so those who crossed over were clear of the virus.
The Beacon
November 11, 2017
He was deployed to Spin Boldak, Afghanistan in Jan. 2013, and stationed in a small base 80 kilometers south of Kandahar, just west of the ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 11, 2017
via the Spin Boldak border crossing into southern Kandahar province this year, officials say. The Refugee and Repatriate Department of ...
Fair Observer
November 10, 2017
Over the last 15 years, Pakistan has time and again closed the Torkham and Spin Boldak passes — the only ways for Afghanistan to reach ...
Gandhara
November 8, 2017
In Chaman, a Balochistan border crossing connected to the Afghanistan's Spin Boldak border town, the distinction between who is a Pakistani ...
Reliefweb
November 7, 2017
... (Nangarhar) and Spin Boldak (Kandahar) border crossings from Oct 29— Nov 04, according to the Border Monitoring Team of the Directorate ...
Daily Times
October 31, 2017
According to security officials, the three women were arrested while they were trying to enter Afghanistan's border town of Spin Boldak via ...
ARY NEWS
October 31, 2017
The three women were arrested while they were trying to enter Afghanistan's border town of Spin Boldak via Bab-e-Dosti (Friendship Gate) at ...
Reliefweb
October 31, 2017
... the documented and undocumented spontaneously and forcibly Afghan Refugees through the pule Abrishom and torkham and Spin boldak ...
Zee News
October 30, 2017
Earlier this month, Ghani banned Pakistani trucks from entering his country via the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings - according to ...
AGDAILY
October 27, 2017
In July 2011, Trost spent his last deployment in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. His objective as a civil affairs specialist was to work with the local ...
Reliefweb
October 27, 2017
258 families (1,311 individuals) of documented returnees arrived from Pakistan through Spin Boldak. 303 patients among documented ...
DAWN.com
October 23, 2017
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has issued a decree banning Pakistani trucks from entering the country via the Torkham and Spin Boldak ...
The Nation
October 23, 2017
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has issued a decree banning Pakistani trucks from entering the country via the Torkham and Spin Boldak ...
TOLOnews
October 22, 2017
Pakistani trucks have until now crossed into Afghanistan at Torkham and Spin Boldak borders and many transport their goods on through the borders into other ...
Reliefweb
October 18, 2017
... of 1,106 undocumented Afghans spontaneously returned or were deported from Pakistan through the Turkham (Nangarhar) and Spin Boldak ...
Tehran Times
October 10, 2017
"We can steam off to Spin Boldak as soon as we receive a green signal from Afghanistan," he said while speaking at a meeting at the ...
India.com
October 10, 2017
Afghan border policemen wait to search people entering from Pakistan into Afghanistan at Spin Boldak. (Image: Getty). News in Pics – 11th ...
ReliefWeb
October 3, 2017
While the closure of the Torkham and Spin Boldak borders for a month between February and March and the holy month of Ramadan stemmed ...
TOLOnews
May 4, 2017
In an escalation of tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Afghan and Pakistani border forces clashed in Spin Boldak district in southern ...
The Standard Banner
December 31, 1999
Trost was on a mission in a little town called Spin Boldak with a U.S. Aid and International Development representative to view schools ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 31, 1999
Jean Gough said in a statement: “The town of Spin Boldak on Afghanistan's southern border with Pakistan is at the epicentre of the global effort ...
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
That is why Spin Boldak is called the epicenter of polio in the region,” he noted. The southwestern Pakistani border province of Baluchistan is ...
