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ReliefWeb
March 30, 2018
"We are really thankful to the UAE government for helping us out for hosting this meeting. Here we have teams of experts ... Similarly, Pishin and Killa Abdullah districts in Balochistan, Pakistan and in Afghanistan Helmand and Kandahar are part of the Southern Corridor. So, it is good that both countries'Ãâà...
TOLOnews
March 30, 2018
Members of the Helmand peace rally on Thursday embarked on a hunger strike after the Taliban and the Afghan government rejected their demands for a ... a ceasefire on the part of the Afghan government and the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Helmand's Shorabak base and Kandahar AirportÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 29, 2018
... Afghan government and the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Helmand's Shorabak base and Kandahar Airport as a precondition for responding to ... will respond to the organizers of the peace rally in Helmand if foreign forces are pulled out of Helmand's Shorabak base and Kandahar Airport.
ReliefWeb
March 27, 2018
Authorities in Kandahar called on humanitarian partners working in food security to prepare for the possible impact on the Southern Region of the ongoing dry spell. Authorities have currently stocked 16,000 metric tons of wheat donated by the Government of India in Kandahar City but lack adequateÃâà...
The Herald Journal
March 27, 2018
In this March 19 photo, Lt. Massihullah Kakar, 25, new Afghan pilot, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan ... The Afghan government and the international community, including the United States and NATO, have stepped up efforts to bolster its capacity andÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 15, 2018
Advance notifications have been received of two new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), one occurring in Kunar province, and one in Kandahar ... In response to recent cases, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently announced the cVDPV2 outbreak ongoing in theÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 14, 2018
The Kandahar-Kabul-Herat Highway was built during former president Hamid Karzai's government and at the time was seen as a major achievement. However, residents complain the highway is now in extremely bad condition due to heavy road usage, a lack of maintenance and continued attacks by insurgents. BridgesÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 14, 2018
The Kandahar-Kabul-Herat Highway was built during former president Hamid Karzai's government and at the time was seen as a major achievement. However, residents complain the highway is now in extremely bad condition due to heavy road usage, a lack of maintenance and continued attacks byÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 12, 2018
They held talks with tribal elders in Ghazni in the hope of getting the villagers to reopen the Kabul-Kandahar Highway to traffic. But activists said the efforts have not been enough and that government needs to step in and help resolve the problem before it is too late. Armed opponents could exploit theÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 12, 2018
However, the ministry of interior (MoI) sent in a team to assess the situation. They held talks with tribal elders in Ghazni in the hope of getting the villagers to reopen the Kabul-Kandahar Highway to traffic. But activists said the efforts have not been enough and that government needs to step in and helpÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 11, 2018
Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Defense Ministry, said in a statement, 171 terrorists have been killed in air and ground offensives in the capital Kabul, Kandahar, Takhar, Farah, Helmand, Nangarhar, Laghman, Kapisa and Ghazni provinces. “Currently, the security and defense forces are engaged in 13Ãâà...
Xinhua
March 11, 2018
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Two Afghan civilians were wounded after NATO and U.S.-led coalition forces opened fire in southern province of Kandahar on Sunday, a local official said. "Initially an explosion ... But the militants attack government interests in the province from time to time.
Monterey County Herald
March 10, 2018
Highway 183 in Salinas from Highway 101 to Davis Road will be designated the United States Army Specialist Vilmar Galarza Hernandez Memorial Highway. Hernandez was an Everett Alvarez High graduate from Salinas who was 21 when he was killed in action in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan inÃâà...
smallwarsjournal
March 9, 2018
In my year in Kandahar, one of the singularly consistent issues facing the ANDSF was the dearth of NVDs. ... First, a quick primer on foreign military sales as it applies to Afghanistan: The Afghan government (mostly) does not pay to train and equip its own military – we do, hence the outsized annualÃâà...
The Express Tribune
March 9, 2018
The Afghan government intends to recruit an additional 5,000 female police officers over the coming five years. PHOTO: REUTERS. KANDAHAR: Shokria Jan, a female police officer in southern Afghanistan, is in a small force of women operating in one of the world's most conservative societies and difficultÃâà...
Long War Journal
February 28, 2018
The Afghan government and military likely control the district center and little else in Khakrez. The Taliban continues to make inroads in Kandahar province. Last year, the Taliban claimed to control five of Kandahar's 18 districts (Ghorak, Miyanashin, Registan, Shorabak, and Maruf) and heavily contest fourÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
February 20, 2018
(New York) – The Afghan government and US military should investigate reports that Afghan special forces summarily executed civilians in Kandahar province during military operations from January 31 to February 1, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. Security personnel found to be responsible forÃâà...
PV-Tech
February 20, 2018
The Afghanistan government has signed an agreement with two EPCs, local firm Zularistan Energy for Afghanistan (ZEFA) and Turkey's 77, to set up a 15MW solar PV project each in Kandahar, in the south of the country. Naqibullah Hasanzai, procurement manager at ZEFA, told PV Tech that the capacityÃâà...
ReliefWeb
February 19, 2018
KANDAHAR - Discussing the challenges faced by women in the southern region of the country, a group of women singled out education as a priority need. ... “We need peace, security, economic opportunities and strong government, but most of all, we need education” said Mariam Durani, getting manyÃâà...
The Express Tribune
February 17, 2018
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN: Up to three dozen armed militants have been killed and dozens others injured as government forces stormed Taliban hideouts in Miwand district of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province over the past 24 hours, provincial police chief Abdul Razeq said Sunday.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
February 11, 2018
in southern Kandahar province have asked the central government to provide them with jobs in order to give their children a decent life. Saima, 36, a resident of 2nd police district of Kandahar City, the provincial capital, said her husband was killed in a landmine blast, leaving behind her, their three childrenÃâà...
The Asia Foundation
December 31, 1999
At least 816 kilometers of the pipeline will pass through five southern provinces of Afghanistan: Herat, Farah, Helmand, Nimroz, and Kandahar. ... projects like new roads and bridges were more likely (63.8%) to report that the government is doing a good job compared to those who were not aware (52.2%).
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