Latest Breaking Kandahar News and Current Events
Newly appointed Kandahar governor fired
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago | No category
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The governor of Kandahar province said Thursday he has been removed from his post just three and a half months after he took the position. "Last night, I received a call from Kabul saying … 'You are fired'," Rahmatullah Raufi,...
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A dangerous mix of propaganda and public affairs?
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago | No category
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
In truth, that battle would not begin for another three weeks...Internationa
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The global financial crisis and NATO's commitment to Afghanistan
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago | Business News
Source: Russia Today
Afghanistan shows that the economy is inextricably linked to security, with social conflict remaining a key issue for Alliance countries...As far as official development aid is concerned, not everyone foresees a major decline. U.S. funding rose in both 2001 and...
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Reality on Afghan ground
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 2 days ago | No category
Source: Pak Tribune
It was a surprisingly frank admission by the president when he said even the roads of the country were not safe, seven years after the US military toppled the hardline Taliban regime. Our roads are not safe...You can't take the...
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Taliban attack Afghan buses, kill 25 passengers
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy
Source: Zaman.com
Violence in the war-torn country has surged this year with attacks at their highest level in six years, the United Nations' top envoy in Afghanistan said this month. Some 4,000 people have died so far this year, a third of...
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Afghan collusion cited in attack
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 28 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy
Source: The Journal Gazette
Turkey – A U.S. military report released Thursday says at least two local Afghan officials were believed to have colluded in a July attack by insurgents on a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan that killed nine U.S. soldiers. The intense,...
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Bombs greet efforts to promote women's rights
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 2 days ago | No category
Source: The Globe & Mail
Five bombs were planted in the roads leading to Panjwai's district centre shortly before Afghan women gathered in the heavily fortified building on Monday to sit down with female soldiers for the first session of a new shura , or...
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Canadian soldier hurt by Afghan bomb
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy
Source: Toronto Star
Afghanistan – Another Canadian soldier was injured Saturday in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan. The soldier was part of a routine patrol in the Arghandab district southwest of Kandahar City when the improvised explosive device detonated at about 1:45...
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Afghan intelligence official shot dead
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy
Source: Press TV
Gunmen on motorbikes shot dead Azizullah in the southern city of Kandahar as he was on his way home late Monday, Kandahar provincial intelligence chief Abdul Qayoum Katawazi said Tuesday. According to Xinhua news agency Taliban militants, who have stepped...
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Kabul wants local militias to bolster security
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago | No category
Source: The Globe & Mail
Brigadier-General Denis Thompson, Canada's senior military commander in Afghanistan, says he supports the plan, which if implemented would rapidly enhance security in rural parts of Kandahar province with no established military or police presence. But he cautioned that it is...
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