Authorities in southern Kandahar province have banned women’s songs in the local media, a move which has sparked outrage among the media supporters in the country. The Ministry of Information and Culture has also voiced concerns regarding the censorship of women’s songs by the local authorities in Kandahar saying such moves are against the enforced
Khaama Press: Taliban militants suffered heavy casualties during the raids of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in southern Kandahar province. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said at least 32 militants were killed and 18 others were wounded during the operations. Click here to read more (external link). Other Security News Brothers arrested with explosives for planning
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, May 2 (Xinhua) — Military operations for reopening key road linking Kandahar province to Uruzgan in south Afghanistan have been continuing over the past week as 45 Taliban militants including a shadowy provincial governor and a few local commanders have been killed since Sunday, police said Monday. “Taliban shadowy governor for Kandahar province
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 21 (Xinhua) — “Growing poppies and selling opium is the only way to earn a living and support my family,” Assadullah, 65, a farmer, told Xinhua on his poppy plantation in a southern province of the city recently. Working on his poppy field on the outskirts of Kandahar’s provincial capital, about 450
Reuters: In Zhari, a parched district north-west of Afghanistan’s second city of Kandahar, 13 year-old Naqibullah is working in his father’s poppy field, preparing for the main harvest of the year. Harvesting the poppy and collecting the resin that will be used to make opium, heroin and other drugs that eventually find their way on to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 25, 2016 Taliban militants have killed an army general in the southern province of Kandahar. Samim Khapalwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said two gunmen opened fire on General Khan Agha late on March 24 in the Dand district. Khapalwak said the general was on the way back home
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 24 (Xinhua) — About seven police personnel were killed in a suspected insider attack in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar overnight, an official said on Thursday. “Seven personnel of Afghan Local Police (ALP) died after three ALP members turned their guns against them at a security checkpoint in Arghandab District at around
Tolo News: An exhibition held in Kandahar over the past three days displayed the results of at least 170 scientific experiments which were carried out by school students in the province. Participants of the exhibition, who brought their small innovations and discoveries for display, said Afghan schoolchildren are talented and should be provided with the
Khaama Press: The provincial police chief of southern Kandahar province Gen. Abdul Raziq has said the United States should force Pakistan to halt support to the anti-government armed militants in Afghanistan in a bid to help secure stability in the country. Insisting on coordinated military operations amid ongoing efforts to revive peace talks, Gen. Raziq said “The
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 14 (Xinhua) — Unknown armed men opened fire and killed a female police personnel in Taliban former stronghold the southern Kandahar province on Monday, provincial government spokesman, Samim Khapalwak said. “Unidentified armed men opened fire on female police officer Fawzia in 13th police district of Kandahar city at around 09:00 a.m. local