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7 dead in Kandahar car bomb attack - Afghanistan

Five policemen and two civilians were killed in a car bomb attack in Kandahar city, the capital of southern Kandahar province. Afghanistan. 5th...

by Pajhwok Afghan News in Afghanistan on 05/02/2012

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7 civilians killed in Kandahar bombing - Afghanistan

Seven civilians were killed and eight others injured in a car bombing in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said. Afghanistan. 19th January...

by Pajhwok Afghan News in Afghanistan on 19/01/2012

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Suicide attack kills at least seven at Afghan airport

At least six civilians have been killed in a suicide attack at the international airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. The attack happened...

by Syed Shah Saqeem in Afghanistan on 19/01/2012

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05/02/2012 - 7 dead in Kandahar car bomb attack - Afghanistan - Afghanistan - Five policemen and two civilians were...
19/01/2012 - 7 civilians killed in Kandahar bombing - Afghanistan - Afghanistan - Seven civilians were killed and eight...
19/01/2012 - Suicide attack kills at least seven at Afghan airport - Afghanistan - At least six civilians have been killed...
03/01/2012 - Second suicide attack rocks Afghanistan - Kandahar - Afghanistan - Second suicide attack kills eight in...
03/01/2012 - Suicide attack kills five civilians and a police officer - Kandahar - Afghanistan - A suicide bomber driving a motorcycle...
31/12/2011 - Man accused of killing 40 laborers arrested - Kandahar - Afghanistan - A man believed to have killed 40 young...
20/12/2011 - Fifty Afghan insurgents reintegrated into society - Kandahar - Afghanistan - Fifty insurgents are reintegrated into...
31/10/2011 - UN housing compound damaged by suicide bomber - Nine dead - Afghanistan - A suicide bomber and three gunmen...
31/10/2011 - UN housing compound damaged by suicide bomber - Nine dead - Afghanistan - A suicide bomber and three gunmen...
31/10/2011 - Suicide bomb targeting NGO in Kandahar kills four and wounds two - Afghanistan - At least three people a police officer...

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Displaced families from Kandahar province suffer in the cold - Kabul
Internally displaced families from the southern provinces have urged the government to provide them with basic amenities of life in their make-shift arrangements outside Kabul. Afghanis...
7 dead in Kandahar car bomb attack - Afghanistan
Five policemen and two civilians were killed in a car bomb attack in Kandahar city, the capital of southern Kandahar province. Afghanistan. 5th February 2012
Suicide attack kills at least four in southern Afghanistan
At least four civilians were killed and 34 others, including foreigners, were wounded in a suicide car bombing in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province. Afghanistan. 26th...
7 civilians killed in Kandahar bombing - Afghanistan
Seven civilians were killed and eight others injured in a car bombing in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said. Afghanistan. 19th January 2012
Suicide attack kills at least seven at Afghan airport
At least six civilians have been killed in a suicide attack at the international airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. The attack happened outside the perimeter of the airpor...
Second suicide attack rocks Afghanistan - Kandahar
Second suicide attack kills eight in Kandahar with 16 others left injured. A young boy lies in the hopspital suffering from the attack. 3rd January 2011
Suicide attack kills five civilians and a police officer - Kandahar
A suicide bomber driving a motorcycle killed four civilians and a police officer in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar city. The Kandahar provincial police chief said the attack also ...
Man accused of killing 40 laborers arrested - Kandahar
A man believed to have killed 40 young Afghan laborers has been arrested along with four other insurgents. The laborers were killed two years ago while travelling to Iran. Afghanistan. ...
Fifty Afghan insurgents reintegrated into society - Kandahar
Fifty insurgents are reintegrated into society by the government in Kandahar. All of the insurgents are masked to protect their identity. Afghanistan. 20th December 2011
UN housing compound damaged by suicide bomber - Nine dead
A suicide bomber and three gunmen attacked a compound housing UN and international aid groups in the southern city of Kandahar, Afghanistan. 31st October, 2011
Suicide bomb targeting NGO in Kandahar kills four and wounds two
At least three people a police officer were killed and two others including a Nepalese worker were wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted the offices of a non governmental organisat...
4 attackers among 9 killed in bomb attack on Kandahar UN office
Four attackers and as many security guards were among nine people killed after a group of bombers stormed a UN office. Kandahar, Afghanistan, 31st October 2011
Anti-war demonstration for the 10th Anniversary of the Afghan War
Demonstrators marked the 10th anniversary of the conflict in Afghanistan, by protesting outside the British parliament with banners and flags. London, UK. 7th October 2011
Landmines discovery in Helmand Province
The national department of security discovered and destroyed a large number of explosives including landmines in the eastern Lashkar-e-Bazaar area of Helmand province. Afghanistan. 20th...
Road accident kills thirty-five - Kandahar
Thirty-five people died and another twenty were injured in a serious road accident in the Daman district of Kandahar. Afghanistan. 20th August 2011
Explosives and suicide vests seized in Kandahar
Afghan intelligence agents seized 1,000 kilograms of explosives and 33 suicide vests from a coach in the Shahr-i-Safa area after the explosives were discovered skillfully hidden in bund...
Ten Taliban  insurgents reintegrated in Kandahar
A press conference has been held for ten Taliban individuals who have joined the peace and reintegration process in Kandahar. 700 former Taliban already have been reintegrated and 2,000...
Illegal narcotics destroyed Kandahar
6480 kilograms of Illegal narcotics are burned in Kandahar. 30 July 2011
Kandahar Mayor laid to rest in Afghanistan
A number of government officials and locals take part in the funeral ceremony of Kandahar Mayor Ghulam Haidar Hamidi after he was killed in a suicide assassination bomb. Southern Kandah...
Kandahar's mayor buried in University Grounds
Kandahar's city mayor, Ghulam Haidar Hamidi, who was killed in a suicide attack, was buried in the grounds of the city's university amidst heightened security. Afghanistan. 27...