Security
Kandahar, Afghanistan: At least 11 civilians were killed and dozens more wounded after their vehicle hit a bomb in southern Afghanistan that officials told AFP had been planted by the Taliban. The deaths come just one week after Taliban and Afghan officials unveiled a “roadmap for peace” in which they pledged to eliminate civilian casualties. The News, Dawn,
Charsadda: Shabqaddar Police foiled a sabotage attempts by recovering huge cache of explosives from a deserted marble factory in Khwaja Was area. Dawn
Socioeconomic
Tashkent: The next intra-Afghan meeting will be held in the Uzbek city of Samarkand in three to four weeks, 1TV said, citing participants in the recently-held intra-Afghan conference in Doha. The News,
Ghallanai: The elders in Mohmand district announced to boycott the upcoming election being held on July 22 in the merged districts. The News, TNN
