Kandahar Province

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  Afghanistan Province Tells Officials Not To Photograph "Living Things"

  Authorities in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban, ordered its officials on Sunday not to take pictures or videos of "living things".

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  Taliban Allow High School Graduation Exams For Afghan Girls

  A second document, signed by Habibullah Agha, the education minister who took office in September, said the tests would be held in 31 Afghan provinces. The three excluded provinces are Kandahar, Helmand and Nimroz

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  Over 100 Former Afghan Forces Killed Or Disappeared By Taliban: Rights Group

  The Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on more than 100 killings from Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar, and Kunduz provinces alone.

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  Police Arrests 2 Afghan Nationals For Smuggling Drugs, Seize 50 Kg Heroin

  The two are from Kandahar and Helmand provinces in Afghanistan and smuggled the drugs into the country via the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, they said.

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  Afghan Attack Won't Change Kandahar Security Situation: Jim Mattis

  US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday the killing of a top Afghan official would not fundamentally change the security situation in Kandahar province.

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  Top Afghan Police Chief Killed In Shooting, US General Unhurt

  Gen. Abdul Razeq, one of Afghanistan's most powerful security officials, was killed on Thursday when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor's compound in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said.

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  Roadside Bomb Kills Eight In Afghanistan

  A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban killed at least eight civilians including three women and a child in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Tuesday, a local official said.

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  26 Afghan Soldiers Killed In Taliban Attack On Kandahar Base: Authorities

  At least 26 Afghan soldiers have been killed and 13 wounded in a Taliban attack on a military base in Kandahar province, the defence ministry said Wednesday, the latest blow to struggling security forces.

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  Afghan Policeman Opens Fire On Colleagues, Kills 4

  Four Afghan policemen were killed and another seven wounded when one of their colleagues opened fire on them in the volatile southern province of Kandahar, an official said today.

• Clashes With Taliban Halt Supply of Power in South Afghanistan

  Clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban have cut off the main supply of power to Afghanistan's Helmand and Kandahar provinces, according to residents and the chief of the national power company.

• Taliban Attack on Checkpoint Kills 5 Afghan Policemen

  An Afghan official says an attack on a police checkpoint in the southern province of Kandahar has killed five policemen. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.

• Afghan Deputy Governor Shot Dead While in Class

  An Afghan official says a deputy provincial governor has been shot dead in southern Kandahar province while he was sitting in class at a university.

• India Bats for Afghanistan, Announces $1 Million To Build Cricket Stadium

  India has given Afghanistan's cricket dreams a new push by announcing a $1 million grant for building a cricket stadium in the southern province of the country.

• Bomb in southern Afghanistan kills six: official

  A senior Afghan government official says a roadside bomb in the southern Helmand province has killed six civilians, including two women and two children.

• Suicide attack on Indian consulate in Kandahar foiled

  A suicide bomber was shot dead before he could attack the Indian consulate in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar this afternoon.