For MoH staff at a provincial level, we selected provinces from the north, south, and central regions (two provinces per region) and targeted the provincial chief medical officer and head of the HIV programme; those present on the day of the interviews were interviewed.
A bomb blast that appeared to be targeting a provincial government minister killed many people before dawn at a soccer field.
Seven airstrikes struck inside the city, with most targeting the provincial government offices that serve as the major headquarters for Islamic State militants, the activist said.
Six of those had been targeted by the provincial police force, the Sûreté du Québec, a spokesman confirmed last week.
But many of the calls to action are targeted at municipalities, provincial governments, and the Catholic Church itself.
In the last few years, the Taliban have stepped up their campaign against politicians, targeting dozens of provincial and district governors, police chiefs and even marginal officials.
The present study introduced behavioural insights into public health messages on physical activity [ 11] and used targeted messages building on the provincial effect [ 17].
Analysts said that at this point, the network was going only after small targets in provincial areas, in particular police buildings and personnel, which are seen as symbols of the country's secular government.
These lessons were driven home in the Tet offensive of 1968, when North Vietnamese regulars and Communist guerrillas, the Vietcong, attacked scores of military targets and provincial capitals throughout South Vietnam, only to be thrown back with overwhelming losses.
A truck exploded while traveling through Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, en route to what officials said was its presumed target, the provincial police headquarters.
