Business & Economics
Exports to Pakistan from eastern zone fall by 50pc
JALALABAD (PAN have plummeted by more than a 50 percent in the past three years, a trader representative said on Sunday. Exports of fresh...
Accidents & Disasters
Wood stalls, shops gutted by Jalalabad fire
JALALABAD (PAN): Fires concurrently broke out at two places in the eastern city of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangahar province, gutting four wood stalls and
Business & Economics
Power pylons damaged in Laghman
JALALABAD (PAN): Residents of the Badpash district in eastern Laghman province have damaged power pylon of Naghlo dam, an official said on Sunday. More than
Security & Crime
9 policemen dead in Uruzgan rebel attack
TIRINKOT (PAN): Nine local policemen were killed in a militant attack in the central province of Uruzgan, officials said on Thursday. The suspected Taliban fighters
Security & Crime
Orphaned children among 18 injured in Jalalabad blast
JALALABAD (PAN): Eighteen people, including an orphan schoolchildren, were wounded in a roadside bombing in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said. The incident occurred
Governance & Politics
Suicide bomber sold for Rs2m, says Pakistani minister
PESHAWAR (PAN’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province has said that a suicide bomber can be purchased for Rs2 million ($21,883) in his country. Peace could
Security & Crime
University students protest fellows’ detention
JALALABAD (PAN): Hundreds of university students on Wednesday protested the detention of their fellows by intelligence officials in eastern Nangarhar province, calling for their immediate
Security & Crime
9 dead in Nangarhar suicide attack
JALALABAD (PAN): Nine people were killed and a dozen others wounded as a result of a suicide attack in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, officials
Security & Crime
Warring Nangarhar tribes agree on truce
JALALABAD (PAN): Two major tribes have agreed on a three-year ceasefire over a land dispute that had claimed several lives from the two sides in
Security & Crime
20 militants surrender in Nangarhar
JALALABAD (PAN) officials and provincial peace council members in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Sunday. The fighters had been active against the government in
Security & Crime
3 injured in Jalalabad bombing
JALALABAD (PAN): Three people were injured in a bomb blast in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Friday, an official said. The magnet
