Sharafuddin Stanikzai

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Four bomb-making factories have been destroyed by Afghan forces in Marja district of southern Helmand province, an official said Monday.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Initial work on a thermal power plant with capacity of producing 200 megawatts of electricity has been launched in northern Jawzjan province, officials

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Seven militants were killed on Tuesday when explosives they were carrying in a car went off in southern Kandahar province, an official

HERAT CITY (PAN): Female provincial council candidates on Tuesday said they could not travel to districts fearing attacks on them if they plunged into electioneering

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): One inmate was killed and two others were wounded when central jail prisoners clashed in western Herat province on Sunday, an official

HERAT CITY (PAN): The administrative head for the fourth municipal district of western Herat City was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Thursday, an official

TALOQAN (PAN): Four smugglers have been have been arrested with 89 kilograms of drugs by intelligence agents in northern Takhar province, officials said on Monday.

HERAT CITY (PAN): An amount of 233 million afghanis in cleanliness tax is payable by government and non-governmental organisations in western Herat province, an official

GHAZNI CITY (PAN airstrike destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle in southern Ghazni province, officials said on Monday. Three militants were killed and nine others captured alive

HERAT CITY (PAN): Dozens of government employees in the western zone have been arrested this year on charges of involvement in corruption, negligence and embezzlement,

HERAT CITY (PAN): A district police chief on Sunday said he had escaped unhurt along with his colleagues in a bomb attack in western Herat

HERAT CITY (PAN): Trader community leaders in western Herat province on Thursday warned of withdrawing their investments and moving abroad if the Cabinet did not