Sharafuddin Stanikzai

Security for the Balamurghab’s district of northwestern Badghis province transitioned from foreign troops to Afghan forces on Wednesday, officials said. The security responsibility for Qala-i-Naw

HERAT CITY (PAN): Dozens of residents of Shindand district in eastern Herat province on Sunday staged a rally against the detention of a district police

HERAT CITY (PAN): A woman has committed suicide in western Herat province, where two suspects have been detained in connection with the incident, a police

HERAT CITY (PAN): Security forces rescued three NGO workers, including a foreign citizen, from kidnappers in western Herat province on Saturday, an official said. The

HERAT CITY (PAN): Journalists staged a protest against a life attempt on their colleague in western Herat province on Tuesday. Ali Asghar Yaqubi, a local

HERAT CITY (PAN): Police on Sunday rescued an Iranian businessman from his captors and detained two alleged kidnappers in western Herat province. Milad, a trader

LAKHKARGAH (PAN): Residents, coming all the way from Marja district, on Saturday protested in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, against seizing a cemetery

HERAT CITY (PAN court ordered cutting off a hand and a foot of two men convicted of robbery and cooperating with a security firm in

HERAT CITY (PAN): Opposition leader Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday said the Karzai administration lacked political will to hold fair and free presidential elections taking

TIRINKOT (PAN): Poppy crops grown over up to 1,627 acres of land were eradicated during an anti-poppy campaign in central Uruzgan province, an official said

LAKHARGAH (PAN): A 10-day football tournament aimed at promoting peace was underway in southern Helmand province, with Helmand beating Farah 4:3 in the opener, an

HERAT CITY (PAN): Relatives and residents of western Herat province on Thursday refused to bury the dead bodies of 13 Afghans executed in Iran until