Despite the passage of four months, the Badghis municipality has not yet paid sellers seven million afghanis for 3,500 bags of flour it purchased for the free bread scheme. Flour sellers in the capital of the western province…
Some residents of northwestern Badghis province on Monday complained against growing insecurity, suspension of electricity and telecommunication services. They gathered in front of the governor’s office in Herat City to register their protest, saying the electricity supply…
KABUL, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Sunday said pistachio harvest in western Badghis province would reach 34,000 tons -- double compared to last year’s. A statement from MAIL quoting Badghis agriculture director, Abdul Tawab Tayeb, as saying, “The amount…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Monday confirmed civilian casualties in airstrikes in Badghis and Farah provinces, asking security and judiciary organs for a comprehensive investigation into the attacks and compensation to the victims’ families. A statement from AIHRC…
Eight Taliban, including the group’s Red Unit Commander, have been killed in an airstrike in the Abkarmri district of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Thursday. District Chief Khudaidad confirmed the incident and said the airstrike took…
KABUL of an irrigation canal has been underway in Herat province. A statement from MoWE received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that contracts for installation of the four gauging stations on Badghis River and reconstruction of an irrigation canal were…
A public representative in Wolesi Jirga or lower house of the parliament on Saturday said 10 civiliasn were killed and two others injured in two airstrikes in northwestern Badghis province. Ziauddin Akazai, a lawmaker from Badghis told Pajhwok…
Twenty-four commando forces have been killed and scores of others wounded during a clash with Taliban militants in Ab Kamari district of northern Badghis province, a public representative said on Tuesday. Wali Shah Naibzadah, a senator from Badghis…
Nearly two dozen militants have been killed, including several notorious commanders and a shadow chief for the Aab Kamri district of northern Badghis province. In a statement, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said Afghan and foreign forces targeted…
At least 20 Taliban insurgents and two policemen have been killed during clashes in northern Badghis and Samangan provinces, officials said on Tuesday. Jamshed Shahabi, Badghis governor’s spokesman, said militants stormed Afghan National Army (ANA) check-posts in the…
Taliban militants have laid siege to the center of Bala Murghab district in northwestern Badghis province after overrunning 25 security posts, sources said on Friday, calling for immediate action. A member of the provincial council, Haji Bahauddin, told…
KABUL this year. Sgt. Cameron A. Meddock, 26, of Spearman, Texas, died Thursday at the US military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, as a result of injuries sustained from small arms fire during combat on Jan. 13. Meddock was assigned to…
At least 18 Taliban airstrikes in the Jwand district of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Sunday. Jamshed Shahabi, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the overnight NATO raids targeted Taliban and Daesh hideouts in the…
Local officials on Thursday said six soldiers have been killed and the district chief among 10 others wounded in a Taliban attack on the center of Aabkamari district of northwestern Badghis province. Governor’s spokesman, Jamshid Shahabi, told Pajhwok…
At least seven Taliban militants and two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed during clashes in Bala Murghab and Muqor districts of northwestern Badghis province, a public representative said on Thursday. Abdul Aziz Bek, the Provincial…
At least nine Afghan Local Police (ALP) members have joined Taliban’s ranks in the Aab Garmi district of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Wednesday. Saleh Mohammad Bek, the district’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
A 20-year-old woman has allegedly been raped by three armed men from her neighborhood in Qades district of northwestern Badghis province, police said on Sunday. Police spokesman Naqibullah told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened on Saturday evening…
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday traveled to northwestern Badghis province and inaugurated a power sub-station benefiting 7,000 families, Presidential Palace said. The president inaugurated the project importing electricity from Turkmenistan in the presence of tribal elders and senior…
Four security personnel and nine Taliban militants have been killed in separate incidents of violence in northwestern Badghis and western Farah provinces, officials said Tuesday. Nasir Mehri, the Farah governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News insurgents stormed…
Nine border police and four Taliban insurgents have been killed during a clash in the Bala Murghab district of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Saturday. A border police commander, who declined to be named, said the…
Six Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel were killed in an airstrike in the Maqur district of northwestern Badghis province on Wednesday, an official said. A member of the provincial council, Farid Akhizi told Pajhwok Afghan News the ALP…
Six Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed and six others wounded as a result of an attack on a voter registration centre in northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Wednesday. Abdul Aziz Baik, a member…
The Taliban insurgents have captured some areas of the Qadis district of Badghis province, but local police denied the assertion as baseless. A member of provincial council, Fareed Akhizai, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants overran Golchin area…
A suicide bomber, who injured three security personnel, was killed in northwestern Badghis province on Saturday, an official said. Police spokesman Ehsanullah Sarwari told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the main bazaar of Qala-i-Naw, the…
