The police chief for the Aab-i-Kamari district has been killed along with a bodyguard as a result of a clash in northern Badghis province, an official said on Monday. An official of the police headquarters, Abdul Hamid, told…
President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday reviewed the security situation in northwestern Badghis, saying the province would prosper once energy and road construction projects were completed there. At the head of a high-level delegation, Ghani arrived in Badghis to…
Two young girls have been murdered by their close relatives in northwestern Badghis province, officials said on Monday. Zarghona Shirzad, provincial Women commander shot dead his young daughter on Monday afternoon in Maqur district. She identified the victim…
Six security posts have been moved following militant attacks in the Maqor district of western Badghis province, with officials saying on Tuesday the relocation was a temporary step. A provincial council member, Haji Bahauddin, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Taliban militants attacked and captured a police post last night in northwestern Badghis province before being driven on Sunday morning. Ten policemen were manning the post in Bala Murghab district when armed insurgents attacked it, injuring three policemen,…
Two doctors have been kidnapped by suspected militants in northwestern Badghis province, authorities said on Thursday. Working for the Public Health Department, the doctors were kidnapped on their way to a clinic in Qadis district, a state from…
A father gunned down his daughter over alleged illicit relationship with a man in the Qadis district of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Thursday. The girl was killed over the suspicion of having illicit relationship with…
The Afghan National Army (ANA)’s 207th Zafar Military Corps commander was killed in a helicopter crash in Bala Murghab district of western Badghis province on Tuesday, an official said.
A vehicle carrying an unknown number of passengers plunged into a deep ravine in northwestern Badghis province, officials said Saturday, fearing all those inside the land-cruiser might be dead. The vehicle fell around 2,000 metres down from Sabzak…
At least two Taliban militants have been killed and two others wounded in a clash with security forces in the Rabat locality of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Tuesday. Amir Shah Nayab, the provincial police chief,…
A Wolesi Jirga militants attack in western Herat province on Thursday, an official said. Herat governor’s spokesman, Jailani Farhad, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Sayed Mohammad Musa, a lawmaker from Badghis, came under gun attack in Shalban…
The Taliban have given 70 lashes to a man after he ran away with a woman in Ab Kamari district of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Saturday. Col. Ziauddin, the district police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Local officials and residents say a number of people have been illegally digging heritage sites to find and plunder monuments in Ab Kamari and Qadis districts of northwestern Badghis province. Mohammad Sarwar, a resident of Qarcheghy village of…
Nearly a dozen men gang-raped a nine years old girl in the Jawand district of northwestern Badghis province more than a week ago, officials said on Tuesday. A member of the provincial council from the district, Farid Akhizai,…
Two rival tribes have reconciled in the Ab Kamari district of northern Badghis province following mediation of members of the provincial High Peace Committee and the Provincial Council. Mohammad Nasir Nazari, the provincial council head, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The new governor on Wednesday said the central government had ignored northwestern Badghis province with regard to reconstruction and development activities over the past 14 years. Talking to Pajhwok Afghan News during an interview, Dr. Jamaluddin Ishaq said…
Police in Qala-i-Naw, the capital of northwestern Badghis, province found the bullet-riddled body of a 17-year-old boy on Wednesday. Deputy police chief Abdul Azizi Amani told Pajhwok Afghan News the boy, a resident of Qala-i-Naw, had been kidnapped…
Doctors and other staff at the civil hospital in northwestern Badghis province on Wednesday went on strike against non-payment of salaries over the past six months. With their number reaching 120, the doctors, nurses and administrative staff of…
At least five militants, including a commander, were killed in a coalition airstrike in southern Zabul province, while six rebels suffered casualties during a clash in northwestern Badghis province, officials said on Wednesday. Mohammadullah, the administrative chief for…
Six civilians, half of them children, have been killed during separate incidents of violence in northern Kunduz and northwestern Badghis provinces, officials said on Monday. Gunmen linked to an illegal armed group ambushed a vehicle carrying their…
“Defensive groups” have been created in consultations with the police headquarters, public representatives and local residents to maintain security in Jawand and Qadis districts of northwestern Badghis province. Though some military expert say the creation of such militias…
Twelve policemen, including civilians, and five militants were killed in a gun fight when the latter ambushed a police party in western Badghis province, a member of provincial council said on Sunday. Mohammad Farid Akhizai told Pajhwok Afghan…
At least nine militants and two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed in Bala Murghab district of northwestern Badghis province, an official said Wednesday. Badghis provincial council head Bahauddin told Pajhwok Afghan News the gun battle…
The long demanded drinking water project has been completed in the western Badghis province, which will provide potable water to around 1,800 families, an official said on Saturday. The scheme is completed at a time when underground water…
