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Baghlan exhibition showcases women’s handicrafts

Women’s handicrafts were put on display at an exhibition organized by women in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, on Thursday. Dozens of women from Baghlan and neighboring Samangan province took part in the show at Bibi…

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Recent rainfall reduces drought threats in Baghlan

The level of drought has decreased due to recent rainfalls in northern Baghlan province where farmers can use seeds that require more water, agriculture officials say. Abdul Wahab Khairzada, provincial agriculture department head, told Pajhwok Afghan News they…

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2 killed in bomb attack on voter registration centre

Two people were killed and two others wounded in a bomb attack on a voter registration centre in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday morning. A security official told Pajhwok Afghan News on condition of anonymity that the blast…

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12-km road being asphalted in Baghlan

Asphalting work on a 12-kilometer road connecting two districts of northern Baghlan province was launched on Sunday, an official said. Provincial rural rehabilitation and development director Eng. Awal Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News that construction work on the…

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No response sends Baghlan peace activists packing

Peace activists have removed their tent in northern Baghlan province after failing to elicit a positive response from the warring sides, amid an uptick in rebel attacks. The Baghlan activists during their stay at the tent had been…

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Machines to print ‘fake’ ID cards brought to Baghlan

Some people in northern Baghlan province claim the ground for massive rigging in the Oct 20 polls is being paved as machines are illegally used to print ‘forged Identity Cards (IDs) also known Tazkera and the stickers. Syed…

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Security forces retake Baghlan’s Tala Wa Barfak district

Afghan security forces have retaken control of the Tala Wa Barfak district of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Saturday. Maj. Mohammad Hanif Rezaee, spokesman for the Shaheen Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News the security forces…

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Efforts on to free Afghan, Indian engineers in Baghlan

Efforts for the release of Afghan and Indian engineers have been underway in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Monday. The Taliban Breshana Shirkat (DABS) from the Mulayan village of Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial capital a week earlier.…

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70 personnel rescued, many still missing in Baghlan

Afghan security forces have launched an operation to regain control of the Tala wa Barfak district of northern Baghlan province and to rescue some 100 missing security forces. The Tala wa Barfak district fell to the Taliban two…

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Taliban kidnap 6 Indian engineers in Baghlan

Six Indians were among seven workers of the Afghanistan militants kidnapped in northern Baghlan province, local officials said Sunday. The Taliban abducted the seven Afghanistan Barishna Sherkat (DABS) workers from Pul-i-Khumri, Baghlan’s capital at noon, police spokesman Zabihullah…

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Teachers absent from Pul-i-Khumri school since 3 years

Teachers of a primary school in this capital city of northern Baghlan province have been absent over the three years, imparting nothing to hundreds of students. However, result sheets of annual exams taken from students of the Arbab…

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No sugar beet, Baghlan sugar factory ceases functioning

Officials of the sugar factory in northern Baghlan province say the factory would be closed again due to the lack of sugar beet. Meanwhile, farmers in Baghlan say they are ready to grow sugar beet, but the government…

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Taliban allowed treatment in Baghlan hospitals

As "a goodwill gesture”, the authorities in northern Baghlan province on Saturday announced allowing Taliban militants to bring their patients to government hospitals for treatment. The governor of Baghlan province told a peace gathering in Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial…

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Protestors block road over civilian casualties

Some residents of Baghlan-i-Markazi district have blocked the Baghlan-Kunduz highway for traffic to protest the killing of a man and injuries to two others, an official said on Tuesday. The residents of Chaharshanba locality claimed a local youth…

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Taliban conditionally agrees to Kabul power supply

The Taliban through northern Baghlan province. Baghlan power utility department on Sunday said electricity supply to Kabul would be restored as tribal elders had reached an agreement with the Taliban in Baghlan over the issue. Sultan Ahmad Azizi,…

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Kabul-Mazar highway reopens after Taliban attack

The Kabul militants in northern Baghlan province. The clash erupted before noon in Dushi district, resulting in closure of the key road for three hours against traffic. Baghlan police chief Brig. Gen. Ikramuddin Sarai told Pajhwok Afghan News…

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Taliban again blow up power pylon in Baghlan

Taliban in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Saturday. Sultan Ahmad Azizi, provincial power utility director, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants destroyed the pylon by blowing it up with a bomb in Doshi district late on…

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25 needy Baghlan families given cash, food

Twenty-five needy families received cash, food and cattle in assistance from a government commission in northern Baghlan province, an official said Wednesday. Provincial Urban Development Director Eng. Awal Khan Ahmadzai told Pajhwok Afghan News there were 99 community…

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Bribes offered to get ID cards fast, complain Baghlanis

The residents of northern Baghlan province complain they face problems in obtaining passport or Tazkera due to a slow-paced work by the Population Registration Department (PRD). Applicants at the PRD said their applications were delayed from one week…

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Kabul in darkness as Taliban blow up power pylon

PUL-I-KUMRI/ KABUL in northern Baghlan province, the power utility said on Monday. In Kabul, De Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) said the militants destroyed the pylon with a bomb 22 kilometer from a sub-station in the Baghlan capital at around 2am.…

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All Baghlan schools to stay open this year: Governor

Local officials in northern Baghlan province say all school would stay open this solar year exhibited cooperation in this regard last year, the governor said on Sunday. Governor Abdul Hai Naimi told a school bell ringing ceremony to…

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5 ALP men killed, 3 wounded in Baghlan attack

Five Afghan local police (ALP) personnel were killed and three others wounded during a clash with Taliban militants in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday. The clash in Dand Ghori district occurred after the rebels stormed an ALP post,…

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“Electrify our homes”, Baghlani Markazi residents urge DABS

Residents of Baghlan-i-Markazi district say a power sub-station project has been completed in the town four months ago, but they are yet to avail electricity. The resident say said all construction work on the sub-station has been completed…

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