KABUL deputy governor for northern Baghlan province has been arrested along with two partners during an operation, the spy-network said on Tuesday. The National Directorate of security (NDS) in a statement said that Tariq, son of Qari Bakhtiar, the Taliban’s…
Dozens of civil society, asking the international community to add Pakistan to the state-sponsoring of terrorism list. The protestors chanted slangs against Pakistan and said Pakistan should not interference in the Afghanistan’s domestic affairs and stop firing rockets…
At least two Taliban militants have been killed and three others wounded after they attempted to kidnap two engineers in Tala-Barfak district of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Monday. Provincial police spokesman Zabihullah Shuja told Pajhwok…
Residents of Dand Shahabuddin area of Pul-I-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, on Saturday asked the government to compensate them for their homes destroyed during Afghan forces airstrikes. Dozens of residents of Dand Shahabuddin gathered in front…
Above 14,000 acres of state and private land has been usurped by powerful individuals and government officials in northern Baghlan province, Pajhwok Afghan News has learnt. According to the Land Authority, the list of 1,744 land grabbers has…
At least eight people were killed and four others, all chidren, sustained wounds after their vehicle crashed into a truck in the capital of northern Baghlan province on Sunday. 2nd Lt. Sohrab, provincial traffic police chief, told Pajhwok…
At least 15 people were killed and 28 others wounded in a traffic accident in the Doshi district of northern Baghlan province on Sunday, an official said. Traffic Director 2nd Lt. Sohrab told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident…
Taliban militants staged simultaneous attacks on the headquarters of Guzargahi Nur and Nahrin districts of northern Baghlan province last night, officials said on Friday. The ensuing clashes between the rebel fighters and security forces lasted several hours, the…
Residents of northern Baghlan province say the provincial municipality is trying to convert the only recreational park in Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial capital, into a commercial area. Bagh-i-Qahwa Khana Parkis, the only recreational park and green area in Pul-i-Khumri…
Increasing clashes and other incidents of insecurity on the Pul-i-Khumri-Kunduz and the Pul-i-Khumri-Mazar-i-Sharif highways in northern Baghlan province have worried commuters. Alauddin Noori, a resident of Baladuri area, told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants had many times staged…
The police chief for northern Baghlan province on Wednesday claimed several Russian, Pakistani, Egyptian and Chechen military experts had arrived in the province to train and support the Taliban militants. Brig. Gen. Ikramuddin Sarai told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The increasing insecurity has resulted in a widespread cultivation of poppy crop in northern Baghlan province, local officials said on Wednesday. Fazal Haq Andrabi, the provincial counter-narcotics department head, expressed concern over the increased cultivation of poppy. He…
Security forces coordination centre’s commander in northern Baghlan province was killed in a Taliban ambush on Monday. Maj. Gen. Abdul Hai Attai came under attack on the Khanabad-Baghlan highway in Dasht area today noon, the Khanbad district…
The newly-appointed governor for northern Baghlan province on Monday confirmed widespread corruption in local government departments and vowed to decisively act against corrupt individuals. Abdul Hai Niamati, who was recently recommended by the Independent Directorate of Local Governance…
A female militia commander on Wednesday alerted the government of militant resurgence in northern Baghlan province, saying a proper strategy was required to defeat the enemy. Commander Kaftar, 65, who lives in Nahrin district, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL activists and residents in northern Baghlan on Tuesday criticized the appointment of the new governor, asking the government not to turn the governor’s house into an ‘old people's home’. Recently Abdul Hai Naimati took charge as the governor…
KABUL insurgents on Friday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. MoD spokesman Dawlat Waziri on his Facebook page wrote the Afghan forces recaptured the district as a result of a massive operation. He said the rebels had sustained heavy casualties,…
KABUL in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Friday. Mahfoozullah Akbari, the 808 Spin Zar Zone police spokesman, was quoted in a statement as saying the arms were being smuggled to the anti-government forces in a truck yesterday. He…
The head of the 5th Amo River basin along with two others has been released from insurgents’ captivity in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Sunday. Lt. Col. Shir Aziz Kamawal, general police commander for northeastern zone,…
Unknown gunmen on Thursday killed a provincial council member along with his three security guards in northern Baghlan province, police said. Another four guards of Alam Jan Mujahid were wounded in the attack that took place on Thursday…
Unknown gunmen on Thursday killed a provincial council member along with his three security guards in northern Baghlan province, police said. Another four guards of Alam Jan Mujahid were wounded in the attack that took place on Thursday…
KABUL) has arrested a group of six suspected terrorists in northern Baghlan province, a statement from the spy-network said on Wednesday. The suspected terrorists had been arrested during NDS personnel raid on the outskirts of Khenjan district, the statement said.…
Two persons escaped from Taliban’s captivity after a clash that left five rebels dead in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Zabihullah Shuja told Pajhwok Afghan News the two persons were accused of cooperation…
A notorious Taliban commander Qari Abid was killed in a blast caused by his own bomb in northern Baghlan province on Sunday, the governor said. Governor Abdul Sattar Bariz told Pajhwok Afghan News Abid was killed by his own…
