One National Directorate of Security (NDS) employee was killed and another wounded in a clash with police in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, an official said. Provincial Council member Ferozuddin Aimaq confirmed the NDS casualties resulting…
Nine civilians, including women and children, have been killed in a roadside bombing in the northern province of Baghlan, an official said on Friday. The explosion took place in Baghlan Markazi district on Thursday evening, when a van…
The governor said about 78 security officials, including local police and uprising members, were on Wednesday rescued after being besieged by Taliban militants who captured Surkh Kotal locality of northern Baghlan province. Abdul Sattar Barez told Pajhwok Afghan…
A number of women in northern Baghlan province complain they are unable to find government jobs and the government has failed to honour the promise of increasing women’s role in the public sector entities. Lailuma, 28, a bachelor’s…
The Baghlan provincial council warned the government on Thursday Dohn-i-Ghori district would fall into the hands of Taliban if Dand-i-Ghori area was not retaken. A member of provincial council, Bismillah Atash, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban captured…
Flash floods triggered by recent heavy rains killed a dozen people and swept away more than 100 houses in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Tuesday. Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) director in Baghlan, Abdul Naseer…
The governor on Saturday asked the central government to dispatch additional security forces to northern Baghlan province to drive militants from the conflict-hit areas. Abdul Sattar Barez said clashes between security forces and insurgents were underway in Dan-i-Shahabuddin…
A Taliban-designated district chief was killed by security forces during an operation in northern Baghlan province on Sunday, the governor said. Abdul Satar Bariz told Pajhwok Afghan News the operation in Dara-i-Waliaan locality of Khanjan district was launched…
A Taliban designated chief for Kushonda district of northern Balkh province was detained by Afghan security personnel in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Tuesday. Maulvi when apprehended by Afghan security forces at a checkpoint in Khinjan…
Three civilians were killed in two separate incidents of violence in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Sunday. Police chief, Maj. Mohammad Ewaz Nazari, told Pajhwok Afghan News illegal gunmen opened fire on a vehicle, killing two…
Security forces on Saturday found an arms depot containing roadside bombs and ammunition as they continued to search for militants in Dand-i-Ghori area of northern Baghlan province, an official said. The cache contained 21 anti-tank landmines, as many…
Afghan security forces clashed with Taliban militants in the Dand-i-Ghori area near the capital of northern Baghlan province, with each side claiming to have inflicted casualties on the other. Baghlan police spokesman Zabihullah Shuja told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
A young man was killed and two children were wounded in a rocket attack in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province,on Tuesday. A BM1 rocket landed in a house at around 8:30am, killing a 24 years old…
Hundreds of people on Monday rallied in northern Baghlan province, demanding an end to ongoing clashes between Afghan forces and militants in Dand-i-Ghori and Dand-i-Shahabuddin areas. The clashes in Dand-i-Ghori area of Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial capital, have been…
A rocket fired by militants hit the office of the provincial deputy governor in the capital of northern Baghlan province on Monday, killing one person and injuring four others, an official said. The BM1 rocket hit the deputy…
Displaced by the reemerged conflict, residents of Dand-i-Ghori and Dand-i-Shahabuddin localities of northern Baghlan province are in desperate need of immediate assistance. Operations against militants were launched in Dand-i-Ghori one month ago and in Dand-i-Shahabuddin weeks ago, forcing…
Local security officials on Saturday said intense fighting between the Taliban and Afghan forces was ongoing in the Dand-i-Shahabuddin area of northern Baghlan province. Deputy police chief for the province, Col. Abdur Rashid Bashir, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL (Pajwhok): President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday directed the officials concerned to provide urgent assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern Nangarhar and northern Baghlan provinces. During a video conference with military and civil officials from eastern and southeastern…
Minister of Border and Tribal Affairs Mohammad Gulab Mangal has linked increased insecurity in northern Baghlan province to the breach of an agreement signed with local tribal elders. On the other hand, Mangal said, the issue of Pakistani…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday said the Dand-i-Shahabuddin area of northern Baghlan province, where power pylons were blown up, had been cleared of the insurgents. MoI spokesman Seddiq Seddiqi wrote on his Facebook account special police…
Police on Tuesday said 10 Taliban militants were killed and 14 others wounded during an operation aimed at paving the way for repairing of damaged electricity pylons in northern Baghlan province. Baghlan police chief Brig. Gen. Mohammad Auz…
The Civil Society militants in northern Baghlan province. One of CSN members in Baghlan, Abdul Nasir Ghaffari, told Pajhwok Afghan News the war in the province was being fuelled by regional intelligence agencies. He alleged foreign militants were…
KABUL militants in northern Baghlan province, calling for a ceasefire. They told a press conference in Kabul orchards were cut down and houses, schools, clinics and mosques were destroyed in in airstrikes as part of the operations against Taliban, displacing 17000 families. “We…
Residents of several districts in northern Baghlan province complain about a lack of health facilities in far-flung areas and as a result many precious lives had been lost. Despite the unprecedented development that took place during the past…
