Taliban say the would allow repairs of a power transmission line if an ongoing operation in Dand-i-Ghori district is stopped, mediators said on Monday. The militants blew up a power pylon in Dand-i-Shahabuddin area on the outskirts of…
Two officials of a private radio station were shot injured in the capital of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Thursday. Baghlan police spokesman Zabihullah Shuja told Pajhwok Afghan News the injured persons worked at a local…
Six suspected militants, including one from Pakistan’s tribal region of Waziristani, have been arrested in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Thursday. Mohammad Tahir, hailing from Waziristan, and two local Taliban were detained on Wednesday night in…
Officials said militants cut down another three power pylons near Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province. The sabotage act comes amid unsuccessful efforts to repair the power supply line from Uzbekistan to Kabul, which had been snapped…
At least 47 militants, including Pakistanis, have been killed in recent operations in northern Baghlan province, officials claimed on Sunday. Another 23 militants were wounded during five days of the operation in Dand-i-Ghori district, Baghlan police spokesman Javed…
Local security officials on Saturday accused the Taliban impeding the repair of a power pylon that was blown up during a clash in northern Baghlan province. Power supply from Uzbekistan to Kabul was snapped as a result of…
Seven militants and three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed and another nine insurgents injured during separate clashes in central Kapisa and northern Baghlan provinces, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday. The casualties occurred during…
Da Afghanistan in the area of the sabotage incident in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Wednesday. The power supply from Uzbekistan to Kabul was snapped on Tuesday night after Taliban blew up a power pylon in…
An Afghan Local Police (ANP) commander has been gunned down in northern Baghlan province, the governor said on Wednesday. Abdul Sattar Bariz told Pajhwok Afghan News the ALP commander, Sahar Gul, was shot dead by unknown gunmen on…
Some residents of northern Baghlan province on Saturday accused the Taliban of forcing them to dig trenches for the fighters. Over the past 10 days, the militants have been digging trenches and browbeating localsto help them, a resident…
A Taliban commander, who seized a district from the security personnel, has joined the peace process in the northern province of Baghlan, officials said on Monday. Commander Mohammad Ewaz joined the peace drive along with six fighters, surrendering…
A service-memeber of Special Police Force Unite and activist of the Jumbish-i-Melli Islami political party have been killed in northern Baghlan and northwestern Faryab provinces, officials said on Sunday. Syed Luqman Gharik, district administrative chief of Sherin Tagab,…
Electricity has been suspended to hundreds of families in northern Baghlan province since a week, residents said on Wednesday. They claimed powerful and wealthy persons have never been subjected to such prolonged outages and poor people were kept…
Three women were killed and two teenage girls and a young boy sustained injuries on Tuesday when an unexploded mortar shell went off in the Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province, officials said. Deputy police chief, Col. Abdul…
A traffic policeofficial and seven militants have been killed in separate incidents in northern Laghman and eastern Nangarhar provinces, authorities said on Thursday. Baghlan Traffic Department head Col. Abdur Razzaq told Pajhwok Afghan News a group of militants…
At least three children were killed and another 15 injured on Tuesday when an unexploded munition went off at a playground in northern Baghlan province, an official said. A number of children were playing with the device in…
A number of candidates for teacher posts in northern Baghlan province allege they have been asked for bribes. Some school principals, they claim,are patronised by provincial council members. Theapplicants say they have submitted documents to the authorities concerned…
Some residents of northern Baghlan province have complained of a sharp hike in prices Ghori Cement prices, with some people stoppingwork on construction projects. Most contractors have switched to using Pakistani cement, warning if the authorities did not…
Protestors, demanding the shifting of Baghlan’s capital to the Baghlan-i-Markazi district, blocked the Baghlan-Kunduz highway for a third day running on Saturday. Over the past two days, more than 200 people have blocked the busy highway in the…
Protestors demanding the transfer of northern Baghlan province’s capital to Baghlan-i-Markazi district on Thursday blocked the Baghlan-Kunduz highway, provoking the anger of commuters. Around 200 people blocked the highway in Parchawah area of Baghlan-i-Markazi district at 11:00am. Arbab…
Nearly 50 percent of schools in northern Baghlan province lack buildings and students have to study in old structures, under tents and in rented houses. The problems are more acute in remote districts, forcing the provincial education department…
As many as 1,000 people, including some former jihadi commanders, recently gathered in central Baghlan province and pledged support to the security forces in the fight against insurgents. Civil society activists, on the other hand, expressed their concerns…
Tala wa Barfak district in northern Baghlan province has been retaken by security forces from Taliban militants, local officials said on Saturday. Brig. Gen. Abdul Jabar Purdeli, Baghlan police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces entered the…
Taliban militants captured and torched a military centre in Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Monday. Local officials said Afghan security forces had withdrawn from the centre two days ago moving to Alawuddin area…
