A Taliban-designated district chief for Doshi district has been arrested along with two accomplices in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Tuesday. Maulvi Mamoor and his associates were detained with weapons during an operation in Siah Dara…
A prisoner apparently committed suicide by hanging himself at the central jail of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Sunday. Provincial police chief, Col. Abdul Bashir Rashid, told Pajhwok Afghan News the inmate, Mohammad Nasir, hanged himself…
Eight people were killed on Friday noon when a powerful explosion rocked the Baraka district centre in northern Baghlan province, an official said. A provincial council member from the area told Pajhwok Afghan News the bomb exploded in…
Twenty five more militants, including their commander, joined the government initiated peace process in northern Baghlan province, an official said Wednesday. Brig Gen. Aminullah Amarkhail, provincial police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban commander, Khan Mohammad along…
A group of five militants was busted and weapons including suicide vests seized in northern Baghlan province, the spy service said on Sunday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement the rebels were detained in…
A woman and a girl were killed after suspected militants lobbed hand grenades into their house in the Dushi district of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Saturday. Police spokesman Javed Basharat told Pajhwok Afghan News three…
Hundreds of residents on Thursday staged a demonstration in support of Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, police chief for northern Baghlan province, an official said. Amarkhel has been serving as police chief for the province for the last one…
Ten people, including three policemen, have been wounded in a landmine explosion in northern Baghlan province, local officials said on Friday. Javed Basharat, the police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place on Thursday evening on…
Heavy inflows broke a spillway of a local dam and damaged a textile factory and several homes in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province. As the Baghlan River burst its banks, heavy inflows led to the dam’s breach…
A resident of the Jalgai district in northern Baghlan province has accused police and government officials of cutting off his middle finger two days after he cast his vote for Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. Mohammad Dad told Pajhwok Afghan…
Residents of three districts faced with great trouble after a bridge was damaged due to flash floods in the Deh Sala district of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Sunday. Residents of Deh Sala, Pul-i-Hesar and Khost districts…
A young woman and a man were killed by unidentified gunmen in northern Baghlan province, an official said Monday. Police officials said the pair had eloped, escaping their houses in Khinjan district. They were shot dead on their…
The people of northern Baghlan province staged a protest demonstration, asking for acceleration of work on gravelling the Khinjan-Bannu Road, an official said on Saturday. Work on gravelling the road was started in May 2013 at a cost…
An urban court in northern Baghlan province has suspended Pul-i-Khumri Mayor Abdullah Haris, who says he has no information about the ruling. Haris was replaced on Tuesday by Mir Ahmad, another official of the municipality. Officials at the…
Triggered by torrential rains, floods killed three people and washed away hundreds of houses in Baghlan, Bamyan and Badakhshan provinces on Thursday, officials said. A man and a woman were killed when the roof of their house collapsed…
The Pul-i-Khumri mayor has been detained on charges of hatching a plot to kill the head of the consultative council of the Baghlan municipality. More than a week ago, the council head, Haji Noor Aqa, was targeted by…
A young woman has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen after she eloped in northern Baghlan province, an official said Sunday. Amina 21 was eloped as she was unhappy with her husband. Unidentified gunmen forced her into the…
The production of brown sugar has doubled as farmers’ increased growing sugar beet in northern Bghlan province. The factory had been activated with the support of Germany in Baghlan province in 1940. The factory had to halt production…
Two people were killed and three others injured on Sunday when their two-storey house collapsed following heavy rains in northern Baghlan province, an official said. Natural Disaster Management Director Nasir Ahmad Kohzad told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident…
Police on Saturday detained three individuals in southern Baghlan province allegedly transferring 27 children to Pakistan, an official said. The individuals planned to transfer the children from Kunduz province to Pakistan and train them to carry out suicide…
A roadside bomb left three civilians dead in the Dushi district of northern Baghlan province on Wednesday when the car they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb. Javed Basharat, the provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A roadside bomb left three civilians dead in the Dushi district of northern Baghlan province on Wednesday when the car they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb. Javed Basharat, the provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Hundreds of people besieged the attorney’s office in northern Baghlan province on Monday during a protest rally against the arrest of a provincial council member. Provincial council members, closing their office in protest, led the demonstrators who gathered…
Two persons, including a month-old child, were killed and seven others sustained grievous injuries when a liquefied gas cylinder exploded inside a house in the capital of northern Baghlan province on Thursday, police said. Police spokesman Ahmad Javed…
