The Ministry of Defense said on Thursday that 32 people including 20 civilians, were released from a Taliban prison in northern Baghlan province during a special operation by the commandos force.
Two young men died and a third survived after a car they were travelling in crashed into a canal in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, on Thursday. The car plunged into Ajmer Nahr (canal) near the…
University students in northern Baghlan province on Thursday accused their lecturers of behaving indiscriminately with some students. Yama Barna, a student of Journalism Faculty, said some teachers were involved in ethnic, linguistic and regional biasness with students. He…
A woman who lost her leg in a suicide bombing in northern Baghlanb province says she has been struggling with huge problems since her disability and sees peace the only solution to all her pains. Raqiba, 43, is…
At least 14 security forces have been killed in a Taliban attack in northern Baghlan province. A government official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants conducted a coordinated attack on a security…
Growing insecurity on the highway in northern provinces has worried people, public representatives and civil society activists in northern Baghlan province say. They expressed their concerns about the insecurity in Baghlan districts during the introduction ceremony of the…
Afghan forces killed 18 Taliban insurgents and injured 15 others during an operation in northern Baghlan province, police said on Thursday. Baghlan police chief Brig. Mohammad Wais Samimi told reporters here that the Afghan forces conducted an air-and-ground…
President Ashraf Ghani has said fundamental reforms are being brought to the civil and military sectors of northern Baghlan province to improve their efficiency. The president said this during a meeting with tribal elders and influential figures from…
Former general Habib Andarabi, his son and driver were injured in a blast in this capital city of northern Baghlan province, police said on Friday. Police spokesman Ahad Javed Basharat said Andarabi was travelling in Pul-i-Khumri city when…
A number of protesting teachers in northern Baghlan province on Tuesday claimed they have been not paid salary for the last three months and as a result they struggled with multiple economic issues. However, provincial Education Department officials…
The deputy police chief for northern Baghlan province, Col. Mohammad Wra Andarabi, has succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Kabul, an official said on Thursday. Police spokesman Ahmad Javed Basharat told Pajhwok Afghan News Andarabi died…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead three people in the capital of northern Baghlan province, sources said on Wednesday. A resident of the area, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News that unknown armed men gunned…
Two National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel were killed and 11 others, including civilians, wounded in an explosion in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday, an official said. Nazeer Najam, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News a vehicle…
Seven fuel tankers were hijacked and two others torched near Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province on Thursday morning, security officials said. Unidentified gunmen set alight two fuel trucks on the Baghlan-Samangan highway in Bagh-e-Shamal area and…
At least 12 security guards of a former member of Provincial Council were killed after their vehicular convoy hit a roadside bomb in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday. Nazir Najam, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok that 12 bodyguards…
Thirty workers at the provincial civil hospital of northern Baghlan province have been infected with Covid-19 pandemic, an official said on Wednesday. On the other hand, the Ministry of Public Health, At least 684 new positive COVID-19 cases…
Farmers in northern Baghlan province say they sell their products at a low price due to lack of proper management in the field of agriculture. Abdul Jamil, a grower in Pul-i-Khumri City, told Pajhwok Afghan News that he…
Hundreds of residents of northern Baghlan province on Monday attended a protest gathering and asked the government to launch development projects in urban areas of the province. Haji Hassan Ahmadzai, a tribal elder, addressed the gathering in Pul-i-Khumri,…
Police chief for Rashidan district of southern Ghazni province and seven security forces in northern Baghlan province have been killed in insurgent attacks, officials said Sunday. Ahmad Khan Seerat, Ghazni police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News 1st…
Unidentified gunmen have killed five members of a family in the Deh Salah district of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Thursday. A resident of Qisan village, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Some residents of northern Baghlan province on Saturday staged protest against civilians’ casualties in Afghan forces airstrike. They alleged six civilians were killed and wounded in security forces airstrike on Friday. The protesters blocked the Kabul-Mazar-i-Sharif Highway…
Two intelligence operatives were injured in a landmine blast in the capital of northern Baghlan province on Thursday, an official said. The remotely-controlled blast took place at Qahwa Khana area of Pul-i-Khumri before noon, targeting the National Directorate…
Taliban militants have established two quarantine centres for coronavirus patients in northern Baghlan province. Qari Khalild, Taliban’s public health head, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had put in place effective measures for preventing the coronavirus in the province.…
Three policemen were killed and district police chief among eight others wounded in a roadside bombing in Nahrain district of northern Baghlan province on Thursday, officials said. A local official who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan…
