The distribution of improved wheat seed varieties to 3,800 farmers began in western Farah province while work on four uplift schemes was launched in Sar-i-Pul, officials said. Up to 1,000 growers received the aid in Farah…
The intelligence chief for the Khak-i-Safid district of western Farah province has been killed under mysterious circumstances, an official said on Tuesday. A National Directorate of Security (NDS) confided to Pajhwok Afghan News Abdul Karim, the district…
Officials on Monday said at least six policemen had gone missing from a check-post in Joyen district of western Farah province, but Taliban claimed they had joined the insurgency. Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesperson, said the six policemen, including…
Nearly a dozen Taliban militants have been killed and another 10 injured during clashes with security forces in Bala Buluk district of western province, officials said on Monday. The Taliban suffered casualties during a security operation in…
Taliban’s deputy shadow governor was among 15 insurgents killed during a clash with security forces in Bala Buluk district of western Farah province, officials said on Sunday. Iqbal Baher, police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News Mullah Mohammad Ibrahim,…
Half a dozen police were killed and a dozen more injured during a massive midnight Taliban attack on a number of security posts in western Farah province, an official said on Thursday. The armed insurgents stormed a…
Five days of clashes between security forces and insurgents have displaced hundreds of families in Khak-i-Safed district of western Farah province, officials said on Monday. The gun battles that continued for five consecutive days forced hundreds of…
Hundreds of people on Wednesday took to the streets in western Farah province to protest the omission of words “Afghan and Islam” from the biometric national identity cards. The protestors, who included provincial council members, civil society…
Members of the Provincial Council (PC) on Monday complained against the increasing number of mysterious killings in the capital of western Farah province, asking the government to prevent the loss of precious lives. Deputy head of the…
Some civil society activists in western Farah province on Tuesday warned of not accepting the electronic identity cards (ID) if religion and nationality were not mentioned in the documents. The format of the new ID cards was…
At least 14 armed rebels were killed and 15 others wounded when armed rebels stormed attacks on security check posts in western Farah on Saturday morning, an official said. Iqbal Bahar, police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
At least 19 security personnel and 41 militants have suffered casualties during separate security incidents in western Farah province, officials said Wednesday. Farah Police Chief Fazal Mohammad Samadyar told Pajhwok Afghan News that 30 militants were killed…
Taliban killed two kidnapped passengers in eastern Farah province, provincial police chief said Tuesday. Farah police Chief Gen. Fazal Muhammad Samadyar told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants had taken hostage three passengers from a bus from Farah-Farahrud highway.…
Taliban militants shot a senior official of public welfare department dead inside his home in western Farah province, the Pishtrud district chief said on Thursday. Ghausuddin told Pajhwok Afghan News that gunmen forced their way inside Muhammad…
Taliban publicly executed three persons in western Farah province on charges of robbery and murder, a militant said. The group has said the executions had taken place on Friday in Juma Bazaar locality of Bakwa district. The three…
At least five policemen, four militants and a prayer leader were killed in the ongoing fighting between rebels and security forces in the Poshtrud district of western Farah province, an official said Saturday. The gun battle erupted…
A survey to supply electricity from Iran to western Farah province has been completed, which would light the Farah City within one-and-a-half year, the governor said Monday. The agreement for transporting electricity to this western province was…
Hundreds of residents of the Bala Balok district of northwestern Farah province on Wednesday protested against a highway police commander here, accusing him of killing and injuring innocent people. About 300 protestors, mostly shopkeepers, closed the main…
Following hectic efforts by provincial council members, two roads, which were blocked for years, had been reopened for pedestrians and vehicles in Farah City. A road in the first police district leading to the main hospital had…
The youth on Thursday claimed close to 90 percent of schools in the Bala Balok district of western Farah province were “dysfunctional,” a claim rejected by local education authorities. The claim was echoed by members of a…
Gang-raped after being kidnapped in western Farah province, a female university student on Wednesday threatened she would commit suicide if the government failed to arrest and award harsher punishment to her rapists. Nazneen, 20, a second-year student…
Suspected militants torched a girls’ school near the capital of western Farah province on Wednesday, destroying the building, an official said. The governor’s spokesman, Jawad Afghan, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the Nawbahar…
Three suspected suicide bombers were killed on Tuesday when the explosives-laden truck they rode accidently went off in southern Zabul province, police said. Provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Rogh Liwanai told Pajhwok Afghan News the truck was en…
Three policemen were killed and two policemen and a journalist were wounded in a roadside bombing in western Farah province on Thursday, an official said. The blast took place on the Farah-Farahrod highway in the Shamalgah area near…
