A number of prisoners, including insurgents, were released on Saturday from the central jail in southwestern Nimroz province in compliance with a special presidential decree, an official said. Attaullah Fikri, the prison in charge, said the freed prisoners…
A group of men writing the slogans of Islamic State (IS) on the walls in central capital Kabul has been detained, the Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday. Najib Danish, the ministry’s deputy spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The dead bodies of four women, who had gone missing three days back, were found in the capital of western Farah province on Friday, an official said. Jawad Afghan, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Hundreds of tribal elders, religious scholars and civil society activists held a gathering in western Farah province, voicing their support for the new government. The gathering that took place at the Governor’s House on Tuesday urged the new…
Local officials on Sunday confirmed the killing of three policemen and five Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel in different incidents in western Farah province. Taliban militants killed the three policemen while captured a fourth in Pushtrod district,…
The governor of southwestern Nimroz province on Wednesday alleged Taliban. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Amir Mohammad Akhunzada said the Taliban were a major threat to the country’s security and stability. The newly-appointed governor said…
A roadside bombing killed two people, including an administrative officer at the police headquarters, in western Farah province on Saturday, and official said. The blast took place in the Shmalga village of Bala Baluk district where Col.…
Bullet-riddled bodies of a district council chief and a school headmaster were found two days after they had been kidnapped by armed insurgents in western Farah province, officials said on Thursday. The Juwayn district council chief, Ghulam…
Four people, including two policemen, and seven militants were killed and ten civilians wounded in separate incidents of violence in different parts of the country, officials said Wednesday. Unidentified gunmen shot dead two police officials and…
One man was killed and four others were wounded on Friday when the car they were travelling in flipped over in western Farah province, an official said. The accident occurred in the Nezar area of Jawin district…
A new spate of violence has left 10 people dead, including a local judge and five tribal leaders, in western Farah province, an official said on Wednesday. Jawad Afghan, a spokesman for the governor, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Police rescued a five-year-old boy and detained two suspects in connection with his abduction in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Monday. The boy identified as Naveed was abducted on Sunday evening from Zaranj, the provincial…
Heavy snowfall and rains, often accompanied by windstorms, affected the melon crop in western Farah province this year, an official said on Monday. Agriculture and Livestock Director Eng. Mohammad Jafar Kazimi told Pajhwok Afghan News more area…
Two Afghan security forces, as many militants and a civilian have been killed and many others wounded in separate security incidents in different parts of the country during the past 24 hours, officials said Thursday. Four policemen and…
As many as 1,200 powerful individuals owe nearly 12 million afghanis in unpaid electricity bills to the power utility in western Farah province, where electricity theft amounts to a million afghanis a month, an official said on…
Two civilians, a father and son, were killed in a roadside bomb blast in the Pusht Rod district of western Farah province on Tuesday, an official said. District chief, Ghausuddin, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident occurred…
A 20-year-old student drowned in the Farah River and his body was fished out an hour later in western Farah province on Friday, an official said on Saturday, the day the 20-year-old’s nikah was due. Mohammad Arif,…
Eight militants and two policemen were killed on Saturday during a clash in western Farah province, where three civilians were injured in a mortar fire, officials and residents said. The eight rebels were killed after they stormed…
Some provincial council (PC) candidates on Thursday complained their observers had been unable so far to travel to the Parchaman district of western Farah province due to highway security threat. They feared the elections slated for Saturday…
Unidentified gunmen on a motorbike on Sunday shot dead a personal bodyguard of Senator Gul Ahmad Azami, candidate for the provincial council. Azami told Pajhwok Afghan News the assailants gunned down Mohammad Jawad, his guard, in the…
Fourteen insurgents and two policemen have been killed in a clash in the Khak-i-Safid district of western Farah province, the police chief said. Brig. Gen. Abdul Razzaq Yaqubi told Pajhwok Afghan News Thursday’s firefight was touched off…
At least six rebels were killed by the bomb they were planting on a road in the Bala Baluk district of western Farah province, an official said on Monday. The militants were planting the bomb on the…
A Taliban fighter was killed and six local policemen were wounded during a clash in western Farah province on Monday, officials said. The clash broke out after a group of insurgents stormed a local police checkpoint in…
Agriculture’s spring plantation campaign. Agriculture Director Abdul Manan Matin told Pajhwok Afghan News they had prepared 30,000 fruit-bearing and one million non-fruit bearing saplings for the campaign. The fruit-bearing plants included apricot, peach and others, which would…
