Arab nationals, who have come to western Farah province on the basis of an understanding with the Afghan government, want to initiate public welfare projects there, the governor said on Friday. Mohammad Umar Sherzad, in his exclusive…
FARAH CITY (PAN): A militant and an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier have been killed and four others wounded during separate security incidents in western Farah province, officials said on Tuesday. The deaths occurred when militants mounted an attack on…
Residents of the Bakwa district in western Farah province are moving to other places due to the absence of health services, officials said on Sunday. The most insecure district of Farah province, Bakwa is located 95 kilometres…
FARAH CITY (PAN): Three falcons fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation devices have been hunted by residents over the past five months in western Farah province, it is learnt. Officials at the provincial National Directorate of Security (NDS) department…
Villagers once again blocked the busy Farah-Herat highway in the Bala Baluk district of western Farah province on Wednesday, saying their eight men remained in custody of Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel. ALP members had arrested several…
Hundreds of protesters, including school students, teachers and religious scholars on Monday demanded the prompt arrest and prosecution of the killer of a boy in western Farah province. Ahmad Javed, son of Anti-Terrorism Department Director Fazal Ahmad,…
FARAH CITY (PAN insurgents kidnapped three Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) workers in western Farah province, an official said on Sunday. The incident took place in Pusht Rod district late on Saturday, when the workers were busy inspecting…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KUNDUZ/ZARANJ (PAN): Forty-eight prisoners were released from jails in northern Kunduz and western Nimroz provinces, with many inmates complaining of overcrowding, officials said on Monday. The inmates were freed in compliance with President Hamid Karzai’s decree issued on the occasion…
FARAH CITY (PAN) was killed and three Afghan Local Police (ALP) members were wounded in a blast in the Pusht Rod district of western Farah province, an official said on Saturday. The incident took place late on Friday when ALP…
FARAH CITY/MAHMUD RAQI (PAN): A commander was among three Afghan Local Police (ALP) members killed in a roadside bomb attack in the Bala Balok district of western Farah province, an official said on Saturday. Another three ALP members were injured…
FARAH CITY (PAN attack in western Farah province, an official said on Thursday. Abdur Rahman Zhwandai, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in Tot Chakaw area between Bala Baluk and Gulistan districts.…
FARAH CITY (PAN supply trucks torched following a militant attack in the Bala Baluk district of western Farah province, officials said on Wednesday. The convoy of 40 fuel tankers came under mortar fire in Farah Rod area last evening, the…
FARAH CITY (PAN): The intelligence chief for western Farah province on Thursday survived a roadside bomb attack that left a child dead and 15 others wounded, an official said. The incident took place about 9am when a bomb hit Gen.…
FARAH CITY (PAN-led troops and lost four men to the ensuing clash with the convoy’s guards in northwestern Farah province, officials said on Friday. The incident took place on the Kandahar-Herat highway in the Bala Balok district on Thursday afternoon,…
FARAH CITY (PAN): Three children were killed and four others injured in a bomb blast in the capital of western Farah province on Sunday, an official said. The blast took place inside a scrap depot in the 5th police district…
FARAH CITY (PAN and neighbouring countries, an official said on Sunday . Watermelons produced in Farah are known for their quality and taste in the region, an agriculture and Iran, with an average watermelon weighing up to 12 kilograms. Mohammad…
FARAH CITY (PAN): Two tribal enders were shot dead and a third seriously wounded by gunmen in the capital of western Farah province on Thursday. Haji Abdul Manan and Haji Mohammad Daud, belonging to Bala Baluk district, were gunned down…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday strongly condemned a roadside bombing that killed three children and their father and critically injured their mother in the Lash Juain district of western Farah province. The family was travelling in a passenger car…
KABUL): Three insurgents were killed in a blast caused by their own explosive in the Anardara district of western Farah province, an official said on Tuesday. Seven insurgents were planting a roadside bomb in the Gorkak area when it went…
FARAH CITY (PAN): A man opened fire at policemen manning a check post in western Farah province, killing four of them and injuring a fifth, officials said on Tuesday. The attacker, who had links with Taliban insurgents and had developed…
FARAH CITY (PAN in western Farah province, a local official said on Saturday. Khak-i-Safid district police head 2nd Lt. Abdul Ghani was shot dead by two motorcyclists in the Charbagh area of the provincial capital. The governor’s spokesman, Abdul Rahman…
FARAH CITY (PAN): Iranian border guards on Monday freed 27 Afghans and promised to transfer five dead bodies and six injured people tomorrow. The 27 individuals were released during Farah Governor Mohammad Akram Khpalwak’s meeting with Iranian officials in the…
FARAH CITY (PAN and Iran, accusing the neighbouring countries of killing and torturing innocent Afghans. Nearly 500 individuals, including university teachers and students, gathered in front of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) office in Farah City, chanting…
