Two women and as many children have been found dead under mysterious circumstances in western Farah province, an official said on Monday. Police spokesman Iqbal Bahir told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces found the bodies during…
Selenite, a newly discovered mine in western Farah province, is being illegally extracted by powerful individuals and the stone smuggled to Herat and Iran. The mine is located in a mountain bet ween Awar and Anginaran villages,…
Nine more police were killed after Taliban militants stormed their post in a midnight attack in Bala Buluk district of western Farah province, residents said on Friday. One resident on the condition of anonymity told Pajhwok Afghan…
Nearly a dozen police and one civilian were killed during a clash with Taliban militants in Pusht Koh district of western Farah province on Wednesday, eyewitnesses said. Hamayon, a resident of the district centre, told Pajhwok Afghan…
At least 15 militants, including three commanders, have been killed in a joint Afghan-NATO operation in western Farah province, officials said om Tuesday. Naser Mehri, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the air-and-ground offensive -- supported…
Five Afghan border police were killed and two others wounded after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb near the Afghanistan-Iran border in western Farah province, an official said on Friday. The blast took place in Pashmaki area…
At least six people were injured when police opened fire on a passenger bus in Bala Bolok district of western Farah province on Wednesday, eyewitnesses said. The incident took place on Farah-Herat highway in Farah Rood Bazaar…
Two policemen and a civilian have been killed and two other policemen wounded in a roadside bombing in the capital of western Farah province, an official said on Saturday. Governor’s spokesman, Naser Mahri, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Geotechnical work on 640-meter deep 13 wells in the Bakhshabad Dam area in western Farah province and topography of the dam has been completed, with the detailed design of the project progressing by 35 percent, the Ministry of…
Two policemen have been shot dead in the Pushtrod district of western Farah province, where a young girl committed suicide in the provincial capital, officials said on Thursday. Master Najib Omar, the crime branch chief, told Pajhwok…
At least four policemen have been killed in a roadside bombing in western Farah province where two Taliban bomb planters detained by Afghan forces. Governor’s spokesman, Naser Mahri, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place when…
Half a dozen Taliban militants were killed during an overnight clash with security forces in western Farah province, police said on Friday. Another nine rebels were wounded in the clash that took place in Sheran village of Pushtrud…
Six members of a family were wounded after their home was hit by an artillery strike blamed on the Afghan National Army in western Farah province. Elsewhere, three militants were killed when a landmine they were…
A shopkeeper and a police officer have been killed in separate incidents in western Farah province, an official said Tuesday. Provincial police spokesman, Iqbal Baher, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a shopkeeper, Mir Ahmad was killed by…
Public health officials on Tuesday said more than 15 tonnes of expired food and beverages have been seized from markets in the capital of western Farah province. The spurious food and drinks were collected by an environmental…
At least 16 Taliban insurgents have been killed and wounded during clashes with government forces in western Farah province, where a prosecutor was also assassinated by unidentified armed men, officials said on Saturday. Police spokesman Iqbal Bahir…
A three-day polio vaccination campaign targeting overall 208,000 children under the age of five years was launched in western Farah province on Monday. Local officials and representatives from the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and…
At least 38 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 12 police wounded during an ongoing operation in the capital of central Uruzgan province, officials said on Wednesday. Uruzgan police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farooq Sangari told Pajhwok Afghan…
A 33-kilometre road that connects Juwin district of western Farah province with the provincial capital was put into service after being asphalted on Wednesday. Public Works Minister Mahmood Balegh, Farah Governor Dr. Mohammad Arif Shah Jahan and…
Residents of western Farah province on Tuesday said the Taliban had started collecting money from landowners as tax once again, a charge the rebels denied. Mehrabuddin, who owns 35 acres of land in Ganahkan village on the…
Taliban militants on Sunday morning kidnapped three passengers in western Farah province, a public representative said. Jamila Amini, who heads the provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News the passengers were kidnapped on the road between Farah City,…
Gunmen robbed the provincial civil hospital in western Farah province of employees’ salaries amounting to 760,000 afghanis, an official said on Monday. The official in the civil hospital in Farah City spoke on the condition of anonymity.…
Dozens of homes, cattle and standing crops were washed away in flood triggered by heavy rains in the Gulistan district of western Farah province, the district chief said on Sunday. Ajmal Zahid told Pajhwok Afghan News the flooding…
A police officer shot and killed a truck driver allegedly on refusing to pay bribe money on the Farah-Helmand highway in western Farah province, an official said on Saturday. The incident took place in Tot Wa Chakab…
