Afghan forces have broken the siege of Almar district in northeastern Faryab province, but tactically retreated to avoid casualties, local officials said on Tuesday. Provincial police chief Col. Mir Amanullah Zafer said three security check points had to…
Fresh university graduates in northwestern Faryab province have asked the government to provide them jobs in the public sector institutions. As many as 1,400 students have newly graduated from the literature, human rights, education faculties at the Faryab…
The Zafar-21 military offensive has ended after clearing of eight villages and killing of seven militants in the Sherin Tagab district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Tuesday. Governor Syed Anwar Sadaat told Pajhwok Afghan News…
An uprising commander in the Balcheragh district of northwestern Faryab province has picked dozens of drug addicts from streets for rehabilitation at his personal expense. Residents of the district welcomed the action of Commander Ghafoor, acknowledging a decline…
Three people, including a woman, have been killed in separate incidents of violence in northwestern Faryab province, police said on Tuesday. An illegal armed group member and his friend were killed by unknown assailants in Dara Sakh area…
Ulema department on Tuesday sought the removal of the education director of northwestern Faryab province, warning of more protests if their demand was not met. The protestors accused Education DirectorGhulam Sakhi Bayan of taking bribes, forgery, misusing his…
A boy and a girl have been killed by the girl’s relatives in northern Faryab province, an official said on Saturday. Rahmatullah Qesari, the Qesari district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the couple had love affair and had…
The governor of northwestern Faryab province on Thursday criticized a number of ministries for failing to carry out development projects and accused them of negligence and incompetency. Sayed Anwar Sadat said the ministries of energy and water, public…
Three insurgents were killed and four wounded during a clash with a pro-government militia in northern Faryab province where a 19-year-old girl hanged herself to death, officials said on Monday. Col. Mir Amanullah, deputy provincial police chief, told…
Eleven people were killed and 12 others, including the bride, were wounded on Thursday when a mortar shell hit a house where a wedding party was underway in Khawaja Sabz Posh district of northwestern Faryab province, officials said.…
Thirty-one people, mostly militants, have been killed and wounded during an ongoing operation in Khwajah Sabzposh district of northern Faryab province, local officials said on Wednesday. Governor Sayed Anwar Sadat told Pajhwok Afghan News the operation “Zafar 19”…
Afghan forces, led by First Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum, on Thursday recaptured Ghormach district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said. Ghormach district fell to Taliban militants after a fierce clash on October 11. Few days later, Gen.…
First Vice-President Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum,currently on a visit to Farah province, has said some internal and foreign circles are trying to send 7,500 Daesh, or Islamic State (IS), rebels to northern Afghanistan. He said the IS militants…
Local officials on Monday said Taliban militants shot dead a woman in a revenge attack in Kohistan district of northern Faryab province. A security official, wishing not to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News that two Taliban militants…
At least 1,000 families have left homes and moved to safer places over the past two days in Khwaja Sabzposh district of northern Faryab province amid ongoing clashes between security forces and insurgents, local officials said on Sunday.…
A number of residents of northwestern Faryab province say the Taliban militants have blocked the transportation road to Kohistan district from the past two months, leaving the residents with acute shortage of food items. Residents and a number…
Power supply to the capital and four other districts of northern Faryab province was cut off once again during a clash between security forces and militants on Sunday, , officials said. Abdul Karim Yorsh, police spokesman, told…
Sixteen Taliban militants were killed and several others wounded during a nighttime military raid and a separate clash in western Herat and northern Faryab provinces, officials said on Sunday. Najibullah Najibi, the 201st Zafar Military Corps spokesman,…
Five Afghan local police (ALP) personnel and four Taliban militants were killed during a clash in northern Faryab province on Wednesday, an official said. Maj. Nizamuddin Qaisari, the Qaisari district police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash…
A policeman and a civilian were wounded on Wednesday when a bomb strapped to the back of a donkey set off in the capital of northern Faryab province, an official said. Mir Amanullah, the provincial deputy police chief,…
Four Taliban province, officials said on Saturday. The four militants and the Afghan National Army soldier were killed during clashes in Sherin Tagab district of Faryab and seven more rebels were injured, police spokesman, Abdul Karim Yorosh, told…
More than 1000 Taliban insurgents spearheaded by a notorious commander attacked the strategic area of Tilan in Pashtunkot district of northern Faryab province and the ensuing clash was underway, officials said on Monday. Mohammad Tahir Rahmani, the provincial…
The education director of northwestern Faryab province has been arrested for allegedly having a fake degree and other documents, an official said on Tuesday. Chief Prosecutor Habibullah Alam told Pajhwok Afghan News Director Ghulam Sakhi Bayan was arrested…
A district police chief was killed along with his driver in a landmine explosion in northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Tuesday. Abdullah Masoomi, administrative chief of Khwaja Sabz Posh district, told Pajhwok Afghan News Lt. Col. Sakhi…
