At least four civilians were wounded in a bomb blast in eastern Laghman province and an intelligence agent was shot dead in Faryab, officials said on Monday. Sarhadi Zwak, the Laghman governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News a…
An 18-year- old girl has been found stabbed to death in her home in the Qaisar district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Sunday. Provincial police spokesman Abdul Karim Yorish told Pajhwok Afghan News the woman,…
Construction work on a school building and a bus terminal was launched in the Pashtunkot district of northwestern Faryab province on Thursday. Education Director Ghlam Saakhi told Pajhwok Afghan News the building for Dahindra Boys School would have…
A 20-year-old woman has been killed under mysterious circumstances over apparently having telephonic contact with a man in the Pashunkot district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday. The security official, who wished to go unnamed,…
Public representatives on Friday said two uprising commanders had surrendered to the Taliban in the Pashtunkot district of northern Faryab province due to negligence by the government and security officials. Faryab provincial council chief Mohammad Tahir Rahmani told…
A number of residents of Pashtoon Kot district and Maimana have accused a former jihadi commander, also father of the Faryab provincial council head, has deprived them of irrigation and drinking water. Hundreds of enraged people from Maimana…
One Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier died and six others were hospitalised after a colleague apparently put something poisonous in their drink at Iftari in northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Sakhi Dad Kaptan,…
At least 115 Taliban insurgents joined the peace process in northern Faryab province on Wednesday, security officials in neighbouring Jawzjan said. Jawzjan police chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Turkistani told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban group led by Tahir…
Eight Taliban militants, including a senior figure, have joined the peace process in northwestern Faryab province, local officials said on Thursday. Col. Nizamuddin Qaisari, the Qaisar district’s police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Saboor, a Taliban commander…
Eight Taliban militants, including a senior figure, have joined the peace process in northwestern Faryab province, local officials said on Thursday. Col. Nizamuddin Qaisari, the Qaisar district’s police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Saboor, a Taliban commander…
At least 33 villages in Almar and Qaisar districts of western Faryab province were cleared of insurgents and 70 public uprising members rescued after being besieged for 10 days during a newly-launched operation by security forces, the governor…
At least a dozen people, including two women, were killed and another 18 people were wounded after clashes erupted between gunmen loyal to Jamiat-i-Isami and Junbish-i-Isami parties in the Almar district of northwestern Faryab province, officials said on…
Taliban, and held captive 30 others in revenge for the killing of a rebel commander in northern Faryab province, a public representative claimed on Monday. A Taliban commander Mullah Khanjar was killed along with six fighters during a…
Twenty Taliban provinces, officials said on Sunday. In Faryab, the insurgents attacked security posts of uprising members on Saturday evening in Gilimbaf area of the Pashtunkot district, the provincial council chief, Mohammad Tahir Rahmani, told Pajhwok Afghan News.…
Five members of a family died after drinking contaminated water from a well inside their home in northwestern Faryab province, police said on Sunday. Abdul Karim Yourash, provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident occurred on…
Four Taliban militants have been killed and three others wounded after an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander attacked their hideout in the Qaisar district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Saturday. Lt. Col. Nizamuddin, the Qaisar…
A former mayor and two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed and four others wounded during separate incidents in the Dawlatabad district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Monday. Dawlatabad district police chief, Col.…
A senior sports official on Saturday said 12 acres of land for a sports complex and a gymnasium for females has been specified in the capital of northern Faryab province. Sports and Marshal Art Federation Director Mohammad Humayon…
The local officials of northern Faryab province on Wednesday said that they have killed 30 Taliban insurgents during a clash in the Garziwan district of the province. Thirty Taliban insurgents including their several commanders were killed and five…
A man has shot dead his mother and a sister in northern Faryab province, officials said on Monday. Najmuddin, 30, gunned down his 55-year-old mother and 25-year-old sister in Yamblaq locality of the 9th municipal district of Maimana,…
Nearly a dozen Taliban militants and two uprising members have been killed in separate incidents of violence in southern Ghazni and northern Faryab provinces, officials said on Thursday. Ghazni police chief Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel told Pajhwok Afghan…
Two children have been killed and a third injured in a landslide in Maimana, the capital of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Thursday. Provincial police spokesman, 2nd Lt. Mohammad Karim Yuresh, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped dozens of passengers from at least four vehicles on a major highway in northern Faryab province, officials said. A security official, wishing anonymity, Pajhwok Afghan News the passengers were snatched from a 404…
A number of residents in northwestern province of Faryab on Monday rallied against the Dawlatabad district police chief. More than 100 protestors voiced their support for a former public uprising commander, Nazir and blocked the Maimana-Andkhoy road for…
