Seven insurgents have been killed and 11 others wounded during a clash in the northern Faryab province, officials said on Friday. Nearly 300 Taliban fighters surrounded the headquarters of Daulatabad district over the past three days, but Afghan…
One person was killed and four others were wounded after rival protestors met in a square and clashed in northwestern Faryab province on Thursday, hospital sources said. Supporters of First-Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum and Balkh Governor…
A child has been killed and five others including a public uprising leader wounded in three separate incidents in northwestern Faryab province, officials said on Monday. Provincial police chief spokesman 2nd Lt. Karim Yoursh told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Eight people were killed on Thursday when a passenger car plunged into a river in northwestern Faryab province, where two security personnel were killed by the Taliban, officials said on Thursday. Amrullah, administrative chief for Garziwan district where…
A two-week cleanliness campaign was launched in Maimana city, the capital of northwestern Faryab province, on Wednesday, an official said. The campaign, led by Maimana municipality, is being attended by around 200 municipality workers, local residents and officials.…
Four civilians have been gunned down in two separate incidents in northern Jawzjan and Faryab provinces, officials said on Tuesday. Suspected Taliban gunmen killed a resident in Faizabad district of Jawzjan over alleged cooperation with the government, the…
Ten-years-old Sibghatullah, whose father was killed during a fight with Taliban militants, sells bolanis to eke out a living for his family. The boy says his mother and siblings must starve when he returns home empty-handed after…
The governor on Wednesday rejected as “rumor” the falling of Khwaja Musa area of Pashtunkot district of northern Faryab province to the Taliban. A day earlier, local official sources said the rebels staged a comeback after being driven…
Taliban’s shadow governor for northern Faryab province and a district chief were among 50 militants killed during clashes with security forces led by Vice-President General Abdul Rashid Dostum, a claim rejected by the insurgents. Faryab’s Governor Syed Anwar…
A bomb-making expert of Taliban fighters was killed and three of his associates were injured as a result of a blast in northern Faryab province, officials said on Sunday. The expert was training fighters on how to use…
The Afghanistan in northern Faryab province and called for punishing the perpetrators. The woman was given 30 lashed in public on Friday in the Khwaja Musa area of Pushtunkot district. A video clip released by the Taliban showed…
Taliban insurgents have cut off cables carrying electricity from Turkmenistan to northwestern Faryab province following a clash with security forces. Police Chief Col. Syed Aqa Andarabi told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash in Khawaj Subz Posh district left…
Local security officials on Sunday said a two years old child was rescued from kidnappers and one abductor arrested in northwestern Faryab province. Provincial police chief, Col. Sayed Aqa Andarabi,told Pajhwok Afghan News Ahmad Zia was caught while…
The Taliban have released 108 of the 110 passengers they had kidnapped in northern Faryab province, officials saidon Sunday. On Saturday evening, the militants seized 110 passengers from two buses on their way from Maimana to Kabul in…
Dozens of protesting people on Monday shut down the gate of a local court in Sherin Tagab district of northern Faryab province, accusing the judge of not attending office and being inefficient. The protestors said they were taking…
Two Taliban militants and a police driver were killed during a clash on a highway in northern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. The militants on Thursday evening attacked a police vehicle patrolling on the Andkhwi-Jawzjan highway…
A newly-constructed building for girls’ hostel was inaugurated at the university in northern Faryab province on Wednesday. The building cost more than $1 million funded by the Norwegian government, the university chancellor, Gul Ahmad Fazli, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Twenty-eight children of 2,000 hospitalised with pneumonia have died of the infection in one month in western Faryab province, officials said on Monday, warning against the rapidly spreading virus. The provincial health department lacked certain facilities to deal…
A worshiper was shot dead by unidentified gunmen and a public uprising member lost his life to a roadside bombing in northern Faryab province, officials said on Friday. A 35-year-old Hisamuddin was returning home from a mosque after…
A drug addict died of harsh weather conditions on Thursday night in Maimana, the provincial capital of northern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. The dead body was recovered from beneath a bridge and shifted to the…
Three policemen have been killed in separate attacks in northern Faryab Badakhshan provinces, officials said on Thursday. The Taliban killed two policemen on the Qaisar-Ghormach highway and took away their weapons, the Qaisar district chief, Rahmatullah Qaisari,told Pajhwok…
Seventeen militants have been killed during clashes in northwestern Faryab district, snapping power supply to four districts and the provincial capital, officials said on Tuesday. Fourteen fighters were also wounded during the overnight firefights in Qaisar and Shirin…
Taliban insurgents killed an Afghan National Army soldier after kidnapping him and placed a landmine beneath his body in northern Faryab province, an official said on Saturday. The off-duty ANA service member was travelling in a passenger vehicle…
Security forces have recaptured the bazaar and police headquarters of Chormach district from Taliban militants in western Faryab province during an ongoing operation, a military official said on Thursday. The Taliban overran Ghormach district two months back and…
