At least six people were killed and another 10 wounded in two separate bomb explosions in northern Jawzjan and western Faryab provinces, officials said on Thursday. Four civilians, including a rickshaw driver, were killed and nine others were…
Three militants including a commander and two policemen have been killed and another four security personnel injured during a clash in Sherin Tagab district of northern Faryab province, an official said on Monday. The clash broke out on…
Construction works on buildings for two health Kot districts of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. Dr. Maroof Samar, the public health director, told Pajhwok Afghan News one of the buildings was completed in Chal Gazi…
KABUL, a spokesman for Moldova’s civil aviation administration said on Tuesday,. "Pilot Oleg Groza, 55, died of four gunshot wounds in the chest. He was wounded when the helicopter came under Taliban gunfire from the ground,” the spokesman told TASS…
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday reopened its offices in northern Faryab province after remaining closed for more than two months due to security reasons, a UN official said. In October, 2015, the Taliban…
Taliban have handed over the bodies of four soldiers to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in northern Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday. The four soldiers were killed during a firefight with Taliban militants…
Fresh clashes have erupted between Taliban and security forces in northwestern Faryab provinces, with each side claiming to have inflicted casualties on the other. A string of firefights took place in Ghormach, Qaisar and Pashtunkot districts of the…
A 20-year-old married woman on Thursday committed suicide due to what police said domestic violence in the capital of northern Faryab province. The woman, who got married two years ago and left behind a six-month-old child, took her…
Eight Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and four militants have been killed in separate security incidents in different provinces, security officials said on Monday. Four fighters were killed and eight others woodened during an operation in the Pashtun…
An operation has been launched to rescue the 18 Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel who were captured by Taliban, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday. The soldiers and crew were seized after the helicopter carrying them made…
Taliban militants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) helicopter after it made an emergency landing in northern Faryab province on Tuesday, security officials said. The helicopter with 17 ANA soldiers onboard was flying from Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of…
Three people have been killed and six others wounded during separate security incidents in northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Sunday. Provincial council head, Mohammad Tahir Rahmani, told Pajhwok Afghan News one child was killed and four…
Unidentified assailants shot dead a man and a woman in two separate incidents in northwestern Faryab province, officials said on Thursday. A 35-year-old woman was shot dead in the Nadirabad area of Pashtonkot district, Abdul Qadir Qadiri, the…
An anti-Taliban militia leader was gunned downed in Sherin Tagab district of northern Faryab province on Friday, an official said. Two motorcyclists opened fire at Mohammad Naeem on Friday morning when he was on his way to Tapa…
At least six people were wounded and three vehicles destroyed in an explosion in Maimana, the capital of northwestern Faryab province, on Tuesday, officials said. According to security officials the incident took place at around 11:30am in the…
Security officials in northern Faryab province on Thursday said around 800 security personnel who were surrounded by Taliban insurgents in Ghormach district had been rescued. Col. Mohammad Reza Rezaee, the 209th Shaheen Corps first division spokesman, told Pajhwok…
Taliban’s newly-appointed deputy governor for Faryab was among five others killed during fierce clashes with security forces in the northern province where electricity supply has been suspended. Maj. Mohammad Reza Rezai, the spokesman for the 209th Shaheen Military…
Two civilians were killed and 15 others including a former jihadi commander were injured in a bomb in northern Faryab province on Monday, an official said. The blast took place in Andkhoi district when the former jihadi commander…
A commander was among half a dozen Taliban fighters killed during an overnight clash with Afghan military forces in Pashtunkot district of northern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. Maj. Reza Rezai, a spokesman for the Afghan…
Local officials in northern Faryab province said most of United Nations staff were evacuated from the provincial capital, Maimana, on Friday. Abdul Satar Barez, the acting governor of Faryab, told Pajhwok Afghan News the UN staff had left…
Taliban militants captured the Gorzaiwan district of northern Faryab province on Thursday afternoon, a public representative said. Sayed Abdul Baqi Hashemi, the provincial council head, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Sarchakan, the district center, fell to Taliban at…
Local officials on Wednesday said the Taliban had captured many localities in Gorzaiwan district of northern Faryab province, urging the government to act preemptively to prevent the fall of the district centre. Abdul Razaq Kakar, the district chief,…
Hundreds of residents in northern Faryab province on Sunday rallied in support of Afghan security forces, announcing their preparedness to deal with possible insurgent attacks on the province. Some of them, carrying weapons, were chanting slogans against Pakistan…
Two intelligence officials were wounded on Sunday in an explosion in northern Faryab province, while another blast took place in front of the provincial council office in which nobody sustained injuries, officials said. The first explosion took place…
