Two security forces and nine Taliban militants have been killed as a result of a clash in the Sherin Tagab district of northwestern Faryab province, officials said on Saturday. Police spokesman Abdul Karim Yourish told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Twelve civilians, six security personnel and 47 Taliban have been killed and 23 others, including 10 security personnel, injured in airstrikes in northwestern Faryab province, a statement from the Shaheen Military Corps said on Sunday. Forty-seven Taliban were…
Security forces have retaken the control of Qarghan district in northwestern Faryab province from the Taliban after several hours of fire-fight, an official said on Friday. Police Spokesman Abdul Karim Yourish told Pajhwok Afghan News Afghan forces retook…
Local officials say Taliban militants overran the center of Qarghan district of northwestern Faryab province following fierce attacks. Sibghatullah Silab, Faryab provincial council head, told Pajhwok Afghan News that hundreds of Taliban fighters stormed the district center on…
Local officials on Saturday said Taliban militants lashed a girl and a man for elopement charges in a kangaroo court in Almar district of northwestern Faryab province. Abdul Karim Yourish, Faryab police spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Eight Taliban militants have been killed and 10 others wounded during clashes with security forces in Dawlatabad and Sherin Tagab districts of northern Faryab province, an official said on Saturday. One security personnel was killed and five others…
One child was killed and five others sustained wounds in a mortar strike which local residents blamed on security forces in Pashtunkot district of northern Faryab province on Friday morning, police said. Faryab police spokesman Abdul Karim Yurash…
Five security personnel have been killed and seven others wounded during a clash with Taliban insurgents in the Qaisar district of northern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. Rahmatullah Qaisari, the Qaisar district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Three Taliban rebels, an upraising group member and a child have been killed and scores others including civilians wounded during a clash in Dawlatabad district of northwestern Faryab province, officials said Thursday. Abdul Karim Yourish, Faryab police spokesman,…
Two security forces and seven Taliban militants have been killed while seven security forces wounded during clashes in northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Tuesday. Abdul Karim Yorish, Faryab police spokesman told Pajwok Afghan News that five…
Murder and suicide cases involving women have recorded a 27 percent increase during the first four months of the ongoing year in northwestern Faryab province, an official said Wednesday. Zabihullah Jawad, the Independent Human Rights Commission head for…
A number of families, who fled homes due to war in northwestern Faryab province and migrated to the capital of central Parwan province two months back, say they have since been spending a painful life under tents. The…
Security forces have regained control of four strategic villages of Pashtunkot district in northern Faryab province, an official said on Sunday. Police spokesman Abdul Karim Yourish told Pajhwok Afghan News that the villages were recaptured by joint security…
Around 40 civilians were killed and injured as a result of mortar shell struck on Jumma Bazaar in the Khawaja Sabz Posh district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. District Administrative Chief Abdullah Masumi told…
Forty-two Taliban militants have been killed during clashes with security forces in Shirin Tagab district of northwestern Faryab province, officials said on Monday. Governor Naqibullah Faiq told Pajhwok Afghan News Afghan two security forces were also killed in…
Local health officials say more than 930 victims of gender based violence were referred to hospitals in northwestern Faryab province during the past one year. Dr. Mohammad Naim Musamam, director of Faryab public health department, talking to a…
Women and children were among four people died and another eight were injured when a vehicle fell hundreds of meters deep from Chahartoot pass in northwestern Faryab province on Saturday. Mirwais Sayeedzoi, the Pashtunkot district administrative chief, told…
Security forces have regained control of the Balcharagh district in northwestern Faryab province after two years, officials said on Tuesday. Governor Naqibullah Faiq told Pajhwok Afghan News that commando forces on Monday night landed in the district centre…
At least nine members of an upraising group have been killed in a Taliban attack on their posts in Garziwan district of northwestern Faryab province, officials said Wednesday. Mullah Faizullah, chief of Garziwan district, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Local officials on Thursday said 84 people have been freed from a Taliban forces operation. The operation in Shah Shakh area of the district was launched at about 11pm last night and wrapped up at 2am, said special…
The family of two sisters allegedly raped by gunmen in northwestern Fayarb province has demanded the government provide them justice in the matter. The victim family told Pajhwok Afghan News in a telephonic conversation that the incident occurred…
The family of two sisters allegedly raped by gunmen in northwestern Fayarb province has demanded the government provide them justice in the matter. The victim family told Pajhwok Afghan News in a telephonic conversation that the incident occurred…
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a cultural complex in Maimana, the capital of northern Faryab province, the Presidential Palace said. The Presidential Palace in a statement received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that…
A sports dress production factory operated by 20 people was opened in northwestern Faryab province, officials said Sunday. Naqibullah Fayeq, Faryab governor, who attended the inauguration ceremony of the factory in Maimana, provincial capital today, called the opening…
