Taliban militants killed at least 15 security forces and injured as many more after attacking security posts overnight in the Qaisar district of northern Faryab province, the district chief said on Friday. The Qaisar district administrative head, Rahmatullah…
Police have arrested two women accused of aiding the kidnapping of a two-month-old baby boy in northwestern Faryab province, officials said Wednesday. Faryab police spokesman Abdul Karim Yurish told Pajhwok Afghan News that three women deceived a mother…
Three construction projects worth 21.5 million afghanis have been inaugurated, including one project a Taliban’s control area, in northwestern Faryab province, the governor said on Sunday. Naqibullah Faiq told Pajhwok Afghan News the construction projects faced no security…
Local officials on Wednesday said five Afghan soldiers were killed by Taliban militants in Qaisar district of northwestern Faryab province. On the other hand, seven Taliban insurgents including a commander of the group were killed during an airstrike…
At least 50 Taliban militants have been killed and wounded in fresh clearing operations in Almar and Andkhoi districts of the northwestern Faryab province, officials said on Tuesday. According to a Pajhwok Afghan News report, three key commanders…
At least 11 insurgents have been killed and seven others wounded as a result of a clash and an airstrike in northwestern Faryab province, the military said on Thursday. In a statement, the 209th Shaheen Military Corps said…
Local officials on Tuesday said Taliban militants launched a coordinated attack on the center of Garziwan district of northwestern Faryab province and the district would possibly fall to militants if reinforcements not reach on time. The officials say…
An Afghan National Army (ANA) helicopter caught fire before take-off in the Pashtunkot district of northwestern Faryab province late Wednesday, an official said. Governor Naqibullah Faeq told Pajhwok Afghan News: “Two helicopters flew to the Sar Huza area…
Local officials say around 5,000 families have been driven from their homes as result of the ongoing war in northwestern Faryab province. A week back, Taliban militants attacked parts of Andkhoi and Qarghan districts of Faryab and captured…
The governor, provincial council members and civil society activists on Wednesday accused the security sector ministries particularly the Ministry of Defense of deliberately paying no attention to the deteriorating security situation in northern Faryab province. They accused the…
One policeman has been killed and two others wounded during a clash with Taliban militants in the Qarghan district of northwestern Faryab province, officials said on Sunday. The district administrative chief Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Tenmes told Pajhwok…
Taliban’s military commission head for Khwaja Sabzposh, Shiren Tagab and Dawlatabad districts of northwestern Faryab province has died of wounds he sustained two days ago, an official said Monday. Provincial police spokesman Abdul Karim Yourush told Pajhwok Afghan…
Taliban militants captured a key base of the public order police after an hours-long clash that left three security personnel dead and 17 others held hostage in northern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. The rebels waged…
A heavily pregnant woman was stabbed to death by his son in northern Faryab province, where a teenage boy was found dead inside a water well. Abdul Karim Yourish, Faryab police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
A number of women and district council elections. The provincial branch of the Independent Election Commission says about 200,000 voters – 90,000 of them women – have been registered across Faryab. Ahead of the previous presidential election, 500,000…
Local officials on Monday said Chahartot area and four security posts in northwestern Faryab province have fallen to Taliban. Seventeen security forces suffered casualties in clashes. Mohammad Tahir Rahmani, the provincial council head, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
At least 73 Taliban insurgents were killed in an airstrike as they ambushed a military convoy exiting Ghormach district of northwestern Faryab province, the military said on Tuesday. The 380-member strong 209thShaheen Military Corps convoy was heading to…
Taliban militants killed at least 11 security forces, wounded 20 and captured six alive after attacking their posts and a Chinese camp in northwestern Faryab province, sources said Sunday. A besieged soldier telephoned Pajhwok Afghan News from the…
Two women have been found dead under mysterious circumstances in northern Faryab province, an official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Abdul Karim Yuresh said one of the dead women was identified as Benafsha, 18. Her body was found…
Taliban militants kidnapped family members of an uprising commander and killed his wife and a 15-year-old daughter in Kohistan district of northern Faryab province on Tuesday, an official said. Police spokesman Abdul KarimYurash told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
KABUL on Wednesday tasked its two commissions with assessing the detention of Nizamuddin Qaisariand and protests in northern provinces seeking his release. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) recently announced detaining Qaisari, commander of illegal armed group in Faryab, Mohammad Daud…
Hundreds of protesters demanding the release of a detained militia leader Nizamuddin Qaisari on Wednesday closed the Independent Election Commission (IEC) office in northwestern Faryab province and set alight dozens of national identity cards or Tazkera. Also demanding…
Continuing their protest for a fourth day on Friday, the residents of northern Faryab province asked the government to pave the ground for Gen Abdul Rashid Dostum’s return and release his close aide. Afghan commando forces have arrested…
Two gunmen loyal to detained militia leader Nizamuddin Qaisari were killed and three other wounded during a clash with commando forces in this capital city of northern Faryab province last night. Junbish Milli Islami party official in Faryab…
