The Maimana-Mazar Shairf Highway has been reopened for traffic as a result of a security forces operation in northern Faryab province, an official said on Saturday, about one year after the road had been closed. Jannat Gul Karokhel,…
Five people, including three women and a child, have been killed in two separate incidents in northern Faryab province, local sources said on Thursday. A source said three women and a man, members of the same family, were…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Monday expressed his concern over the security situation in northern Faryab province and issued directives to security officials in this regard. Presiding over his weekly Cabinet meeting, the CEO said the…
Tens of relatives of four slain public uprising members on Sunday staged a protest rally in northwestern Faryab province demanding a governmentinvestigation into the deaths. The four men loyal to commander Shahab were killed during a clash with…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a female police officer and injured her baby in northwestern Faryab provinces, an official said on Thursday. Faryab police spokesman Abdul Karim Yurash told Pajhwok Afghan News the 2nd sergeant Aiziza was…
Taliban gunmen have established a checkpoint on a key highway in Sherin Tagab district of northern Faryab province and are searching vehicles to look for government employees. Hamidullah, a civil government servant in Maimana, Faryab’s capital, told Pajhwok…
Local officials on Saturday said five guards of a political party have been killed and four others wounded in a Taliban attack in Sherin Tagab district of northwestern Faryab province. Provincial deputy police chief, Col. Mohammad Naim Andarabi,…
Five civilians and eight Taliban were claimed killed in an alleged airstrike in Khawaja Sabz Posh district of northwestern Faryab province on Wednesday, local sources and security officials said. Asadullah, an influential figure in the area, said the…
MAIMANA (Pajhowk): A post commander was among four policemen killed during an hours long firefight with Taliban insurgents in the Pashtunkot district of northern Faryab province, police said Saturday. The rebels stormed and captured the police post in Boldak Arab…
Taliban militants have gunned down a 23-year-old man in the Sherin Tagab district of northern Faryab province over his alleged connection with the government, local officials said on Tuesday. Khwaja Sirajuddin, the Sherin Tagab district chief, told Pajhwok…
Residents of the Sherin Tagab district of northwestern Faryab province on Tuesday took to the street and closed Maimana-Mazar-i-Sharif highway. The protestors asked the provincial government to conduct operations to eradicate militant hideouts in the district. They warned…
Four rebels, one policeman and one civilian have been killed during clashes in northern Faryab province, police said on Thursday. Abdul Karim Yurish, provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the four Taliban militants were killed and six…
The main power transmission line in northwestern Faryab province has been cut 52 times over the past nine month as a result of armed clashes between security forces and Taliban militants, an official said on Sunday. Syed Abdul…
At least 25 Taliban insurgents have been killed in airstrikes by foreign forces in northern Faryab province, where separately five other militants shunned insurgency, police said on Thursday. The provincial police headquarters said in a statement that the…
A 27-year-old woman has committed suicide by hanging herself in the capital of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Saturday. Police spokesman Abdul Karim Yourish, who identified the woman as Zahra, said domestic violence was the reason…
Dozens of Daesh rebels and 10 civilians have been killed in airstrikes in the Darzab district on northern Faryab province, police said on Tuesday. Faryab police chief Brig. Gen. Mohammad Jawzjani said the Islamic State fighters had amassed…
Taliban militants allegedly shot dead six members of a family, parents and their four daughters, inside their home in Kohistan district of northern Faryab province, an official said on Monday. The security official, who spoke on the condition…
Two juvenile inmates have fled the main correctional centre in the capital of northwestern Faryab province, police said on Monday. Habibullah and Fareed -- both under 18 years of age -- had been jailed on rape and robbery…
A young ‘mentally ill’ woman jumped to her death from a mountain summit in the Kohistan district of northern Faryab province, an official said on Monday. The 25-year-old married woman allegedly jumped from a 300-meter height in Hawz…
Four members of a family, including two minor children, were found dead in a hotel in the capital of northern Faryab province on Sunday. Police told Pajhwok Afghan News a couple and their two children were mysteriously poisoned…
A 19-year-old man was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the capital of northern Faryab province last night, police said on Wednesday. Mohammad Yousaf, crime branch police chief, identified the victim as Mohammad Haroon, a high school graduate.…
The Taliban have captured Baloch area and two security posts in Sherin Tagab district of northern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. The security official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Taliban militants have cut electricity supply to the capital and four districts of northwestern Faryab province, depriving 57,000 families of the facility. Qari Wakil, Taliban chief for Khwaja Sabzposh district, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had cut power…
A woman and a minor child have been found dead under mysterious circumstances in northern Faryab province, where another woman was electrocuted, an official said on Wednesday. Both the incidents took place in Khawaja Sabzposh district, the district…
