An explosion was occurred inside the police headquarter of northwestern Faryab province on Wednesday, but caused no casualties, officials said. Deputy provincial police chief, Col. Mohammad Naim Andarabi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a bomb planted beside the…
A minor child has been sexually assaulted by a 17-year-old boy in Maimana city, the capital of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Monday. Provincial Crime Branch Chief Brig. Gen. Nader told Pajhwok Afghan News the 4-year-old…
At least 43 Taliban insurgents, including four commanders, have been killed during a security forces’ operation in Khwaja Sabzposh district of northern Faryab province, a military official said on Sunday. Gen. Jannat Gul, 209th Shaheen Military Corps’ 1st…
A child was killed and 12 other people were wounded as mortar shells allegedly fired by Taliban insurgents hit civilian homes in Pashtunak district of northern Faryab province, officials said on Saturday. A security source told Pajhwok Afghan…
Eight security personnel, including seven commandos, have been wounded in a militants’ attack on the forces convoy in northwestern Faryab province, a reliable source said on Saturday. Over one hundred armored military tanks, logistic equipments and hundreds of…
Gunmen shot dead a father and his two minor children as young as four years old in Qaisar district of northern Faryab province, an official said on Tuesday. Nizamuddin Qaisari, Qaisar district police chief, said the incident took…
Families who fled violence in Pashtunkot district and now living in the capital of northwestern Faryab province say the government should ensure security in their areas in order they could return. The families have recently arrived in areas…
A 19-year-old girl has allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself inside her home in the Pashtunkot district of northwestern Faryab province, a security official said on Monday. The security official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Construction work on the district administration building for Khan Char Bagh district in northwestern Faryab province launched on Thursday, when a medical clinic in the same town was inaugurated. District chief Durtaj Khaliqi said the district centre building…
At least 18 insurgents, including group leaders, have been killed and another 13 injured during security forces round-the-clock raids in northern Faryab province, police said Wednesday. Provincial police chief Gen. Delawar Shah told a press conference in Maimana…
An armed motorcyclist shot dead an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander and his son in Qaisar district of northern Faryab province on Monday. Separately, one civilian was killed and three others injured during a clash between two public…
A man killed his newlywed bride in the capital of northern Faryab province, police sources said on Sunday. Sources at the provincial police headquarters said the 19-year-old woman was killed last night by her spouse about a month…
Zabihullah Mujahid, one of the two Taliban’s official spokesmen, has been injured during a clash with security forces in northern Faryab province, security officials said on Tuesday, a claim the rebels rejected. Brig. Gen. Amanullah Mobin, the 209…
KABUL captured the Ghormach district of northwestern Faryab province on Sunday, an official said. Governor spokesman Javed Baidar confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan News the fall of Ghormach and said the district was lost as reinforcement and equipments did not reached…
The UN secretary-general‘s special representative for Afghanistan in the country. During his trip to northwestern Faryab province on Tuesday, Tadamichi Yamamoto said tensions among political groups contributed to the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan. He spoke with representative…
At least nine insurgents have been killed and seven others wounded during a security forces’ operation in Ghormach and Dawlatabad districts of northern Faryab province. Ahmad Javed Baidar, the Faryab governor’s spokesman, said an armored tank and 16…
The provincial education department head and another senior official have been arrested on charges ranging from fraud, forgery and corruption in northern Faryab province, officials said on Saturday. Farid Ghori, head of the provincial attorney’s office, said Ghulam…
At least 200 Taliban insurgents suffered casualties during the battle for Lowlash, the centre of Kohistan district in northern Faryab province, officials said Thursday. The rebels captured the Kohistan district center on July 20, besieging more than 60…
Authorities on Tuesday said at least 140 Taliban insurgents, including some shadow district chiefs, have been killed during air and ground operations in three districts of northern Faryab province. Police Brig. Gen. Delawar Shah Delawar said Mullah Qubadullah…
Public representatives in northern Faryab province on Sunday said some 200 security men and uprising forces faced death after being besieged by the Taliban in Kohistan district. The Taliban overran a neighborhood in Kohistan district on Saturday night,…
Four Afghan National Army (ANA) troops were killed in a roadside bombing in Almar district of northern Faryab province on Tuesday, the district chief said. Mohammad Saleh Saleh, the Almar district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the roadside…
At least 13 militants have been killed and 19 others wounded during separate clashes with security forces in northwestern Faryab province, officials said on Sunday. The governor’s spokesman, Ahmad Javed Baidar, told Pajhwok Afghan News hundreds of rebels…
Local officials in northern Faryab province on Saturday said Uzbekistani militants in Afghan Taliban ranks used advanced weapons designed for long range shooting in targeting Afghan security forces. Three uprising fighters (tribal militia) were shot dead on Saturday morning…
Tribal elders from Dawlatabad district of northern Faryab province on Thursday accused Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces of killing seven civilians and torching their houses. The residents of Khairabad village in the district said ALP forces sudden entered…
