Local officials say Taliban militants have destroyed a 500-meter portion of the Ghazni-Paktika highway, a claim the insurgent group denied. Haji Mohammad, acting chief of Andar district of Ghazni province, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban…
Around 173,000 girls have been deprived of pursuing their education due to insecurity and lack of schools in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Tuesday. MuhibRahmanAnsar, Ghazni education department head, told Pajhwok Afghan News that thousands…
A large Taliban’s weapons depot containing 13 tons of explosives was destroyed in southern Ghazni province, the Afghan military’s 203rd Thunder Corps said on Thursday. Maj. Aimal Momand, the 203rd Thunder Corps spokesman, said the arms depot was…
KABUL polls in southern Ghazni province, saying it was prepared without consultation with them. The committee, featuring 17 civil society groups working in the area of election reforms and monitoring, was established in 2016. The Committee Head Mubinullah Aimaq told…
Seven civilians, including women and children, were killed in a bomb blast in the Jaghatu district of southern Ghazni province on Sunday, an official said. Wahidullah Jumazada, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the roadside explosion…
KABUL militants have been killed during clashes with security forces in southern Ghazni province, the Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday. In a statement, the MoD said Taliban insurgents attacked Ghazni city, the provincial capital, from four directions yesterday. It…
A policeman was killed and four civilians were wounded in a magnetic bomb blast in southern Ghazni province on Thursday, officials said. The governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion occurred on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in…
Ten Taliban militants have been killed and another six wounded in clashes with security forces in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Thursday. Wahidullah Juma, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents stormed security…
A civil society in southern Ghazni province. The activist, Azizullah Qaderi, has been imparting education to these poverty stricken children and daily gives away each child 20 afghanis in Ghazni city, the provincial capital, from the past…
Taliban militants have torched the bodies of three civilians and two security personnel after killing them in the Jaghato district of southern Ghazni province, local officials claim. But the rebels reject the claim as groundless. Police spokesman…
Police chief for Rashidan district of southern Ghazni province and seven security forces in northern Baghlan province have been killed in insurgent attacks, officials said Sunday. Ahmad Khan Seerat, Ghazni police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News 1st…
KABUL, have been killed in a roadside bombing in the Andar district of southern Ghazni province, the governor’s office said on Thursday. A statement from the governor’s house said the incident took place at around 6:00pm on Wednesday when a…
A would-be suicide bomber has been gunned down in southern Ghazni province, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) says. "A suicide attack was thwarted in the capital of Ghazni province Sunday morning when a police officer) shot dead a…
One civilian was killed and 13 others wounded when a mortar shell hit a home in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday. Tariq Aryan, spokesman for the ministry of interior, told media representatives that the…
Residents of southern Ghazni province complain of what they call Salaam Network’s inconsistent performance, claiming the telecom firm has not been functional for the past one month. The company, however, explains cables of its antennas have been…
Brig. Gen. Khalil Andarabi has been appointed as police chief of southern Ghazni province despite an under investigation case against him in the Attorney General Office, Pajhwok Afghan News learned on Monday. Earlier, Andarabi was sentenced to three…
The first death from coronavirus disease has been reported in southern Ghazni province. The provincial government spokesman, Sameer Ahmadzai, said the patient died at the hospital in Ghazni City, the provincial capital. He said it was the…
Residents of southern Ghazni province say the Taliban-Kandahar highway in Moqur district and collect taxes from truck drivers and arrest government officials. However, the Taliban denied creating a customs point, saying they have tasked a team on…
Eleven districts of southern Ghazni province have been lacking girls’ school, an official said on Tuesday. Ghazni has 18 districts in total and 14 of them have been under high security threat. Education Director Mohibullah Ansari told…
Two Taliban militants have been killed and a third wounded during a clash with Afghan forces in Moqor district of southern Ghazni province, a statement from 01 Unit said Thursday. The statement said that Taliban militants launched…
A man has allegedly burned alive his daughter-in-law in Giru district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday. The district chief, Mohammad Ibrahim Halim, told Pajhwok Afghan News the accused father-in-law and his sons…
A number or residents of southern Ghazni province on Monday said the province was played with double standard about this year’s budget plan and only districts which had representatives in the parliament received the fund. Wolesi Jirga…
Refugee and repatriation officials in southern Ghazni say 3,500 families have been displaced from three districts to the provincial capital due to clashes this solar year. The officials say many of these families have received aid but…
Seven attackers who killed 23 local army members in Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province have been killed in an airstrike, an official said on Tuesday. On Friday night, 23 local army personnel were killed in a…
