Free media supporting group NAI on Thursday said torching media installations and threatening local journalists against working in Ghazni province was against ‘the freedom of expression’ and Islamic and the country’s laws. Abdul Mujib Khelwatgar, NAI executive chief,…
The Ghazni City is heavily contaminated by unexploded ordnance (UXO) and possibly mines, increasing the risk of civilian casualties as residents seek to resume routine activities, the UN said on Wednesday. Fighting in the city has subsided, with…
Five police districts in the capital southern Ghazni province have been so far cleared of militants and life has returned normal to the embattled city, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Wednesday. Late Thursday, Taliban militants coordinately…
A four-sided combing operation has been launched in the southern Ghazni City after clashes entering a fourth day on Monday killed around 100 security forces and 25 civilians, the defense minister said. Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami told…
A high-level meeting has decided that more reinforcements should be dispatched to Ghazni province on an urgent basis, President Ashraf Ghani said on Monday. “Tonight I chaired an emergency meeting to take stock of the situation in Ghazni…
KABUL set on fire important public and private properties in Ghazni City to bring down the morale of common people, but security forces strongly defended the city. Addressing reporters in Kabul, Gen. Yaftali said the army’s priority was to purge…
KABUL. They said civilians were also killed and wounded in clashes between the warring parties. The pubic representatives said hospitals lacked medicines and other basic health equipment and people remained confined to their homes and all roads leading to the…
Afghan Army’s Thunder Military Corps officials on Sunday said reinforcements had arrived in the capital of southern Ghazni province amid ongoing clashes around the city. On the other hand, some sources said that Taliban) office in Ghazni…
KABUL attack on the capital of the province, saying civilians also suffered casualties besides the losses of warring sides. Taliban claimed they have taken control of the central prison of Ghazni province, but other sources did not confirm the claim…
President Ashraf Ghani on Friday chaired a high level security meeting that reviewed the security situation in Ghazni, Farah and Zabul provinces, the Presidential Palace said in a statement. The meeting, attended by leadership of the National Directorate…
Several transmission boosters of the state-run and private TV channels were set ablaze by Taliban insurgents during their multipronged attacks on this capital city of southern Ghazni province, the affected media outlets said on Friday. Hundreds of…
Police on Friday said more than 100 Taliban militants were killed and wounded after they attacked this capital city of southern Ghazni province from four directions. Four security personnel were also killed and several others wounded as…
Hundreds of heavily armed Taliban militants attacked this capital city of southern Ghazni province from four directions, sparking an hours long fierce standoff with security forces, police said Friday. Ghazni police spokesman Col. Farid Ahmad Mashal told…
KABUL, thus delaying the upcoming elections in the province. The activists from Ghazni province gathered in capital Kabul on Wednesday and condemned the government’s new decision postponing the polls in their province. Ewaz Sadat, one of the civil society activists,…
Hundreds of families, displaced by continued clashes in Andar and Qarabagh districts of southern Ghazni province, are in urgent need of help. The clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban gunmen in the two districts have been ongoing…
work on a women gymnasium worth 18 million afghanis, has been launched in Ghazni City, the capital of southern Ghazni province, officials said on Saturday. Governor Waheedullah Kalimzai said this would be the first sport gymnasium for…
Local security officials on Wednesday claimed capturing 36 Taliban insurgents including two commanders in Andar district of southern Ghazni province, but the Taliban said the detainees were seminary students. Provincial police chief Col. Farid Ahmad Mashal told…
Twenty Taliban and eight Daesh rebels have been killed in airstrikes and clashes with security forces in northern Baghlan and southern Ghazni provinces, officials said Monday. Baghlan police chief Brig. Gen. Ikramuddin Sari told in a press conference…
Nearly 70 people have been arrested in connection with different crimes in southern Ghazni province, police said on Sunday. Police chief Col. Farid Ahmad Mashal told in a press conference here that 39 individuals were captured over…
Acting police chief for Rashidan district of southern Ghazni province and three policemen have been killed and six others wounded during a clash with the Taliban, officials said Saturday. Mohammad Arif Noori, governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Police have arrested a senior Daesh leader recruiting fighters for the militant group in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday. Provincial police chief Col. Farid Ahmad Mashal told Pajhwok Afghan News that Idris -- also…
Taliban insurgents have conducted 12 attacks in some districts and the capital of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Arif Noori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants targeted the first police…
Three children have been killed and seven others wounded as a result of two separate roadside bomb blasts in the Gilan district of southern Ghazni province, the district chief said Friday. The Gilan district chief, Mohammad Karim Gilanwal,…
A number of residents of southern Ghazni province on Wednesday said electoral districts in the province should be created in a way that no ethnic group’s rights were violated, otherwise there would be protests. The Independent Election Commission…
