Twenty-two Taliban militants have been killed and scores of others wounded during separate clashes with security forces in southern Ghazni province, an official said Wednesday. Provincial police chief Col. Farid Ahmad Mashal told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
KABUL) on Monday announced dividing southern Ghazni province into three separate electoral constituencies for the upcoming elections. IEC deputy spokesman Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi told Pajhwok Afghan News the decision to divide Ghazni into three electoral constituencies came after lengthy discussion…
The governor of southern Ghazni province on Sunday asked tribal elders to enter talks with the Taliban on ending the conflict. Waheedullah Kalimzai told a gathering bringing together tribal elders, religious scholars, government officials and common people…
KABUL) branch and warned of protests if their demand went unheard. A number of residents of Ghazni province have erected a protest tent in front of the IEC office in Ghazni City and have not been allowing election officials to…
At least 12 Taliban insurgents and three Afghan security forces have been killed during clashes in southern Ghazni province, officials said Sunday. Ghazni police chief, Col. Farid Ahmad Mashal, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban insurgents stormed…
Taliban militants have released six Afghan soldiers before abducting them for a few hours from a ceremony celebrating the ceasefire in Andar district of southern Ghazni province, an official said Tuesday. The Taliban took away the six…
KABUL) branch in southern Ghazni province. Meanwhile, IEC officials said the government would resolve the issue in the next two days. A number of residents of Ghazni province have erected a protest tent in front of the IEC office in…
Calling the current security situation in southern Ghazni province as unacceptable, the newly appointed governor on Thursday promised measures to bring about change. Addressing his introductory gathering here, Waheedullah Kalilmzai said the central government wanted positive changes…
Recent conflict in Deh Yak and Ajristan districts of southern Ghazni province has displaced dozens of families who have been leading a miserable life. Over the past one month, clashes had been ongoing in Deh Yak, Ajristan,…
No one could register as yet as candidate in the upcoming Wolesi Jirga) office. Obaidullah, a protester and an aspirant candidate in the lower house polls, said he would not register himself until the provincial IEC officer…
Five civilians were killed in a roadside bombing on the Ghazni-Paktika highway in southern Ghazni province on Saturday, witnesses and officials said. Akhtar Mohammad, a driver on the highway, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the blast took place…
Three people, including a woman employee of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), were wounded as a result of an explosion near a voter registration centre in southern Ghazni province on Thursday. An official at the provincial police…
KABUL or lower house members from southern Ghazni province on Wednesday warned the province would collapse into the hands of insurgents if the government did not drive them away. The MPs in a protest meeting in capital Kabul asked the…
Taliban militants have captured alive 15 security forces in Ajristan district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Wednesday. Provincial police chief Col. Farid Ahmad Mashal told a press conference here that fierce fighting had been…
KABUL) to extend the voter registration deadline in districts. Recently Taliban militants attacked Jaghatu, Deh Yak and Qarabagh districts, killing 12 policemen including a unit commander. The Taliban insurgents claimed taking control of Deh Yak district, but security forces rejected…
Local officials in southern Ghazni province on Sunday said a fierce clash was underway between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in the center of Ajiristan district. However, the militants claimed taking control of the district after three…
Residents of Andar district in southern Ghazni province say they have been trapped inside their homes over the past nine days due to intense clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban militants. The clashes have been ongoing over…
Residents of southern Ghazni province on Saturday demanded the government launch delimitation exercise in districts ahead of the Oct 20 district council elections besides making required preparations for the polls. The residents also said the Independent Election Commission…
Protesters blocked the busy Kunduz-Kabul closed the Ghazni-Paktika road against traffic. The protestors blocked the key road in Seh Darak area of Kunduz City, the capital of Kunduz province, on Saturday afternoon, alleging some government officials had grabbed…
Drivers and passengers of Ghazni-Paktika highway complained they had been harassed and forced by police to pay money. Nearly two months back, passengers of Ghazni-Paktika highway erected a protest tent in Paktika province and claimed that Taliban…
Four Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel and six Taliban insurgents have been killed during a clash in the Jaghatu district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Arif Noori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok…
Police have detained two colleagues over allegedly planning an insider’s attack on a post in the Andar district of southern Ghazni province. The two policemen were allegedly in contact with the Taliban to plot the attack against…
Residents of southern Ghazni province say targeted killings have increased, with 10 people murdered in such attacks last month. One individual was killed in Qala-i-Sabz, two in Barakat Qala, two in Cinema, as many in Drayem Plan,…
Provincial council members and residents of southern Ghazni province say they may not participate in the forthcoming parliamentary and district council elections if they are not provided security. Holding a protest gathering in Ghazni City, the provincial…
