Taliban militants have asked schoolteachers to avoid receiving salaries through banks in many areas of southern Ghazni province. A teacher at Shahbuddin High School in Andar district of the province, Haseebullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
At least 13 Taliban militants have been killed and more than 10 others wounded during a clash in Giro district of southern Ghazni province, security officials said on Thursday. Ghazni Police spokesman, Fahim Amarkhel, told Pajhwok Afghan…
School students in southern Ghazni province complain they are faced with a shortage of professional teachers, an issue that has not received due attention from the relevant quarters. A provincial council member, Hamidullah Sarwari, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Public representatives on Sunday claimed unknown aircrafts had been spotted landing in areas under Taliban’s control in Waghaz and Khogyani districts of central Ghazni province. Ghazni provincial council secretary, Hassan Raza Yousufi, told Pajhowk Afghan News that…
A girls’ school was blown up by unidentified people in the capital of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday. Education Director Mohammad Abid Abid told Pajhwok Afghan News the Albiruni Primary School in Qarabaghi area…
Work on incomplete projects was resumed and new projects promised by government officials who visited to southern Ghazni province on Saturday. Urban development minister Sayed Sadat Nadiri, Higher education minister Farida Momand and counter-narcotics minister Salamt Aazimi visited…
Authorities have banned pillion bike riding in southern Ghazni province in the wake of increasing insecurity. Police chief Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel told Pajhwok Afghan News the ban was aimed at reducing security incidents in the province.…
A number of provincial council members and residents of southern Ghazni province on Monday complained about the shortage of textbooks in schools despite the passage of two months of the current academic year. Abdullah, a student at…
Taliban, including cricket, in southern Ghazni province, residents complained on Saturday. But the insurgent movement, which barred girls from going to school during its rule, said it had banned cricket in rural areas only on the basis…
The absence of mayor for the capital of southern Ghazni province over the past six months has affected the municipality’s affairs. Former Ghazni City mayor Faridon Ahmadi resigned about six months ago following his reinstatement by President…
The governor has said some businessmen and tribal elders in southern Ghazni province give ushr (a 10 per cent tax on harvests) to the Taliban who use the aid to buy weapons. Abdul Karim Matin alleged, while…
Dozens of Taliban militants suffered casualties on Thursday when their bomb-rigged vehicle exploded in the Doab district of southern Ghazni province, police said. Sixteen militants were killed and 18 others were wounded in the blast that took place…
At least seven Taliban militants were killed and nine others wounded in a predawn clash with security forces in southern Ghazni province, security officials said on Thursday. Ghazni police chief Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel told Pajhwok Afghan…
Journalists in southern Ghazni province on Thursday complained local officials did not share information with them on time, leaving them in the lurch. However, local officials, who joined the journalists at an even marking Press Freedom Day…
Women. While there were 90 divorce cases in 1394 solar year, the year before last solar year, in Ghazni, indicating an increase, said Fawzia Kakar, head of the judicial office at the Ghazni Women’s Affairs Department. She…
Hunting of endangered wild animals and birds has lately gained momentum in southern Ghazni province, the provincial environment protection director said on Tuesday. Shabir Ahmad Ahmadyar told Pajhwok Afghan News that poachers were merciless in hunting rarely…
Security forces and Taliban militants clashed in the Qarah Bagh district of southern Ghazni province on Wednesday morning, with both sides claiming to have inflicted casualties on the other. Mohammad Hanif Razai, the 203 Thunder Military Corps…
Public health officials in southern Ghazni province on Sunday said despite the lapse of 12 years, the provincial civil hospital’s building is yet to be constructed. Public Health Director Dr. Zahir Shah Nekmal, in an exclusive interview…
Local health, have been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in southern Ghazni province. Provincial public health director Dr. Zahir Shah Nikmal told Pajhwok Afghan News 1,564 people, 65 percent of them, women in Ghazni suffered from TB. “This…
Revenue of the customs department of southern Ghazni province increased by 28 percent over last year’s returns, an official said on Wednesday. Customs Director Mirwais Mirzai in an exclusive interview told Pajhwok Afghan News they had surpassed the…
Four spy-service members have been killed by Taliban insurgents in the Andar district of southern Ghazni province, officials in the neighboring Paktika province said on Sunday. Deputy police chief of Paktika, Col. Dadullah Khan Hotak, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The governor on Thursday said insecurity deprived 14 of 18 districts of southern Ghazni province of development projects last solar year. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Governor Abdul Karim Matin said: “Most of the…
Nearly a dozen Taliban militants were killed in a ground and air operation in central Ghazni province on Tuesday, officials said. Ghazni police chief Brig. Gen Aminullah Amarkhel told Pajhwok Afghan News militants stormed security forces posts in…
Residents of southern Ghazni province say they are concerned about an uptick in insecurity with the start of spring, with local officials admitting security problems in 15 districts. Jan Mohammad, who lives in Mohammad Khan Qala area…
