Skip to content
Wednesday 4 Nov 2026 · Kabul 12:02 PM
16° — weather in every province
Partly cloudy · ↑17° ↓6°
Air quality: moderate
Topic

Ghazni

837 stories

Stories

Members

50 people contract viral fever in Ghazni in 24 hours

At least 50 people, including women and children, have been infected with severe fever in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Thursday. Dr Abdul Hadi Amiri, head of contagious control disease at the Public Health Department, told…

Members

3 check dams worth 20m afs completed in Helmand

Three check dams have been constructed at a cost of 20 million afghanis in southern Helmand province, an official said on Wednesday. Helmand governor’s spokesman Mohammad Qasim Riaz told Pajhwok Afghan News to store flood water, three check…

Members

Locked in bathroom for 10 years, Ghazni woman rescued

Security forces have freed a woman locked up in a dark bathroom for ten years by her relatives in southern Ghazni province, officials said on Wednesday. Information and Culture director Maulvi Mansoor Afghan told Pajhwok Afghan News that…

Members

2 killed, 9 wounded in Ghazni traffic accident

Two people were killed and nine others injured in a traffic accident in Qara Bagh district of southern Ghazni province, police said on Sunday. Police spokesman Abu Khalid Sarhadi told Pajhwok Afghan News the accident took place…

Members

3 guards, 1 prisoner killed in Ghazni collision

A prisoner and three prison guards have died in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province, police said on Saturday. Ghazni police spokesman Abu Khalid told Pajhwok that the police ranger vehicle collided with a Mazda car…

Members

Teen boy killed in old mortar shell blast in Ghazni

A 16-year-old boy died in hospital from wounds he sustained in a blast caused by an old mortar shell in the capital of southern Ghazni province on Wednesday. Police spokesman Abu Khalid Sarhadi told Pajhwok Afghan News…

Members

Man stuck in snow dies in Ghazni

A man has frozen to death after getting stuck in snow in Khwaja Omari district of southern Ghazni province, police said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Abu Khlaid Sarhadi told Pajhwok Afghan News a resident of Rashidan district,…

Members

2 men charged with murder publicly executed in Ghazni

Two individuals were publicly executed in the capital of southern Ghazni province on Thursday after being convicted of murder, the third public execution since the IEA re-establishment. A statement from the Supreme Court to the media said…

Members

Volleyball tournament concludes in Ghazni

A volleyball tournament featuring 10 teams concluded in southern Ghazni province yesterday, with Ariana team emerging champions. Ghazni Physical Training and Sports director Bilal Mujahid told Pajhwok Afghan News the tournament kicked off at Amir Mohammad Khan…

Members

2 persons killed in separate incidents in Ghazni

Two people have been killed in two separate incidents of violence in Andar and Aab Band districts of southern Ghazni province, police said on Monday. Police spokesman Abu Khalid Sarhadi told Pajhwok Afghan News a 50-year-old Gulbuddin…

Members

3 killed, 4 wounded in Ghazni traffic accident

Three people have been killed and four others injured in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province, police said on Monday. Police spokesman Abu Khalid Sarhadi told Pajhwok Afghan News the accident took place in Nani area…

Ghazni residents donate 20 acres of land for schools this year

Residents of southern Ghazni province have so far this year donated 20 acres of their land for construction of schools in the provincial capital and districts, officials said on Saturday. The education officials said the government alone…

Members

In 2 months, 26 magicians arrested, prosecuted in Ghazni

More than two dozen alleged magicians, who deceived the masses for years, have been arrested in southern Ghazni province during the past two months, officials said on Sunday. Ghazni Vice and Virtue Department head Maulvi Mohammad Aalim…

Members

Work launched on 20 check dams in Ghazni to control floodwater

Estimated to cost 80 million afghanis, construction work has been launched on 20 large check dams in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday. Mohammad Nazir Sahar, an official of the Ghazni river basin authority, told…

Members

Access to information is hard, complain Ghazni journalists

Journalists in southern Ghazi have shared problems they face in having access to information with provincial officials. Journalists’ Safety Committee head for southern zone Gullab Amiri said problems of journalists had somehow decreased, but they still faced…

Some historical sites in Ghazni on the verge of collapse

Residents of southern Ghazni province say some historical sites in the province are on the verge of destruction, asking the government to pay attention to their preservation. Abdul Rahman, a tribal leader, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…

Members

15,000 acres of state land reclaimed in Ghazni

Government land measuring 15,000 acres has been wrested back from usurpers in Ab Band district of southern Ghazni province, the Land Grab Prevention Commission said on Wednesday. Maulvi Idris Hanif, agriculture, irrigation and livestock director and chief…

Members

Man arrested with 9kg of natural uranium in Ghazni

A person has been arrested for possessing nine kilograms of natural uranium in Gilan district of southern Ghazni province, police said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Abu Khalid Sarhadi told Pajhwok Afghan News anti-terrorism forces acting on intelligence…

Reactivate Sardi Dam project, Andar residents ask govt

Some residents of Andar district of southern Ghazni province have asked the government to reactivate the historic Sardi Dam while officials say more than 37,000 acres of the project’s land has been usurped. A former worker of…

Members

23 houses for orphans, health centre built in Ghazni

A health centre and 23 houses for orphans have been built and put into use in Nawa district of southern Ghazni province. Saad Charity Foundation has constructed the health center and the houses by spending 16 million…

Members

Key bridge in Ghazni’s Giru district being reconstructed

After a Pajhwok report, the authorities have started reconstructing a collapsed bridge in the Giru district of southern Ghazni province. Earlier, some residents of Giru district had asked the government to rebuild the bridge washed away by…

Members

2 districts’ headquarters to have new buildings in Ghazni

Construction work of new buildings for two district headquarters has been launched in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Sunday. Maulvi Sharifullah Elham, an official of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), told reporters in the projects’…

Show more stories