Findings by Pajhwok Afghan News show that each of 28 computers for the Education Department of southern Ghazni province has been purchased at 12,000 afghanis higher rate than their original price. Documents obtained by Pajhwok show that…
Taliban’s information affairs in-charge for central Ghazni province has banned music and work of female employees in local radio stations. MaulviHabibullahMujahid said all radios should disseminate transmission in line with Sharia Law. “Work of women employees and…
Security officials say Taliban militants have captured the governor’s house and all government buildings in southern Ghazni province. One security official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents launched coordinated attacks on Ghazni…
Residents of southern Ghazni province say that Taliban militants have set up a customs point in Qarabagh district of the province and are collecting tax from cargo trucks, a claim the Taliban also confirmed. Taliban currently control…
A number of residents of southern Ghazni province say the Taliban have asked them to grow bread and avoid using smart phones, but the group denies. Taliban militants took control of 16 of total 18 districts of…
The director of southern Ghazni province’s power utility says the governor deliberately dismissed and replaced him over alleged absence from duty. On the other hand, Da Afghanistan BreshnaShirkat (DABS) says the governors are the president’s first-level representatives…
Residents of southern Ghazni province say there is high possibility the province may be lost to the Taliban if serious security measures are not taken on time but local officials dismiss it. Local people say the Taliban…
The district center and bazaar of Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province has been shut since a month following continued clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban. Around a month ago, Taliban militants launched coordinated attacks on the…
A district police chief has been killed in southern Ghazni province, officials said on Monday. Wahedullah Jumazada, spokesman for the Ghazni governor told Pajhwok Afghan News Giro district police chief, Capt. Abdul Ghafoor was killed in a…
Acting police chief for Deh Yak district of southern Ghazni province has been killed and the first police district chief of Ghazni city wounded during a clash with the Taliban, officials said Thursday. Ghazni governor’s spokesman, Wahidullah…
Hundreds of families have fled homes due to fierce clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban insurgents in Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province, officials said Sunday. The Taliban have besieged Qarabagh district centre since last few days…
A number of Meshrano Jirga or upper house members on Sunday said that illegal uprising commander, Abdul GhaniAlipur, escaped from Behsud district of central Maidan Wardak province to Malistan district of southern Ghazni province. On March 17, armed…
An officer of the appellate court was killed by unidentified armed men in the capital of southern Ghazni province on Sunday, officials said. Ghazni governor’s spokesman, Wahidullah Jummazada, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the officer was killed…
The Taliban abducted 18 people during the past one month in southern Ghazni province, local security officials and some provincial council members say, a claim denied by the insurgent group. A member of Ghazni provincial council, Hassan Reza…
The residents of southern Ghazni province say Taliban insurgents have asked people to quit government jobs except in health and education sectors. However, the Taliban say they have not threatened people but have requested them to stop…
Unknown gunmen shot dead two revenue department workers in Ghazni City on Monday, security officials said on Monday. Ahmad Khan Seerat, the police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the revenue officials were gunned down in the Bazazi…
Senior journalist Rahmatullah Nekzad died in hospital after being shot injured by unknown gunmen in southern Ghazni province on Monday, the governor said. Ghazni Governor Syed Omar Nuristani told Pajhwok Afghan News that Rahmatullah Nekzad, a former…
Unknown gunmen have blown up Mullah Nuh Baba’s shrine in the Andar district of southern Ghazni province, local officials said on Wednesday. “The ceiling and other parts of the shrine were damaged in the bomb attack,” Wahidullah…
Taliban militants have given school students mid-term exams in several districts of southern Ghazni province in violation of the government’s decision on shutting schools in cold areas until December 5. Schools, like other government entities, had been…
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Monday claimed killing the organizer of a deadly attack on a military base in southern Ghazni province, in an airstrike. A day earlier, 31 soldiers were killed and 24 others wounded in…
At least 31 security personnel were killed in a suicide bombing in southern Ghazni province on Sunday morning. Twenty-four police personnel were wounded in the attack on the army base involving a Humvee vehicle, which was detonated…
A man has killed two of his sons and a daughter with gun shots in a family dispute in Jaghori district of southern Ghazni province, officials said Monday. Ahmad Khan Sirat, Ghazni police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan…
A disabled man in southern Ghazni province is helping ailing people by providing free blood he collects from donors. Jan Mohammad, a resident of Qarabagh district of Ghazni province, is disabled in both of his legs by…
Seven people, including five children, were killed and five others injured in a mortar shell attack in southern Ghazni province on Sunday, an official said. Wahidullah Jumazada, the governor spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan News mortar shell landed…
