Local officials in western Ghor province on Monday said if security forces in Pasapand district weren’t immediately supported, the district would soon fall into the hands of insurgents. Farid Afghanyar, the Pasaband district chief, during a telephonic communication…
As many as 6,131 women province, an official said on Monday. These women participated in 252 different courses of literacy and capacity building in Dawlatyar, Tiwara districts and Ferozkoh, the provincial capital. The women completing the courses have…
For the first time, a female attorney has been appointed at the provincial prosecutor’s office in western Ghor cases, it was learnt on Sunday. Nagina Ghori, a Sharia Law graduate, was recently appointed as attorney for violence against…
Afghan security forces and Taliban province, with both sides suffering casualties, police said on Friday. Ghor police chief Brig. Gen. Mustafa Muhseni told Pajhwok Afghan News the rebels also captured some security posts during the last night clashes…
Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and four insurgents were killed during an hours-long clash in western Ghor province, officials said on Thursday. Abdul Hai Khatibi, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News another two insurgents were wounded…
A university student has been killed by unidentified gunmen in western Ghor province, an official said on Thursday. Maj. Sayed Zia, police chief for Dawlatyar district, told Pajhwok Afghan News the student, Abdul Hakim, came under armed men’s…
The Afghan Red Crescent Society, an official said on Tuesday. Sibghatullah Ibrahimi, Red Crescent director in Ghor, , said considering problems being faced by displaced families of various districts to Ferozkoh, the provincial capital, his department asked Qatar…
Seven former officials, including a deputy governor for western Ghor province, have been sentenced to three months in prison on charges of embezzlement and misuse of power. Ex-deputy governor Mohammad Amin Tokhi, revenue director Mohammad Yousuf Danyar, governor’s…
Twenty Taliban provinces, officials said on Sunday. In Faryab, the insurgents attacked security posts of uprising members on Saturday evening in Gilimbaf area of the Pashtunkot district, the provincial council chief, Mohammad Tahir Rahmani, told Pajhwok Afghan News.…
Local officials on Tuesday said one of five high school students, who fell ill after eating ‘poisonous’ meal at hostel last night, died on his way to hospital in western Ghor province. The students living in hostel of…
Residents of western Ghor province complain their representatives in parliament are busy enjoying foreign trips instead of visiting their constituents to know their problems and address them as part of their responsibilities. Both houses of parliament have gone…
Residents and civil society province, asking the government to sack officials involved in corruption. Some 200 people took part in the demonstration and gathered in front of the urban court in Ferozkoh, the provincial capital, chanting slogans against…
The attorney’s office of western Ghor province has referred to a local court the cases of 10 provincial officials including the deputy governor accused of corruption, an official said on Tuesday. Former governor Seema Joyinda in November, 2015…
Prisoners in the central jail of western Ghor province have gone on hunger strike, warning their protest would continue until their problems were resolved. Through telephonic conversations, the prisoners told Pajhwok Afghan News jail staff misbehaved with inmates…
Heavy snow and rainfall have blocked roads in eight districts of western Ghor highway, an official said on Tuesday. Heavy snowfall and torrential rain started lashing Ferozkoh, the capital of the province, and some districts on Monday evening.…
Two warring tribes on Tuesday reconciled in western Ghor province, ending a 40-year-old feud that has killed 300 people on both sides. Living south of Ferozkoh, the provincial capital, the two tribes -- Raza and Meri – vowed…
KABUL province has been appointed as deputy governor of Kabul, but she said the government did so under pressure from powerful individuals. Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) spokesperson Munira Yousufzada on Thursday said Ghor Governor Sima Joyinda had been…
Four officials, including the deputy governor, of western Ghor province have been banned from traveling abroad and introduced to the attorney’s office over alleged embezzlement in construction projects, an official said on Wednesday. Ghor Governor Sima Joyinda last…
The first batch of more than 130 students on Wednesday graduated from the university in western Ghor province amid concerns about growing joblessness. The students, including 30 females, attended a graduation ceremony at the Ghor Higher Education Institute…
Some members of the provincial procurement committee in western Ghor province, including the deputy governor and the revenue department head, have been referred to the prosecutor’s office for investigation on corruption charges, the governor said on Sunday. Those…
Unidentified gunmen have torched a school in Lal-wa-Sarjangal district of western Ghor province, an official said on Thursday. Maj. Hussain Mawin, the district police chief, confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan News the Kata Chashma School was burn by on…
“Taliban brutally stoned Rukhshana to death in front of my eyes; I will never forget her cries,” the bereaved mother says. The 19-year-old woman was stoned to death and the unmarried man she eloped with was whipped in…
Vulnerable to natural disasters, residents of central Bamyan and western Ghor provinces have asked the government to provide them required food items and winter clothes before roads are blocked by snowfall. The residents warn of a severe…
Japan has provided 10 vehicles and equipment to the Public Works Department of western Ghor province in donation for roads’ maintenance, officials said on Sunday. The modern vehicles and equipment included three dump trucks, as many loaders, two…
