At least 20 militants and five Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel have been killed and 20 others captured by rebels after a fierce gunbattle western Ghor province, an official said on Wednesday. The firefight erupted when militants mounted…
A man has been detained by police for allegedly smuggling two ancient artifacts in western Ghor province, an official said on Saturday. The man was detained with the historic objects --- a falcon and a stone --- in…
One civilian has been killed and two others have been wounded by police in Ferozkoh, the capital of western Ghor province, an official said on Friday. Brig. Gen. Ahmad Fahim Qaim, the provincial police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Hundreds of residents on Wednesday demanded elimination of Taliban province. At least 15 civilians were shot dead by gunmen on July 25 after they were disembarked from a bus in Padgah locality on the outskirts of Ferozkoh, the…
A President Hamid Karzai-appointed delegation arrived on Sunday in western Ghor and children, by unknown gunmen last month. The civilians were shot dead a week earlier after being pulled off a bus in the Padgah locality on the…
A provincial council candidate was shot dead along with his son by unidentified gunmen in the Pasaband district of western Ghor province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Kohi and his son were shot dead in the Sangan…
Militants disembarked 18 passengers from two vehicles on the Ghor Highway and gunned down 14 of them in western Ghor province, the police chief said on Friday. Brig. Gen. Ahmad Fahim Qaim told Pajhwok Afghan News the tragic…
Seven policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in western Ghor province on Thursday, an official said. The incident occurred in Band-i-Khufak area on the Firozkoh-Chaharsadah road around noon, police officer Col. Abdul Hadi Chahal Ghori told Pajhwok…
After fierce clashes with militants, the security forces have regained control of the Chaharsada district of western Ghor province, with the killing of nine rebels and four security personnel, an official said Thursday. On Wednesday morning, the Taliban…
Commander of an armed group in the Dowlina district of western Ghor, residents said on Sunday. A week ago, bloody clash erupted between two illegal armed commanders, Arbab Atta and Abdul Samad, at Siachob locality on the outskirts…
Five people have been killed during a clash between gunmen loyal to two rival commanders in western Ghor province, an official said on Wednesday. The clash took place a day earlier between supporters of Arbab Atta Muhammad and…
Two robbers were killed during an overnight police encounter in the Dolina district of western Ghor province, an official said on Sunday. Crime branch chief Col. Abdul Hadi Chahalghori told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash took place in…
Three civilian were killed in a roadside bomb explosion on a passenger van in western Ghor province, an official said on Tuesday. Col. Abdul Hadi Chal Ghori told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in the Ghaliman area…
An official of the National Directorate of Security (NDS province on Sunday, Governor Sayyed Anwar Rahmati said. Talking to Pajhwok Afghan News, he said the incident took place at around 11:00 am in the Band Bain Tunnel on…
The Taliban province has been killed in armed clash with police, an official said on Friday. Col. Mahmood Andarabi, a senior police official, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Maulvi Abdul Jabbar was killed in a gunbattle with police…
Farmers in western Ghor province on Monday feared locusts would destroy all their wheat crops if measures were not taken to combat the difficult to control pests. Mohammad Musa Kalim, the Daulatyar district chief, said the grievances of…
Triggered by torrential rain, floods killed three people and washed away 150 houses in western Ghor province, an official said on Monday. The overnight flood killed three people in the Tasraqi and Cheri areas of Ferozkoh, the provincial…
KABUL province on Wednesday, a statement said. It said two Kalashnikovs, 170 bullets and six remote controlled devices had also been recovered from the detained men. Initial investigations revealed the arrested men confessed that were planning to carry out suicide…
The mayor of western Ghor province has been sacked in the wake of protests against him following controversy over a building housing a state-owned TV channel in this capital city, the governor said on Tuesday. Syed Anwar Rahmati…
Heavy snowfall has blocked roads, creating problems in transporting ballot boxes to the capital of western Ghor province, officials said on Sunday. An Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) official said roads between districts and Chaghcharan, the provincial…
Heavy snowfall has hampered transportation of election materials to several districts of western Ghor). With nine districts, Ghor is one of the mountainous provinces where transportation of election materials has been a cumbersome exercise, according to officials. Governor…
Floods have killed seven people, washing away dozens of homes and more than 100 animals in western Ghor province, officials said on Thursday. Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) official Hamidullah Dadfar said heavy rains caused floods in…
Children on Sunday organised a walk against the killing of two minors in the Serena Hotel attack in Chaghcharan, the capital of central Ghor province. Journalist Sardar Ahmad, his wife, their two children, another Afghan and four foreigners…
Militants shot dead three teachers and abducted another in Shahrak district of western Ghor province on Saturday, officials said. Sibghatullah Akbari, director provincial education killed the teachers when they were on their way back to homes after appearing…
