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1 policeman killed, 4 injured in Helmand suicide attack

LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…

3 civilians killed as rival commanders clash

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province, police said on Monday. Police said the clash that left another seven people injured took place between gunmen loyal to commander Mustafa and Nadar in Awshan area situated between Dolinah and Shahrak district. Shahrak police chief Col.…

30 insurgents join peace parleys in Ghor

KABUL province, officials said on Sunday. Hailing from Aliyar area and Dawlatyar districts, the groups led by Sarjatuddin and Mullah projects their areas, the governor said. Syed Anwar Rahmati told Pajhwok Afghan News the surrendering individuals turned in 24 AK-47…

147 civilians killed in Ghor since March: official

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province, where 147 people were killed since March. Another 128 civilians were wounded in roadside bombings and armed clashes in Ghor since March 21, AIHRC provincial head, Mohammad Jawad Razaee told a press conference in Chaghcharan, the provincial…

Pakistani among 10 dead in fresh violence

KABUL): Ten fighters have been killed and a dozen others detained as a result of separate security incidents and operations in different parts of the country, officials said on Saturday. Nine irresponsible armed men were killed during infighting in the…

Member of Provincial Council lashes young men (Video)

KABUL (PAN) : A member of the Ghor Provincial Council, Fazel-ul-Ahad, was accused of lashing three young men in Dolina district of Ghoor province. On a video received to Pajhwok Afghan News shows that Fazel-ul-Ahad a member of Ghor Provincial…

2 killed, 4 wounded as rival tribes clash in Ghor

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province,an official said on Wednesday. The clash between Taimani and Raza tribesmen took place on Tuesday night in a village near the provincial capital, provincial crime branch chief, Maj. Noor Ali Asiri, told Pajhwok Afghan News. An ex-Afghan…

Ghor clash leaves 5 dead, 2 injured

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province, local officials said on Thursday. The clash between commanders Habibullah and Mohammad Shah erupted in the Allah Yar area on the outskirts of Chaghcharan, the provincial capital, erupted on Wednesday morning.  Col. Dilawar Shah, the provincial police…

Thousands of Ghor students boycott classes

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province to protest the new entry test system. More than 10,000 students including those from a teacher training college boycotted their classes for a day, said the provincial education director, Akbari. He told Pajhwok Afghan News 80 percent…

2 ISAF soldiers injured in Ghor

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN, an official said on Wednesday. The Afghan soldier targeted a vehicle of the Lithuanian troops late on Sunday, injuring two soldiers in the Kasi village on the outskirts of Chaghcharan, capital of Ghor province, the governor’s spokesman said.…

Security transition completed in Ghor

CHAGHCHARAN CITY (PAN province transitioned to Afghan forces as part of the third phase of on Saturday, officials said. Security in Lal Wa Sarjangal and Dawlatyar districts as well as the provincial capital had been handed over to Afghan forces…

Taliban flog Ghor couple on adultery charges

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province, officials said on Monday. The whipping took place in Gurgin village of Charsada district late on Friday, a provincial high peace council member, Nasrullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News. The woman, sister-in-law of ex-Taliban governor Mullah Ahmad Shah,…

Chaghcharan returns to normal as protests end

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN and children.   The protesting residents said reconstruction projects in the city could not be launched over the past many years. They forced the closure of the bazaar and the provincial council office to press for their demands.…

Hundreds of children rally in Ghor

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province that remained closed for the third consecutive day. Residents including women projects over the past three days in the province, closing the Chaghcharan bazaar and the provincial council office. After gathering at a mosque representatives, provincial council…

Protestors close bazaar, provincial council office

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province, closing the Chaghcharan bazaar and the provincial council office. After gathering at a mosque representatives, provincial council members, businessmen and residents, marched to the provincial capital, chanting: “We want electricity and asphalting of roads.” Provincial council head,…

2 new bridges inaugurated in Ghor

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province on Sunday, an official said. The 36 and 21-metre long bridges cost more than 14 million afghanis, said rural rehabilitation and development director Eng. Taj Mohammad Zalal. Abdul Hafiz, who lives north of the river, said before…

Visiting ministers briefed on Ghor security

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province. Governor Syed Anwar Rahmati briefed the ministers ---Ghulam Mujtaba Patang, Mohammad Asif Rahimi and Amirzai Sangin --- on the security situation in the province, saying it had deteriorated due to the presence of armed insurgents. He said…

Murder of eloped couple condemned in Ghor

CHAGHCHIRAN (PAN province on Thursday denounced the death of eloped couple and asked harsh punishment for the murders. The girl and a boy were shot dead after being caught two months ago in the Charsada district of Ghor province. But…

Gunmen kidnap, kill 4 students in Ghor

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province on Sunday, residents and officials said. The schoolchildren were kidnapped on Sunday morning from the Khafak Band area of Charsada district and taken to the Qalmin area on the outskirts of Chaghcharan, a resident of the area…

2 officials injured in Daulatyar blast

CHAGHCHRAN (PAN, official said. Acting district chief Maulvi Abdul Wali and the National Directorate of Security district h ead, Ali Mohammad, who were on their way to the police department from their office were injured in the attack, said district…

Ghor floods kill 31 people

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN, official said on Saturday. Three districts Tolak, Shahrak, Dulainah and Dawlat Shah and the provincial capital Chaghcharan, faced rising waters for three consecutive days, from Tuesday to Thursday, Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA), provincial head Hamidullah Dadfar…

Girl, 22, hangs herself to death in Ghor

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province on Wednesday, an official said.  The girl identified as Ruqia killed herself at home at around 10am, a month before her marriage was fixed, the district crime branch police chief, Ma. Nazir Hussain, told Pajhwok Afghan News.…

Ghor police save couple from being stoned

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province, where another girl committed suicide, officials said. Police received information that a boy and a girl were being stoned in Payen Tagab area on the outskirts of Chaghcharan, the provincial capital, on Saturday afternoon, the deputy police…

Ghor police save couple from being stoned

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province, where another girl committed suicide, officials said. Police received information that a boy and a girl were being stoned in Payen Tagab area on the outskirts of Chaghcharan, the provincial capital, on Saturday afternoon, the deputy police…

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