A hundred individuals have been arrested for involvement in criminal activities during eighty raids in the past three months in western Herat province, an official said on Sunday. Jilani Farhad, the governor spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A number of truck drivers have complained about their mistreatment by police on the Herat-Kandahar highway in western Herat province, saying police not only stop their vehicles but demand ‘sex’ if they are not paid money. The…
The acting deputy governor of western Herat province on Thursday found some officials of the Technical and Professional Education Department playing a game of cards during working hours. Muheuddin Noori, the deputy governor, raided the education department…
KABUL candidates. They say it is questionable how Independent Election Commission deputy head Wasima Badghisi’s brother Naqibullah Aryun received above 7,000 votes. The IEC yesterday announced Wolesi Jirga election results from Heart province, declaring 17 candidates as winners, including Naqibullah…
At least 10 Taliban and six policemen have been killed and eight rebels and 10 policemen wounded during a clash in western Herat province, officials said Tuesday. Abdul Ahad Walizada, Herat police spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News…
At least 14 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack in Shindand district of western Herat province, while the Ministry of Defense say only 10 soldiers suffered casualties in the attack. Sayed…
Nine people, all men, died as two cars collided on a highway in western Herat province, police said on Thursday. The head-on collision took place on the Islam Qala-Herat highway in Rozang area, said Herat police spokesman. He…
A number of internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in western Herat province say no one including the government has helped them and they are forced to sell their children for survival. Sahib Dad, a resident of Muqor district of…
An officer of The intelligence dept for western Herat province has been killed in a Taliban ambush in the Shindand district after 35 Taliban militants were killed in infighting there, an official said on Friday. Taliban gunmen…
Police prevented a gun attack on Afghan army soldiers by killing one suspect and arresting two others in western Herat province, an official said on Friday. The three armed men wanted to attack the Afghan National Army…
One person died and 16 others were wounded when a passenger vehicle overturned due to high speed in western Herat province, an official said on Friday. The flying-coach vehicle was on its way from Herat City, the provincial…
A tribal elder was killed by unidentified armed men in Enjil district of western Herat province, an official said on Tuesday. Farzad Frotan, Herat police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a tribal elder, Haji Abdul Zahir…
The administrative chief for Kahsan district of western Herat province was killed along with two other people in an explosion inside his office on Saturday, an official said. Govenror’s spokesman, Jailani Farhad, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
The Independent Election Commission (IEC candidate of offering the office 1$ million in bribe to declare him winner in the election, but the candidate rejected the allegation. Ahmad Shah Qanoni, IEC head for Herat province, told Pajhwok…
Some residents on Wednesday claimed wide-spread rigging took place in recent 20 Wolesi Jirga elections in western Herat province and asked the Independent Election Complaints Commission (IECC) regional office to serious probe the irregularities. The residents also…
Environment protection officials on Tuesday warned the under-ground water level in western Herat province had significantly decreased. Nasir Ahmad Fazli, Environment Protection Agency (EPA) head for Herat province, expressed concern about water depletion at a press conference…
Some residents of this western city of Herat say millions of US dollars were spent on their province’s airport, but still they have to travel abroad via the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. The Heratis are…
Security forces neutralized 60 landmines and killed four Taliban militants who were expert in making and planting the explosive devices in the Shindand district of western Herat province, an official said Thursday. The landmines were found in an…
Local officials on Wednesday said Taliban militants had cut off the supply of electricity imported from Turkmenistan to western Herat province. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents cut the power in Rabat…
Liquefied Gas and Oil Importers Union in western Herat province on Sunday warned of staging protests if new standards imposed by the Afghanistan National Standard Authority (ANSA) were not removed. The protesting union member and oil traders…
Police in western Herat province on Sunday announced detaining 31 people, including four colleagues, on the charges of usurping land and others. A statement from the provincial police headquarters said five individuals including four policemen were detained…
Several government departments, religious places and a number of residents in western Herat province owe around 208 million afghanis to the water supply department in unpaid bills. Ratib Hamim, head of the water supply and canalization in…
A blaze blamed on electric short-circuit caused millions of afghanis loss to a branch of the New Kabul Bank in western Herat province on Friday, but there were no casualties, an official said. The early morning fire…
A child was killed and three other people were wounded on Wednesday in a mortar shell blast in western Herat province, an official said. Police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizadah told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place…
