In yet another brazen attack, the Taliban rebels killed 10 policemen in the Shindand district of western Herat province last night, the governor’s spokesman said on Friday. Another four police were wounded in the attack on Larzang security…
At least six people were killed including children and seven others were wounded in a bomb blast in the Shindad district of western Herat province on Monday, an official said. Ghulam Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok…
Residents of western Herat and central Bamyan provinces on Wednesday emerged on streets in support of the peace push initiated by the insurgency-hit residents of southern Helmand province. Youth, including women, have erected separate tents over the past…
Police have arrested 120 people in connection with different crimes during the past one month in western Herat province, an official said Monday. Deputy police chief Col. Aminullah Amin told a press conference here that the detainees…
Security officials in western Herat province on Friday said despite public order police officers were operating directly under the Ministry of Interior (MoI) but the beating case of a journalist by the forces would be seriously followed…
Police in western Herat province on Tuesday detained an Iranian national for allegedly trying to smuggle 29 kilograms of heroin in a truck to his country. The Iranian had skillfully hidden the stuff in his truck vehicle en…
Taliban’s shadow district chief for the Kashk-i-Kohna district has been detained in western Herat province, an official said on Tuesday. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Mullah Abdul Raoof was held by police…
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok) A man stabbed his wife and sister to death in the Karkh district of western Herat province on Wednesday, an official said. Police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizada told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident occurred early in the…
A United Nations anti-corruption symposium in this capital city of western Herat province was told the prosecutor’s office has ‘registered 70 cases of corruption and placed more than 130 offenders in jail.’ The symposium held at Camp…
The governor of western Herat province on Tuesday said that special arrangements have been put in place for hosting a high profile ceremony marking the launch of the Afghanistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project in Herat City. Speaking…
A rebel was arrested with 28 walkie-talkies in western Herat province, an official said Tuesday. Abdul Razaq chief of 3th police brigade for the western zone told Pajhwok Afghan News, the detainee was resident of Islam Qala Township of…
Construction work on Afghanistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project is all set to be launched in western Herat province on Friday, an official said Monday. The spokesman for Herat governor, Jilani Farhad, told Pajhwok Afghan News leaders from…
Police have detained two young men for killing a child after raping him in the Injil district of western Herat province, an official said on Saturday. Abdul Ahad Walizada, the police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Intelligence officials on Tuesday confiscated 25 tons of chicken meat after being smuggled into western Herat province from Iran, an official said. The driver of the vehicle carrying the meat worth about 2.3 million afghanis has been…
At least 470 people were delivered at the zonal hospital in western Herat province after attempting suicide this solar year, with 20 losing their lives, officials at the hospital said Monday. Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai, the spokesman of…
A dozen civilians were killed on Sunday morning when a roadside bomb ripped through their vehicle in western Herat province, an official said. Police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizad told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion took place in Gulran…
Police have arrested a young man on charges of raping her mother in western Heart province, an official said on Monday. Abdul Ahad Walizadah, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the 24-year old was detained in…
A laboratory to assess the quality of saffron produced in Afghanistan was inaugurated in western Herat province on Saturday, officials said, hoping the first-of-its-kind facility would help boost the plant’s export to international markets. Bashir Ahmad Ahmadi,…
Seventy-one, including five women, have been set free from the central jail in western Herat province after they were pardoned under a presidential decree, an official said on Wednesday. The Presidential decree pardoning the inmates has been…
Seventy-one, including five women, have been set free from the central jail in western Herat province after they were pardoned under a presidential decree, an official said on Wednesday. The Presidential decree pardoning the inmates has been…
A suicide bomber, allegedly planning to hit a mosque, was arrested by intelligence officials in western Herat province on Tuesday, bringing to an end a months-long pursuit, an official said. Jilani Farhard, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Authorities seized more than 800 kilograms of narcotics and arrested 336 individuals in connection with the drugs in western Herat province in past 10 months, an official said Saturday. Hameedullah Nasrat Nasratzada, Herat counter-narcotics department head, told…
Owners of marble mines on Wednesday brought remains of three torched vehicles in front of the governor’s house in western Herat province in protest against growing insecurity on the Cheshti Sharif road The protesting individuals said their…
Dozens of prisoners who were extradited to Afghanistan from Iran about one year ago have gone on hunger strike at the central prison in western Herat province against their undecided fate. One of the striking inmates, who…
