Six people including three children were killed and four others injured in a traffic accident on Kabul-Jalalabad highway in eastern Laghman province on Thursday, officials said. Laghman governor’s spokesman, Asadullah Dawlatzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident…
The strategic Salang pass with northern parts of the country, has been closed for traffic as a result of heavy snowfall and snowstorms, an official said on Monday. Abdul Basir Habibi, the highway’s maintenance commander, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Local officials on Saturday said Maimana-Shebrghan highway has been shut for traffic since Friday following a clash between the Afghan forces and the Taliban in the area. A security official in Faryab, who wished to go unnamed, told…
The Ghazni-Paktika highway has been closed for traffic following fierce clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban in the Andar district of southern Ghazni province, officials said Sunday. Mohammad Arif Noori, the Ghazni governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Drivers and passengers of Ghazni-Paktika highway complained they had been harassed and forced by police to pay money. Nearly two months back, passengers of Ghazni-Paktika highway erected a protest tent in Paktika province and claimed that Taliban…
After six days of closure, protestors have reopened the Uruzgan-Kandahar highway for traffic, officials said on Thursday. On Friday, hundreds of residents closed the highway in protest against what they called growing insecurity and other problems. They alleged…
Armed men have gunned down five passengers, including a university instructor on the Uruzgan-Kandahar highway on Wednesday, an official said. Dost Mohammad Nayab, spokesman of Uruzgan governor, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Urdo-Balagh locality…
The Kabul militants in northern Baghlan province. The clash erupted before noon in Dushi district, resulting in closure of the key road for three hours against traffic. Baghlan police chief Brig. Gen. Ikramuddin Sarai told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Armed highway robbers on Friday looted 150 passengers of cash and valuables in northern Takhar province, officials said. Governor’s spokesman, Sunatullah Timori, told Pajhwok Afghan News the robbers looted passengers of four 303 model busses heading from Takhar…
Taliban gunmen have established a checkpoint on a key highway in Sherin Tagab district of northern Faryab province and are searching vehicles to look for government employees. Hamidullah, a civil government servant in Maimana, Faryab’s capital, told Pajhwok…
Taliban blocked the Maimana-Jawzjan highway for traffic on Monday, leaving many people on both sides of the road, passengers said. The driver of a passenger vehicle, wishing to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News dozens of automobiles were…
The closure of the Kabul threat has landed passengers and transport companies in trouble. The traffic on the major highway came to a halt on Monday after Taliban militants warned transporters against using the route. Transporters said the…
KABUL militants in central Maidan Wardak province on Tuesday, an official said. The Maidan Wardak governor’s spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News the highway was blocked in Syedabad district after a firefight erupted in the area in the morning. He said…
FARAH/CHARIKAR militants has been reopened for traffic on Saturday, officials said. On the other hand, four Taliban militants were killed during security forces attack in western Farah province. Abdul Sammad, the Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander for Shinwari district of…
A policeman was killed and three others wounded in a roadside bombing on the Kandahar-Helmand highway on Tuesday, an official said. Col. Sattar Khan, highway commander, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place at around 10am when…
At least three people were killed in a traffic accident on the Jalalabad-Torkham highway on Tuesday, an official said. Wolesi Jirga member from Nangarhar province Haji Hazrat Ali was injured in a separate accidenton the same busy highway.…
After a week of closure, the Kandahar-Lashkargah highway has been reopened for traffic, officials said on Saturday. Abdul Ghafoor Tokhi, Helmand’s transportation director, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces reopened the highway on Friday night. The road had…
Taliban have closed the Gardez-Patan highway connecting six districts of southern Paktia province, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded, residents said on Tuesday. Hundreds of passengers stranded in Chamkani and other districts of the province asked the government to…
Truckers complain police are extorting money from them on the Kabul-Gardez highway on one pretext or another, urging the higher-ups to alleviate their plight. This Pajhwok Afghan News reporter also took pictures of some policemen receiving bribes from…
Two passengers were killed and three others injured in a car crash on the Kabul-Nangarhar highway in eastern Laghman province on Sunday, an official said. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Corolla model car…
Public representatives and residents of northern Baghlan province complainthe security situation on the highway between Pul-i-Khumri and Mazar-i-Sharif has sharply deteriorated. Asking the government to ensure people’s protection, they say a number of civilians and Afghan forces had…
Protestors reopened the Baghlan-Kunduz highway after five days of closure on Tuesday after fruitful negotiations with a delegation from the Presidential Palace. More than 200 people blocked the busy highway in the Parchawah area of Baghlan-i-Markazi district, demanding…
Protestors kept blocked the Baghlan-Kunduz highway for a fifth consecutive day on Monday, when a delegation from Presidential Palace arrived in the area to address the issue. More than 200 people have blocked the busy highway in Parchawah…
