Taliban militants on Wednesday kidnapped dozens of local residents in the Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province, officials said. The governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Reza Ghafori, said the men belonging to Chaharsai and Chehel Tapa areas of the district…
Local officials on Tuesday distributed food and non-food items to 152 war-affected families in the capital of Jawzjan province. The families fled violence in Faryab and Sar-i-Pul provinces and Qush Tapa and Darzab districts of Jawzjan to Shiberghan…
Residents of northern Jawzjan province on Thursday complained of rising incidents of kidnapping and asked security officials to resign over their failure to ensure public safety. Rahmatullah, hailing from Shiberghan, the provincial capital, told Pajhwok Afghan News they…
Another nine people lost their lives to freezing temperatures in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province where at least ten women miscarried for lacking access to healthcare services. Five days ago, 27 children lost their lives to severe…
A number of Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel in the Qush Tepa district of northwestern Jawzjan province complain they do not have advanced weapons to thwart militant attacks. Sher Ali, ALP commander in Jarqadoq area of Qush Tepa…
A local policeman and a militant have been killed and three rebels wounded during a clash in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Reza Ghafoori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the rebels and…
A number of poor women in northern Jawzjan province have grown mushrooms in their fields after receiving training. Mushrooms are grown in foreign countries and have recently been cultivated in some areas of Afghanistan, giving good result. Two…
A key Taliban commander swallowed two memory cards immediately after he was arrested by security forces in the capital of northern Jawzjan province, an official said Sunday. Jawzjan police chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Turkistani told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The Agriculture and Livestock Department of northern Jawzjan province on Thursday distributed advanced gardening equipment to farmers. Agriculture and Livestock Director Mohammad Rahman Arghandiwal told Pajhwok Afghan News 24 farmers from six districts of the province received the…
Fourteen Taliban militants have been killed and ten others wounded during clashes with security forces in northeastern Badakhshan and northern Jawzjan provinces, officials said Tuesday. Jawzjan governor’s spokesman Mohammad Raza Ghafoori told Pajhwok Afghan News militants stormed security…
The high incidence of animal diseases has not only been claiming lives of animals but also causing expecting mothers stillbirths in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province. Darzab district chief Rahmatullah Hashar said animal diseases such as brucellosis,…
A newly-wed couple died of suffocation on the first night of their wedding in the capital of northern Jawzjan province, an official said Sunday. Crime department head Abdul Malik Mamnun told Pajhwok Afghan News the wedding to place…
Two Taliban militants have been killed and five others wounded during a clash with security forces near the capital of northern Jawzan province, an official said on Sunday. Mohammad Raza Ghafoori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A Taliban Tahir, and his 15 fighters have rejoined their former colleagues after recently reconciling with the government in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Thursday. Deputy provincial police chief, Abdul Hafiz Khashi, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Residents of Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday protested against the killing of three youth by Daesh affiliates. Two days back, Daesh militants killed the three youth in Garam Jar village of Darzab district after a…
Residents of Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday protested against the killing of three youth by Daesh affiliates. Two days back, Daesh militants killed the three youth in Garam Jar village of Darzab district after a…
Five Taliban militants were killed and as many wounded during a clash with security forces in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Sunday. Provincial deputy police chief, Col. Abdul Khashi, told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash took…
Police have detained two alleged abductors of a man in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Tuesday. Provincial deputy police chief, Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi, told Pajhwok Afghan News the detainees belonged to Shiberghan, the provincial capital,…
More than 2,200 war-affected families have received cash and food aid in northern Kunduz and Jawzjan provinces, officials said on Sunday. Kunduz governor’s spokesman Syed Mahmood Danishtold reporters 50 million afghanis would be distributed to 200 families…
Civil society drug addicts in northern Jawzjan province, saying at times they turn to prostitution in quest of narcotics. Sadruddin, a civil society activist in Shiberghan, says such females are suffering from a double whammy: Addiction and…
KABUL) department after spending 16 days in detention. The family had earlier accused 1st Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum of kidnapping the elder and holding him captive. Batoor Eshchi, the elder son of Eng. Ahmad, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A youth was killed and two children wounded when an unexploded rocket shell went off in Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province on Saturday, an official said. The governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Reza Ghafori, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Four people were killed and two others wounded on Wednesday when a gas cylinder exploded inside a bakery shop in northern Jawzjan province, an official said. Police spokesman Hikmatullah Aminzada told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in…
Five people, including two women, have died and three pregnant women miscarried due to severe cold in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Saturday. Deputy Governor Eng. Abdul Rahman Mahmoodi said the victims belonged to families displaced…
