Nearly 20 children of displaced families have lost their lives to extreme cold in the Darzab district of northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said on Thursday. Hundreds of families, displaced by war from northern Sar-i-Pul province and remote…
About 950 displaced families were on Tuesday allotted residential plots by the Refugee and Repatriation Department in northern Jawzjan province. Deputy governor Eng. Abdul Rahman Mahmoodi told a ceremony held on the occasion, that the families from Darzab…
A Taliban commander and a child have been killed in two separate incidents in northern Jawzjan province, an official said Saturday. The governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Reza Ghafori, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Asami Haji Murad, a Taliban commander,…
At least 17 insurgents have been killed in an ambush by security forces in the Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Thursday. Muhammad Reza Ghafoori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants…
As many as 2,000 civilians on Tuesday declared their support for Afghan security forces and picked up arms against insurgents in northern Jawzjan province. The 2,000 residents hailing from Moradyan, Khanqa, Mangajak, Faizabad and Aqcha districts attended a…
Key Taliban Tash Mohammad has been killed, six others including four Uzbek rebels wounded and several villages have been cleared of militants during security force operation in Qosh Tapa district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on…
At least six people were killed and 40 others wounded in a bomb blast in the Darzab district of northwestern Jawzjan province on Monday, an official said. Deputy police chief, Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
At least six people were killed and 40 others wounded in a bomb blast in the Darzab district of northwestern Jawzjan province on Monday, an official said. Deputy police chief, Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Women and children affected by war and poverty in northern Jawzjan province are left with no other option but to work at brick kilns to eke out a living. Tens of families coming from conflict-hit areas in neighbouring…
Melon harvest increased by 500 tonnes this year compared to last year’s yield in northern Jawzjan province, the agriculture department head said on Monday. Eng. Abdul Rasheed linked the increased melon production to efforts at preventing pests and…
The wife of a police officer has committed suicide and her spouse has been arrested in connection with the incident in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Saturday. Provincial crime investigation chief Col. Abdul Rauf Raufi told…
Two children and a young man drowned in the Amu River in Qarqin district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Sunday. The Jawzjan governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Reza Ghafori, told Pajhwok Afghan News the three fell into…
A girl was killed and another two girls and a boy were injured in a landmine explosion in Qush Tepa district of northern Jawzjan province on Monday, an official said. The governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Raza Ghafori, told Pajhwok…
A number of youth in southwestern Nirmoz province accuse the government of ignoring them and not creating jobs for them, saying joblessness has forced many young men into using drugs and migrating to foreign countries. The Nimroz…
Police have arrested a 50-year-old man after his daughter accused him of sexually attacking her in Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province. Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi, Jawzjan deputy police chief, said the man was a road worker…
Afghan forces’ airstrikes killed at least 18 insurgents, including two Uzbek fighters, in Qush Tepa district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Tuesday. Jawzjan police chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Turkistani told Pajhwok Afghan News the ground…
Security personnel besieged by the Taliban for the last three days were rescued on Sunday in Qushtepa district of northern Jawzjan province, a public representative said. The trapped security forces had requested the ministries of defence and interior…
A 65-year-old man has committed suicide after what an official said on Sunday “failing to provide food to his family” in Khwaja Do Koh district of northern Jawzjan province. The governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Reza, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A would-be suicide, who was after First Vice-President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum to assassinate him during Eid days, has been arrested in northwestern Jawzjan province, local officials said on Thursday. Jawzjan Governor Maulvi Lotfullah Azizi told Pajhwok Afghan…
Four workers of MTN private telecommunication company were kidnapped by Taliban militants in Qush Tapa district of northwest of Jawzjan province Monday, an official said. Governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Reza Ghafori, told Pajhwok Afghan News the four individuals were…
Unknown gunmen shot dead an elderly woman in the Khwaja Dokoh district of northern Jawzjan province, security officials said on Wednesday. Jawzjan deputy police chief Abdul Hafiz Khashi told Pajhwok Afghan News that the 53-year-old woman was killed…
Local officials say Taliban militants extort money from trucks loaded with food items on the Darzab-Shiberghan highway in northern Jawzjan province, a claim the Taliban reject. Rahmatullah Hasher, the Darzab district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News Taliban had…
At least 115 Taliban insurgents joined the peace process in northern Faryab province on Wednesday, security officials in neighbouring Jawzjan said. Jawzjan police chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Turkistani told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban group led by Tahir…
First Vice-President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum on Monday said the Junbish and Jamiat parties should learn from their past disputes. Tension between the two parties erupted after several portraits of Dostum, who leads the Junbish party, were brought…
