A number of female athletes in northwestern Jawzjan province complain of being threatened for playing alongside men. But they say lack of playgrounds for females was the main problem facing them. Sumaira Hajizada, who has been playing football…
Some residents of northern Jawzjan province on Wednesday demanded the establishment of more security check-posts on the Shiberghan-Sar-i-Pul highway and the elimination of terrorists from the region. Abdul Ghafar, an inhabitant of Jegdalek village, expressed delight over the…
At least 94 girls and boys attempted suicide by self-immolation and drinking acid in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province during the past one year, with 15 of them losing lives, an official said on Thursday. Rahmatullah Hashar,…
Twenty-seven insurgents shunned violence and joined the peace process in northern Jawzjan province, officials said on Monday. Maulvi Mohammad Akram, the provincial peace committee head, told Pajhwok Afghan News the rebel fighters formally reconciled with the government at…
A Taliban’s shadow judge for northern Jawzjan province was killed along with his three guards during a clash with security forces on Saturday, an official said. In Baghlan, 20 militants joined the peace process Mohammad Raza, the governor’s…
Half a dozen policemen were ambushed and killed by Taliban insurgents in northern Jawzjan province on Sunday, an official said. The attack took place in Chahi area of Mordian district shortly after 3pm, the town’s administrative head, Zabih…
Militants shot dead three persons over what an official said on Tuesday “supporting the government and in connection with a murder” in northern Jawzjan province. Jawzjan police chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Turkistani told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban…
The Taliban shot dead a woman on adultery charges in northern Jawzjan province, officials said on Sunday, but the militants rejected the charge as baseless. A 20-year-old mother of two was shot dead on Saturday night in the…
Uprising groups in northern Jawzjan province complain security forces are not supporting them, while local residents accuse the groups of harassing them. Besides Afghan security forces; illegal armed men operating as uprising groups are also active fighting against…
Two gunmen loyal to an illegal armed commander were killed during a clash with public uprising forces in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Thursday. The clash erupted between gunmen linked to illegal commander Gul Ahmad…
Four civilians have been gunned down in two separate incidents in northern Jawzjan and Faryab provinces, officials said on Tuesday. Suspected Taliban gunmen killed a resident in Faizabad district of Jawzjan over alleged cooperation with the government, the…
A prisoner who put woman’s dress and makeup attempted to escape from the central jail in northern Jawzjan province, but failed, the prison’s commander said on Saturday. Col. Dil Aqa Adil said Mohammad Nadir, who had been sentenced…
At least three militants and three illegal armed men have been killed and four others injured in separate incidents in northwestern Jawzjan and central Parwan provinces, officials said Saturday. Jawzjan governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Reza Ghafori, told Pajhwok Afghan…
A young woman has allegedly committed suicide in northern Jawzjan province, taking to 22 the number of women claiming their own lives in the province this year, an official said. Mohammad Raza Ghafoori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok…
Local security officials on Wednesday said Taliban militants had fled Qush Tapa district of northern Jawzjan province before Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum reached there. The first vice-president on Tuesday moved into Qush Tapa district with thousands of security…
First Vice-President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum on Tuesday headed to Qush Tapa district of northern Jawzjan province from the provincial capital along with thousands of troops to conduct clearing operations against Taliban militants there. Before departing for Qush…
More than 2,500 families will benefitfrom five potable drinking water schemes in the northern province of Jawzjan, officials said on Sunday. The schemes included 43 water wells in Mangjik and Khaniqa districts, 20 in Shiberghan, the provincial capital…
The revenue of northern Jawzjan province has surged by more than 50 million afghanis this year, but taxpayers complainof rising duties. Jawzjan’s revenue target fixed by the Ministry of Finance was 219 million afs, but the provincial authorities…
A young man has been found shot dead in northern Jazwjan province and 130 kilograms of drugs confiscated in Baghlan, officials said on Sunday. Jawzjan police found the body of Amrullah, 27, in a car whose driver was…
Five Taliban fighters and a public uprising commander have been killed in separate incidents in the northern province of Jawzjan, officials said on Wednesday. Two motorbikes and three Kalashnikovs were seized from the militants as a result of…
At least three civilians have been killed and five others injured during infighting between Taliban factions in northeastern Jawzjan province, an official said on Monday. Elsewhere, one militant was killed and four others were wounded during a clash…
At least six people were killed and another 10 wounded in two separate bomb explosions in northern Jawzjan and western Faryab provinces, officials said on Thursday. Four civilians, including a rickshaw driver, were killed and nine others were…
More than 20,000 families have benefited from dozens of welfare projects, including water supply, education and transportation schemes, implemented in northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said on Monday. The projects include the graveling of more than 100 kilometres…
At least six people, including three civilians, have been killed during separate clashes in northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said Saturday. Provincial police chief Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi told Pajhwok Afghan News three young men were shot dead…
