Intelligence officials in Jawzjan on Saturday arrested a man who had placed explosives in the saddle of his horse for a suicide attack. Acting Governor Bai Murad Quenili told Pajhwok Afghan News the detainee planned to detonate his…
At least three people were killed and six others injured on Monday when a protest turned violent in the Qarqin district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said. The casualties took place when security forces stopped some people…
A large number of militants joined the government-initiated peace process following hectic efforts by first-vice-president in northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said Tuesday. Eighty militants joined the peace drive on Monday in presence of first vice-president Gen. Abdur…
At least seven Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel and five insurgents have been killed and nine others wounded during a clash in northern Jawzjan province, officials said on Sunday. Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani, the provincial police chief,…
Unidentified gunmen men have set alight a high school in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, officials said on Saturday. Police officer Col. Abdul Manan Raufi said the Hassan Tabin high School was burnt on Friday…
Eight militants were killed and several vehicles damaged during an predawn engagement in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Saturday. Provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani said the clash occurred last night when the insurgents…
Turkmenistan has improved electricity supply to three northern provinces of Afghanistan after complaints about low voltage and outages. Electricity to Faryab, Jawzjan and Sar-i-Pul provinces is imported from Turkmenistan, but consumers have been complaining that the supply is…
Six rebels were killed during clashes with members of an uprising group in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Tuesday. Three members of the uprising group were also wounded during the overnight firefights in Aqch and Faizabad…
Dozens of families have fled homes in Qush Tapa and Darzab districts of northern Jawzjan province due to increasing insecurity. The geographical location of the two districts make them an ideal safe haven for armed insurgent groups accused…
The new government plans to revive a defunct dry port once a busy transit trade route between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan in northern Jawzjan province, with local officials hoping the revival would help increase oil imports and reduce prices.…
At least eight militants have been killed and six people, including a civilian, wounded during separate incidents in northern Jawzjan and northeastern Badakhshan provinces, officials said on Saturday. Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani, the provincial police chief, told…
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) expressed grave concerns over growing incidents of killing, persecution and harassment by illegal armed men in some parts of the country. AIHRC Director Maghfirat Samimi said the people of Jawzjan, Sar-i-Pul…
Two militants and a mine planter were killed and five others wounded in separate incidents in northern parts of the country, officials said on Tuesday. Security forces killed two rebels and wounded three others, including a notorious…
Work on supplying 16 megawatts of additional electricity from neighboring Turkmenistan to northern Jawzjan province began on Tuesday, an official said. Eng. Ghulam Sakhi, director of the Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (ABS), said residents of Khwaja Dokoh and Aqcha…
Thousand of residents of northern Jawzjan province would gain access to potable water and many would benefit from a newly-asphalted road in southwestern Nimroz province, officials said on Saturday. A water supply scheme in the Qashqa Abad…
Three people were killed and five others wounded during an overnight gunbattle between security forces and insurgents in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, officials said on Friday. Two militants and a policeman were killed in the…
The wheat yield in northwestern Jawzjan province has declined by 10,000 tonnes this year due to flash floods, official said on Wednesday. Agriculture Director Eng. Abdul Rashid told Pajhwok Afghan News wheat was cultivated on more than 93,000…
Two women have allegedly committed suicide in the Mangjik district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Sunday. Col. Abdul Malik Mamnoon, crime branch chief, said one woman died after drinking acid, while the cause of the…
The Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) director for northern Jawzjan province was on Wednesday accused of embezzling aid for floods-affected residents. ANDMA Director Azizur Rahman Emaq allegedly misused aid from Azerbaijan to the flood-affected families of Jawzjan,…
A man threw his two-month-old son into a well as a result of a property dispute in the Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Sunday. Crime branch chief, Capt. Abdul Latif, told Pajhwok Afghan…
As death toll from the devastated recent floods in north and northwestern provinces surged to 135 fatalities, rescue teams on Wednesday were facing mounting problems to pull out more dead and wounded buried under debris. Recent flash floods…
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Saturday around 1,000 marooned families had been evacuated so far in northwestern Jawzjan province, following flash floods that killed at least 107 people and rendered thousands others homeless on Friday night.…
The National Directorate of Security (NDS) claimed arresting four suspected suicide bombers in northern Jawzjan province, an official said Monday. The would-be suicide attackers had been arrested from Yakabagh Afghania area on the outskirts of Shiberghan, the provincial…
A militant has been killed when the bomb he was planting went off prematurely in Faizabad district of northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said Wednesday. The incident took place when the rebel was planting the bomb in a…
