Taliban militants recaptured seven villages after fierce clashes with security forces and uprising members in Faizabad district of northern Jawzjan province, sources said on Friday. The clashes broke out on Thursday afternoon in Shesha Khana Turkmena and Girjak…
The residents of Darzab and Qush Tepa districts in northern Jawzjan province have demanded permanent ceasefire between the government and Taliban militants and ask the warring parties to enter direct peace talks. A number of residents of these…
Daesh militants beheaded a quinquagenarian man for allegedly spying on them for the government in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province on Thursday, police said. The 55-year-old, Abdul Wahab, had been kidnapped by Daesh or so-called Islamic State gunmen…
Some residents of Darzab district in northern Jawzjan province say Daesh or Islamic State affiliates have intensified their atrocities and sexual abuse of girls and women in the district. One of them, Khadija, not a real name, said…
KABUL, or lower house of parliament, from northwestern Jawzjan province has died of heart failure, her family said on Saturday. Syed Mohibullah Sadat, a brother of the lawmaker, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Fahima Sadat died as a result of…
Police recovered 88 kilograms of opium from two men now in custody in this capital city of northern Jawzjan province on Saturday, an official said Jawzjan police chief Brig. Gen Faqir Mohammad told Pajhwok Afghan News the detainees…
A dozen Daesh militants and three Afghan local policemen were killed during an overnight clash in Darz Ab district of northern Jawzjan province, police said on Friday. Jawzjan police chief Brig Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani told Pajhwok Afghan…
Daesh (Islamic State) rebels on Tuesday beheaded a 12-year-old boy for supplying food to police in northern Jawzjan province, officials said. Deputy police chief Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the…
At least 20 Daesh rebels have been killed during a commando operation since Wednesday night in Darz Ab district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Thursday. Provincial deputy police chief Col. Abdul Hafeez Khashi told Pajhwok…
The Daesh rebels head for northern Jawzjan province and another insurgent have been killed in a US force airstrike, an official said on Saturday. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani told Pajhwok Afghan News Daesh Commander for…
Ten Daesh or Islamic state (IS) rebels were killed and six police wounded during a clash in Dar Zab district of northern Jawzjan province on Sunday, an official said. The clash broke after IS fighters attacked a security…
At least nine Daesh or Islamic State (IS) and three Taliban militants have been killed in separate incidents of violence in northern Jwazjan and western Farah provinces, officials said Tuesday. IS gunmen stormed on a security check-post in…
Afghan security forces captured a French woman allegedly linked with Daesh or IS group during a ground and air operation that resulted in the killing of six fighters in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province, the Ministry of…
Afghan forces killed and wounded at least 60 Islamic State militants during ground and air operations in Darzab and Qush Tepa districts of northern Jawzjan province, an official said Saturday. Mohammad Reza Ghafori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok…
Four members of the Islamic State (IS) outfit, also known as Daesh, were detained in the capital of northwestern Jawzjan province on Monday morning, an official said. Abdul Samad, deputy garrison commander, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had…
Due to non-availability of medicines in the Public Health Department of northern Jawzjan province, patients have to buy prescribed drugs from the bazaar. Mohammad Qurban, 50, a resident of Shiberghan, the provincial capital, accused doctors at the civil…
At least 13 Daesh or so-called Islamic state (IS) fighters including two Uzbekistani have been killed in a NATO forces airstrike in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province, security officials said on Sunday. Jawzjan deputy police chief, Col.…
About six tones of expired food items and medicines have been torched in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Tuesday. Ashuqullah, provincial public health department official, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the torched items had been confiscated…
Work on four schools building costing $ 19, 0000 have recently been completed and put into service in Shiberghan, the provincial of northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Halim Sahil, a provincial educational department official,…
Ten Taliban and three Daesh rebels have shunned the insurgency and joined the peace reconciliation process in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Monday. Governor Mualvi Lotfullah Azizi told Pajhwok Afghan News the former militants had been…
Taliban militants have kidnapped 10 tribal elders in the Dayan district of northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said on Monday. But the insurgents rejected the allegation Deputy police chiefCol. Abdul Hafeez Khashitold Pajhwok Afghan News the motive behind…
The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) on Sunday inaugurated a three-kilometer road after being asphalted in this capital city of northern Jawzjan province, benefitting eight thousands residents. Eng. Mohammad Shakir Sabiri, MRRD head for northern zone,…
Internally displaced families in northern Jawzjan province are complaining they lack food and firewood and fear a large number of their children and women may die of cold if the government does not pay attention. Ghulam Hussain, who…
A 22-year-old woman has hanged herself to death in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Monday. Mohammad Reza Ghafoori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the woman was found hanging dead from the roof of her…
