Three Daesh militants suffered casualties during a clash with Taliban rivals in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province, officials said Sunday. Governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Reza Ghafori, told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash broke out after a brother of…
A young man killed his father using an adze over allegedly sexually attacking his sister before calling police to arrest him in northern Jawzjan province, an official said Tuesday. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani said: “The…
Daesh or Islamic State (IS) militants abducted a dozen of prayer leaders in two days in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province, local officials said on Thursday. Governor Mualvi Lotfullah Azizi told Pajhwok Afghan News that the militant…
Intelligent operatives have detained a key Taliban figure in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Wednesday. The deputy police chief for Jawzjan, Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashe, identified the detainee as Mohammad Hussain Fidai…
Three hundred youths, who recently joined Daesh militants, are receiving training in the Darzab district of northwestern Jawzjan province, officials said on Thursday. Baz Mohammad Dawar, acting administrative chief for Darzab, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militant outfit…
The ongoing conflict has resulted in closure of as many as 59 schools in northern Jawzjan province, depriving 30,000 students of education, the governor said on Tuesday. Mualvi Lotfullah Azizi told a gathering here there was no justification…
Gunmen loyal to so-called Islamic State (IS) or Daesh have stolen desks and chairs from the High School in Darz Ab district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Monday. The governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Raza Ghafoori, told…
A dozen Taliban insurgents were claimed killed in a newly launched security operation in Khanqa district of northern Jawzjan province, the provincial police chief said on Monday. Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani told Pajhwok Afghan News the clearing…
At least 20 people have been killed or wounded in a clash between Taliban and Daesh militants in the Qosh Tepa district of northwester Jawzjan province, officials said on Saturday. The district's administrative chief, Aminullah, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Five Taliban insurgent have been killed and three others wounded in air strikes in Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province, police said on Wednesday. Police chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Turkistan told Pajhwok Afghan News that security forces targeted…
Security forces cleared 15 villages from Taliban insurgents in two districts of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Sunday. Brig. Gen. Abdul Dayan Andrabi, 209th Shaheen Military Corps deputy commander, said since Saturday night about 15 insurgents…
Some residents in northern Jawzjan province on Thursday said the increased number of unauthorized gunmen had worried them. The worries were expressed the day Jawzjan police handed over some weapons and ammunitions to the Disarmament of Illegal Armed…
Supporters of the new political alliance, the Alliance for Salvation of Afghanistan, on Sunday held a protest gathering in the capital of northern Jawzjan province and demanded the return of first vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum and restoration…
Militants have laid siege to the centers of three districts -- Aqcha, Mardyan and Khaniqa--- in northern Jawzjan province, the governor said on Wednesday. Governor Lutfullah Azizi told reporters here that the three districts would fall to militants…
The youth in northern Jawzjan province are swelling militant ranks due to poverty and unemployment, activists and residents say. Amir Mohammad Taswir Habibi, a civil society activist, in Shiberghan, the provincial capital, said: “Some students after graduating from…
A young woman has been killed by her brother, who managed to flee after the incident in Shiberghan, the capital of northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said. Mohammad Reza Ghafoori, the governor’s spokesman, said the 25 years old…
A Daesh or self-styled Islamic State (IS) key leader and two Taliban insurgents have been killed after the two groups battled in northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said on Thursday. Col. Abdul Hafeez Khashi, deputy provincial police chief,…
KABUL insurgents were killed and two security personnel injured during an ongoing clash that erupted last night in Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province, the governor said on Tuesday. Jawzjan Governor Mualvi Lotfullah Azizi said the government forces came under…
Residents and officials of northwestern Jawzjan province say Daesh militants have restricted people from watching TV, listening to radio and buying chicken meat, cigarette and other snuff in Darzab district. Locals complain Daesh -- or the so-called Islamic…
Security officials in northern Jawzjan province on Wednesday confirmed Taliban officials from Sheberghan-Mazar-i-Sharif highway. 1st Lt. Niamatullah Kahzad, Jawzjan crime branch chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News Dr.Yaseen and Khal Mohammad were abducted by the Taliban when they were…
Daesh rebels, also known Islamic State (IS), have shot dead a tribal elder in the Qush Tapa district of northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said on Tuesday. District Chief Aminullah said tribal elder Gul Agha was gunned down…
Daesh or so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group has shot dead three of its fighters in Qush Tepa district of northern Samangan province over alleged collaboration with Afghan security forces, local officials said on Saturday. According to the…
Women, who underwent a 10-month training course, on Thursday showcased their handicrafts at an exhibition in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, on Thursday. The exhibition was organized by the Afghanistan Civil Society Forum (ACSF) organization for…
Security forces on Wednesday claimed recovering 100 rocket shells from a truck and detaining two persons in connection with the seizure in northern Jawzjan province. Police chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Turkistani told Pajhwok Afghan News the detainees had…
