CHARIKAR ambush, an official said on Thursday. Police chief Farid Mashal told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the Qorghal area of the district late on Wednesday. He did not provide further details. Hussain Sanjani, the provincial council…
At least four people have been killed in a gun attack on a wedding ceremony in central Kapisa province, an official said on Friday. The incident occurred last night when unidentified gunmen fired at the wedding guests in…
Residents of central Kapisa province on Thursday staged a protest against the government’s apathy towards flood-affected people. The protestors closed the main highway for traffic, resenting the plight of flood victims and denouncing the authoritis’ failure mitigate…
The mayor for Nijrab district of central Kapisa province has been introduced to the attorneys for negligence and corruption in distribution of land plots to the families of fallen soldiers, officials said Friday. Meanwhile, families of the…
Security officials on Wednesday said five Taliban insurgents including a commander were killed and four others wounded in separate incidents in eastern Nangarhar and central Kapisa provinces. Spokesman of the 201 Silab Military Corps in the east,…
Two people have been killed and three others wounded in different incidents in central Kapisa province, police said on Friday. One man was killed and three others were wounded in a clash linked to personal enmity in…
A Taliban judge has reconciled with the government in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, local officials said on Friday. Tagab district police chief Mohammad Naeem Safi told Pajhwok Mualvi Azizur Rahman Safi, an active Taliban judge,…
Fourteen Taliban militants have been killed and seven others wounded during ongoing operations in the Nijrab district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Wednesday. Nijrab local police commander Abdul Sabor Safi told Pajhwok Afghan News…
At least 50 Taliban militants have been killed and dozens of villages cleared of their presence in Tagab district of central Kapisa province during a week-long operation, an official said Thursday. The operation involving multiple forces was…
Security officials on Monday said eight Taliban militants have been killed and their weapons destroyed in separate airstrikes in Laghman and Kapisa provinces. The officials also said two children, who moved to an insurgent hideout, were also killed…
Interior Ministry special forces on Saturday arrested two moneychangers from a district bazaar in central Kapisa province, an official said. The two moneychangers were arrested from Tamir bazaar area of Tagab district on Saturday afternoon during an…
Nine people were killed, all from the same family, after a mortar shell hit their home in Tagab district of central Kapisa province amid clashes between security forces and militants on Monday, an official said. The Tagab district police…
Twenty six Taliban and five Islamic State fighters have been killed in separate operations and airstrikes in eastern of Kunar and northeastern Kapisa provinces, officials said Sunday. Seventeen Taliban militants have so far been killed during security…
Police have seized a vehicle full of chromite and arrested its four smugglers in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, officials said Saturday. Tagab police chief, Mohammad Naim Sapi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that police seized a truck…
Security forces killed a Taliban’s designated chief for the Alasai district of central Kapisa province along with his two bodyguards during a clearing operation, an official said Sunday. The district administrative chief, Ghulam Naqshband Sapi, told Pajhwok Afghan…
President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday inaugurated a power sub-station benefitting 30,000 families in central Kapisa province, his office said. Ghani inaugurated the Gul Bahar sub-station in the presence of local officials, elders and representatives in Mahmood Raqi,…
A grade six student ‘mistakenly’ shot himself dead in Kohistan-2 district of central Kapisa province, an official said, but residents said the student committed suicide after becoming upset with his school exam. The district chief, Noor Agha…
Police say they have prevented dozens of acres of government land from being usurped in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province. Tagab district police chief Mohammad Naeem Safi told Pajhwok Afghan News people had encroached upon…
One civilian was killed and four others wounded after being caught in crossfire between Afghan army personnel and insurgents in the Alasai district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Friday. The clash broke out in…
Three Afghan local police (ALP) personnel were wounded in a suicide bombing in Nijrab district of central Kapisa province on Tuesday, an official said. Provincial police spokesman Mohammad AyubYousufzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the suicide attack took…
After a decade-long year delay, construction work on a 50-bed hospital has been launched in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Monday. A number of the district’s residents claimed that the hospital’s foundation…
Intelligence operatives have arrested a five-member terrorist group in central Kapisa province, the spy service said Monday. The detainees were named in a National Directorate of Security statement as Aminulla, Mohammad Waseem, Abdul Hakim, Mohammad Nadeem and Mohammad…
A former Jahadi commander along with his all family members have been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Tuesday. An Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander in Tagab district,…
KABUL and Afghan Local Police (ALP) for the last many years. They say they had already paid 2,000 afghanis in tax against each 20,000 afghanis worth of pomegranates and prune harvests this year. Shah Wais, a resident of Tagab district,…
