A government delegation has been able to mediate and end a 15-year-old enmity between residents of two villages in Kohband district of central Kapisa province. The enmity between the two villages has caused dozens of casualties on both…
President Ashraf Ghani appointed Abdul Latif Murad as new governor of the central Kapisa province on Wednesday, his office said. Murad was recommended to the president by the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG), a statement…
Five family members of a Taliban commander were killed in an airstrike in Nijrab district of central Kapisa province last night, an official said on Friday. The airstrike was called in after the Taliban commander, Maulvi Malik,…
Local officials on Saturday at least 32 Taliban militants have been killed during clashes with Afghan forces in southern Ghazni and central Kapisa provinces. Ghazni governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Arif Noori, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban militants…
MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhowk): Police in central Kapisa province on Wednesday found explosives in front of the Alberoni University. Police spokesman Mohammad Ayub Yousafzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosives had been placed in front of the university near Lankan office’s…
The Taliban to visit the district bazaar, it is learnt. Several residents of the district told Pajhwok Afghan News on Friday that the Taliban made announcements in mosques during Eidul Adha days, asking residents not allow their…
Police forces have seized a car full of explosives in the capital of central Kapisa province, an official said Tuesday. Mohammad Ayub Yousufzai, provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Corolla model car was seized in…
Two police personnel and as many civilians were killed in a roadside bombing in Nijrab district of central Kapisa province on Thursday. Kapisa police chief Mohammad Raziq Yaqobi told Pajhwok Afghan News the landmine ripped through a…
Nearly a dozen Taliban insurgents were killed during a clash with Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces in central Kapisa province on Tuesday. Police spokesman Mohammad Ayoub Yousufzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the early morning clash took place…
A Taliban commander was killed during infighting in the Kohband district of central Kapisa province on Sunday. Kapisa police spokesman Mohammad Ayub Yousafzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place on Sunday morning in Darnama rea…
At least three people have been killed and six others injured in separate traffic accidents in central Panjsher and Kapisa provinces, officials said Thursday. Panjsher deputy police chief, Col. Najmuddin told Pajhwok Afghan News that one passenger…
Twenty suspected gunmen, travelling from the Sarobi district of Kabul, have been arrested in central Kapisa province. Police spokesman Mohammad Ayub Yousafzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the men were arrested in Awal Kohistan district of the province…
The governor on Tuesday said the Taliban received 90 percent of weapons and ammunition from their sources in police in central Kapisa province, but the police chief rejected the figures. Governor Asadullah Hashimi told a gathering held…
Security officials on Monday said 88 Taliban militants have been killed and scores of others wounded during three months of an ongoing operation in central Kapisa province. Kapisa police chief Mohammad Ayub Yousafzai told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Taliban’s district chief was injured along with two of his accomplices while a fourth rebel killed was during a clash with security forces in western Herat province, officials said on Sunday. Separately, one insurgent was killed and…
Residents of Alasai district in central Kapisa province have constructed a 100-kilometer long road at their own expense and resources, an official said on Sunday. Alasai district chief, Ghulam Naqashband Sapai, said the road between Tagab and…
The government has retaken control of some important mineral deposits in the Ala Sai district of central Kapisa province after 13 years, local officials say. Ghulam Naqshbandi Sapi, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News militants had…
Four volleyballers have been killed and a fifth wounded after a verbal dispute turned violent in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Sunday. Police spokesman Mohammad Ayub Yousafzai confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan…
Three Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel have been killed in a Taliban attack in the Najrab district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Saturday. “The Taliban attack on ALP post happened midnight and continued till…
Sixteen criminals have been arrested and three Taliban militants killed in eastern Nangarhar and central Kapisa provinces, officials said on Wednesday. Kapisa police spokesman Naqibullah Amini told Pajhwok Afghan News the 16 detainees, accused of different crimes,…
Farmers say they are satisfied with the yield and price of prune dried fruit this year in Tagab district of central Kapisa province. The inhabitants say the dried fruit price had been low last year, forcing…
At least 13 Taliban militants have been killed in separate incidents in eastern Nangarhar and central Kapisa provinces, officials said on Monday. Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News 11 militants were killed in an airstrike…
Hundreds of residents on Monday rallied against possible dismissal of the police chief for central Kapisa province. Deputy police chief Maj. Sayed Zakir Hashimi told Pajhwok Afghan News Kapisa police chief Mohammad Fahim Qayam had been summoned…
A resident of Tagab district in central Kapisa province says her three sons had been killed by militants but no government department or charity organisation provided her assistance. Refusing to provide her name, the woman said the…
