Residents say they have started commuting on the Tagab-Ala Sai highway in central Kapisa province for the first time in the past 14 years. They say security forces have brought under their control the entire road for…
CHARIKAR militants have been and another 120 wounded during two weeks of clashes in central Kapisa province. Provincial police chief Abdul Karim Faiq told Pajhwok Afghan News the clashes in various parts of the province between security forces and miliatns…
Hundreds of families have been displaced due to latest clashes between security forces and armed militants from Ala Sai and Tagab districts of central Kapisa province. The displaced families say the clashes continued for several weeks making…
Six worshippers have been wounded in a rocket attack on a mosque in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province. Resident Abdul Wahid told Pajhwok Afghan News on Saturday the rocket strike took place during Friday prayers…
Taliban fighters set afire three abandoned security checkpoints after clashes with security forces in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, officials said. The clashes started on Tuesday afternoon and continued as of 5pm in Korghal, Anarzoi, Shahrak…
At least two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and 13 Taliban militants have been killed during four days of clashes in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, officials said on Saturday. The 201st Selab Corps in the east…
The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has opened its branch for the first time in central Kapisa province which would help resolve problems of businessmen there, an official said Tuesday. The inauguration ceremony of the office…
Taliban threatened government officers of Ala Sayee district of central Kapisa province to quit their government jobs within one week or be ready for assassination, residents said on Wednesday. Khairullah, a resident of the district and an…
A Taliban drone strike on Sunday, police said. Kapisa deputy police chief Abdullah Talwar told Pajhwok Afghan News the drone strike took place in the Andar area of the town in the afternoon about 4:30pm. Six Taliban…
An armed clash broke out during the university entrance test inside a university in the capital of central Kapisa province on Thursday, leaving five people injured. The clash inside the Alberoni University took place between bodyguards of…
Growing insecurity has led to a considerable increase in the number of displaced families in central Kapisa province, an official said on Wednesday. Qasim Malikzai, the director of refugee in Kapisa, told Pajhwok Afghan News that many…
A newly-established mineral water factory, a $1.5 million project, started functioning in central Kapisa province on Saturday. During the inaugural ceremony, Governor Gen. Mehrabuddin Sapi said the plant had been established by the Rezaee Private Company, It…
A couple was publicly whipped on the charge of adultery after a legal hearing in the Kohistan-I district of central Kapisa province, police said on Monday. Identifies of the girl and the boy could not be ascertained.…
A schoolteacher has committed suicide in the Kohistan-1 district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Wednesday. The 35 years old female teacher was found dead in her home in Mullah Khail area late on Tuesday,…
Two Public Order Police personnel have been killed and three others wounded in separate incidents in central Kapisa province, an official said on Friday. One policeman was killed and three others sustained injuries in an accident in…
Eight armed rebels have been killed and six others wounded during a search operation in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province, officials said on Friday. Abdullah Talwar, the Kapisa police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Residents of some areas of central Kapisa province complain insecurity is gradually escalating and creating numerous problems for civilians. The security situation recently deteriorated in Tagab, Alasai and Najrab districts of the province, where militant-linked violence has become…
Residents of central Kapisa province on Saturday said they would have never taken part in the election process if they had the slightest idea of the dragging deadlock. Several months after the election was completed, neither the…
A newly-established radio station on Thursday launched broadcasts from a seminary in central Kapisa province. Established at the Sher Khankhel Haqqania Madrasa in the Bagh Shirkat area of the Kohistan-I district, the radio, Risalat, airs mostly religious…
Residents of the Tagab district of central Kapisa province on Monday urged security forces and militants to observe a ceasefire until they harvested pomegranates and plums. They feared if the clashes between security forces and insurgents continued,…
At least nine insurgents were killed and more than a dozen wounded during clashes in different parts of the country, officials said on Wednesday. Seven militants were killed and 10 others wounded during gunbattle in the Tagab district…
Residents of the Tagab district of central Kapisa province on Tuesday alleged an Afghan Local police (ALP) commander had kidnapped four children for ransom. Hidayatullah, a tribal elder, told Pajhwok Afghan News ALP commander Fazli disembarked the children…
A number of residents of central Kapisa province complain of a heavy influx of foreign militants into the province, killing and threatening civilians. They urge the government to control the security situation. Mukhtar Ahmad, a resident of…
At least one hundred Afghan Local Police (ALP) members have been deployed to ensure security for the second round of presidential election in Ala-Sayee district of central Kapisa province, an official said Wednesday. Khwaja Faqir Ahmad Sadiqui,…
