Two persons were found shot dead in Ismailkhel district of southern Khost province on Saturday, an official said. Provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Faizullah Ghairat, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the men killed by gun shots were…
A poor family has been promised monthly assistance by a charity organization after Pajhwok Afghan News interviewed the family in southeastern Khost province. Lwedali Raporta Kari (Raise the Fallen) charity foundation head, Afghan Yar, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Civil society activists, provincial council members and government officials in southern Khost province say construction work on the international airport in Khost City, the provincial capital, has not been up to standard. Airport project’s expenditure Construction work…
A young man has managed to escape from his captors after spending five years in captivity in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Thursday. Sayed Rahman, a resident of Bak district, had been kidnapped five years…
Work on extending electricity from the capital of southeastern Paktia province to neighboring Khost province was launched on Monday. Khost governor Hokam Khan Habibi told Pajhwok Afghan News the power extension project would cost $110 million and…
Construction work on 100 greenhouses in has been launched for better agriculture growth and development in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Thursday. The greenhouses are being constructed in Ismailkhel, Tanai, Gurbaz and Zazai Maidan districts…
Students and teachers of a special school for deaf students in southeastern Khost province have urged education officials to help them resolve problems in the school’s education process. The school for the deaf has the same education…
One policeman and a Taliban notorious commander have been killed in a clash and a US drone strike in southeastern Khost and Paktia provinces, an official said a statement said on Sunday. The Taliban Commander Saifullah was killed…
KABUL Cricket Board (ACB) and a construction company on expanding a newly-built playground in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Thursday. The agreement was signed between ACB deputy head Azizullah Fazli and the Faizi Mujadedi Construction Company. Azizullah Fazli…
The distribution process of improved quality wheat seed and fertilizers to hundreds of farmers kicked off on Thursday in southeastern Khost province. Governor Hukam Khan Habibi told Pajhwok Afghan News that 50 tonnes of improved quality wheat…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged $30 million donation to the Sheikh Zayed University in southeastern Khost province, an official said Sunday. Khost governor’s spokesman, Mubariz Mohammad Zadran, told Pajhwok Afghan News the UAE ambassador to…
The uncle of President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said his nephew ‘lacks full authority to make independent decisions.” Abdul Qayum Kuchi said this while addressing a gathering at the government guesthouse in Khost City, the capital of…
The Foreign Affairs Department in southeastern Khost province has been closed for unknown reasons since a week, local officials confirmed on Wednesday. The governor’s spokesman, Mubariz Mohammad Zadran, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Tribal elders and religious scholars from southwestern Khost province on Thursday demanded the peace agreement between the government and the Hezb-i-Islami be implemented as soon as possible. The tribal elders and religious scholars, at a meeting in…
The Afghan government on Saturday rejected Pakistan was not helping refugees from Waziristan in returning home. Some Pakistani officials said last week the first phase of North Waziristan refugees’ repatriation had begun. But the process was reportedly…
The construction of a building for the agriculture institute of southeastern Khost province, a project worth 700,000 euros, began on Monday, an official said. Governor Hakam Khan Habibi, who participated in the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the…
A woman and three Taliban militants have been killed and three children wounded during a clash in central Logar province. In a separate incident, three Taliban militants were killed and two others wounded in won bomb explosion…
A new building is being construction for the public library in the capital of southeastern Khost province, the governor said on Friday. Laying the foundation stone of the building, Governor Hukam Khan Habibi told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The municipality revenue of southern Khost province has increased by 50 percent this year, officials said on Thursday. Mayor Eng. Mohammad Basir Mohammadzai said tax collection was vital to the development of the city, a process that…
At least nine insurgents were killed in a drone strike by foreign forces in the Spera district of southeastern Khost province, an official said on Sunday. The Spera district chief, Mohammad Azim, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Afghan refugee families who have returned to southeastern Khost province from Pakistan’s Waziristan region say they want the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to treat them like other Afghan refugees. The families, who fled the…
A notorious Haqqani network commander was killed on Sunday during a clash with security forces in the Spera district of southeastern Khost province, police said. Khost police chief Brig. Gen. Faizullah Ghairat told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
The Waziristan refugees camped in southeastern Khost province say they would not accept the Pakistani government’s conditions for their repatriation. About two years ago, as many as 435,000 families fled North Waziristan and arrived in Afghanistan Army…
Twenty-two prisoners have been released and jail terms of several others reduced in the southeastern province of Khost in compliance with presidential decrees, the central jail’s commander said. The prisoners were released from the central jail in…
