A bomb-rigged motorcycle went off inside a home in this capital city of southeastern Khost province on Friday, killing three people including a child, police said. The blast took place in Cholan’s Dab village on the outskirts of…
A landmine blast ripped through the campaign vehicle of a Wolesi Jirga candidate in this capital city of southeastern Khost province on Friday, injuring four people including a child, police said. The blast took place in Mujahid…
The residents of Khost City, the capital of southeastern Khost province, are complaining about huge problems they face as a result of the ban on motorcycle riding in the province. Police have banned motorcycle riding in the…
One person has been heading the Hajj and Islamic Affairs Department of southeastern Khost province over the past one and a half decades. Mualvi Izharuddin, the Khost Hajj and Islamic Affairs director, in an exclusive interview with…
Few women and District Council polls in southeastern Khost province due to cultural problems and lack of awareness regarding women’s participation in elections. Khost has 12 districts and a 1.5 million population, according to the Central Statistic…
A semi-medical midwifery and nursing institute has ceased functioning in southeastern Khost province following internal problems and poor leadership of the provincial public health department, local officials said Sunday. The training institute was opened four years ago…
Some former Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials in southeastern Khost province on Wednesday claimed the commission’s employees were ‘deliberately paving the ground for electoral rigging. Addressing a press conference in Khost City, they said local IEC authorities…
Some civil society activists and residents of southeastern Khost province accuse local singers of encouraging the youth to use narcotics and promote Bacha Bazi via their songs. They say some young singers who are new in the…
Influential figures and youth in southeastern Khost province on Thursday welcomed the government’s latest steps towards finding a negotiated end to the decades-old conflict in the country and urged more bold measures. The Khost residents who had gathered…
Efforts have been accelerated at improving the education sector in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Monday. The lack of school buildings, unavailability of professional teachers in far-flung areas and text books are main issues crippling…
Two people have been gunned down and three others injured inside a mosque in the Mandozai district of southeastern Khost province, an official said on Thursday. Talib Mangal, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident…
A number of women on Sunday protested against not giving them ID cards by the authorities concerned in southeastern Khost province. Dozens of women gathered in the provincial capital, Khost City, and accused the Population Registration Department…
Some tribal elders in southeastern Khost province have accused the Population Registration Department of not issuing them the paper National Identity Cards (NICs), also known as Tazkera. Addressing a press conference here, tribal elders from Ahmadzai, Totakhel,…
The residents of Sabari Yaqobi district of southeastern Khost province have been refusing to obtain Tazkera (paper identity card) in protest against what they allege ‘misbehavior of registration officers.’ Tribal elders of the district say they would…
Tribal elders have decided to fine the families barring daughters from going to school in the Musakhel district of southeastern Khost province, an official said on Sunday. Haji Mandayar Mangal, an influential resident of the district, told…
Some residents in southwestern Khost province have asked the government to ensure security of voter registration centers. As many as 51 voter registration centers have been set up in Khost City, the provincial capital, but residents say…
Suspected killers of BBC reporter Ahmad Shah have been detained and will be referred soon to judicial organs, an official said on Thursday. Governor Hukam Khan Habibi, addressing a public awareness event about parliamentary elections, said Shah’s…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a BBC reporter in southeastern Khost province on Monday, sources said. A Khost-based Pajhwok journalist said Ahmad Shah came under attack on his way to Gulzar-Aka locality of Khost city, the provincial capital, in…
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Monday said 14 Pakistani soldiers were killed in border clash in southeastern Khost province. On the other hand, Khost officials said the bodies of five Pakistani border soldiers who were killed during…
A bomb blast took place near a peace advocacy tent in the capital of southeastern Khost province on Thursday, but caused no casualties, officials said. Acting provincial police chief Col. Abdul Hanan Zadran told Pajhwok Afghan News…
President Ashraf Ghani has promised to ban the use of Pakistani currency in government offices, asking the countrymen to do businesses in the local currency. The president made these remarks while addressing a gathering in southeastern Khost province…
President Ashraf Ghani has said giving daughters under baad marriage has reached zero level in Khost, which indicates cultural advancement in the southeastern province. Meeting women in Khost City, the provincial capital, after arriving here on Monday,…
KABUL militants and wounding 28 others across the country since last night. Rahmat Shah Qamti, fourth brigade army commander in Uruzgan province, told Pajhwok Afghan New security forces targeted Taliban hideouts in Khas Uruzgan and Chora districts late on Sunday…
An explosive-laden Humvee vehicle has been seized and defused in the Nadershah Walikot district of southeastern Khost province, an official said on Tuesday. Khost crime branch police chief Col. Sher Daud Arian told a press conference here…
