President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday laid the foundation stones of some development projects worth 777 million afghanis and inaugurated others during a visit to eastern Kunar province, but left without addressing a planned public gathering. Journlists waited for…
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has directed security officials in eastern Kunar province to improve the security situation and resolve the problems being faced by women, according to a statement from Presidential Palace on Wednesday. The president during his…
President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a 200-bed hospital and inaugurated a new building for the provincial Public Health Department in eastern Kunar province. The president, who arrived in Asadabad City, the provincial capital,…
President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday arrived in eastern Kunar province to inaugurate some projects and meet local officials. Presidential spokesman Haroon Chakhansouri told Pajhwok Afghan News that Ghani arrived at the head of a high-level delegation Asadabad early…
Contracting companies have disappeared into thin air, leaving incomplete construction work on more than a dozen schools in eastern Kunar province, Pajhwok Afghan News has reliably learnt. Contracts for the construction of 14 schools were awarded between 2007…
A bridge connecting 85 villages was inaugurated in Asmar district of eastern Kunar province on Wednesday after its completion. Sifatullah Sharafmal, Kunar Rural Rehabilitation and Development director, told the bridge’s inaugural ceremony that the 60-meter long and seven-meter…
Local officials, youth representatives and culturists are complaining the municipality of eastern Kunar province is not properly utilizing the two percent of its revenue the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) has allocated for youth’s development. A letter…
Dozens of civilians suffered casualties in an airstrike in eastern Kunar province, a lawmaker claimed on Saturday, but local officials said insurgents were the target of the Afghan forces-led night raid. The airstrike by Afghan and foreign forces…
The contractor has stopped supplying breads to police personnel for the past four days in various areas of eastern Kunar province, forcing the force to buy food on their own. A policeman told Pajhwok Afghan News they were…
Nine people including two children from the same family were wounded in a blast in Asadabad, the capital of eastern Kunar province, on Monday, an official said. Provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Haq Nawaz Haqyar, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Local officials on Saturday said Taliban and Daesh or so called Islamic State (IS) insurgents engaged in a fight with each other in eastern Kunar province, causing casualties to both sides. A statement from Silab Military Corps in…
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…
Four Daesh (Islamic State) rebels and as many Al-Qaeda members have been killed during US drone strikes in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Saturday. Provincial police spokesman Faridullah Dehqan told Pajhwok Afghan News the US forces…
Three civilians were killed and another 16 wounded on Tuesday when the pick-up vehicle they were travelling in struck a roadside bomb in eastern Kunar province, an official said. Police spokesman Faridullah Dehqan told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
At least five Daesh or so called Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in a foreign forces airstrike in eastern Kunar province, an military corps said Friday. A statement from the 201st Silab Military Corps received by…
Three Pakistani and four Daesh militants have been killed in security forces’ operations in eastern Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, officials said Saturday. The three Pakistani rebels were killed and four others wounded when security forces targeted their meeting…
Two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and five Taliban militants have been killed in separate incident of violence in eastern Laghman and Kunar provinces, officials said on Sunday. Sherin Agha Faqiri, spokesman for the ANA’s 201th Selab Military…
A rocket fired by insurgents wounded two people including a policeman in Asadabad, the capital city of eastern Kunar province, on Thursday, an official said. The mortar shell landed near a river close to the city, provincial police…
KABUL Fazlullah has apparently been killed in a US drone strike in eastern Kunar province, media reports said on Thursday. The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah was targeted in a US drone strike near the border with Pakistan, the…
The newly-appointed governor for eastern Kunar province on Thursday took charge, promising focus on balanced reconstruction and development besides improving security Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal, who was appointed as the Kunar governor following a presidential decree, was introduced to…
One civilian was killed as Pakistani forces fired 435 rockets into eastern Kunar province over the past 24 hours, an official said on Tuesday. Abdul Ghani Musamam, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the rockets landed in…
Population registration office of eastern Kunar province on Saturday said the number of women applying for National Identity Cards (NICs) was higher compared to men. Fazal Khaliq, head of Kunar population registration office, told Pajhwok Afghan News 51,000…
KABUL’s territorial integrity. On Wednesday, Pakistani helicopters crossed the Durand Line in violation of Afghanistan’s air-space and dropped bombs in the Dangam district. In a statement from his office, Karzai denounced the raid as an open violation of international law.…
Pakistani helicopter gunships crossed into Afghanistan and conducted airstrikes in Dangam district of eastern Kunar province on Wednesday, but no casualties could be reported. Kunar governor’s spokesman, Abdul Ghani Musamim, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Pakistani helicopters entered…
