Three gunrunners have been arrested in northern Takhar province, an official said on Saturday. Elsewhere, hundreds of kilograms of explosives were seized in Kunar province. Takhar police chief, Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani, told Pajhwok Afghan News police…
A poppy eradication campaign has been launched to destroy the illicit plant on a 400 hectors of land in eastern Kunar province, local officials said on Wednesday. Kunar counternarcotics department official Mohammad Arif Safi told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The governor on Thursday claimed the Islamic State militant group had launched a recruitment campaign in eastern Kunar province. Waheedullah Kalimzai told Pajhwok Afghan News in an interview that the recruitment process of the group known in Afghanistan…
Pakistani forces once again fired dozens of rockets into the Khas Kunar district of eastern Kunar province, but there were no casualties, an official said on Tuesday. Twenty-eight rockets were fired into the Khas Kunar district late on…
Owner of the only marble factory in eastern Kunar province says his $250,000 investment was wasted after the government denied him contract. The factory started functioning three years ago but its operations came to a halt after the…
Pakistani forces have fired 124 more rockets into eastern Kunar province, inflicting financial losses on people, an official claimed on Wednesday. The provincial police chief, Faridullah Dehqan, told Pajhwok Afghan News the 124 rockets and artillery shells were…
At least 29 prisoners have been released from central jails in eastern Nangarhar and Kunar provinces in compliance with a presidential decree, officials said on Wednesday. Media office at the Nangarhar governor house said under the 167th presidential…
Police on Monday claimed Pakistani forces fired 145 rockets into eastern Kunar province last night, causing financial losses to residents. Kunar police chief Maj. Gen. Juma Gul Hemat told Pajhwok Afghan News 145 rockets were fired from across…
Hundreds of tribal elders at a gathering held on Thursday in eastern Kunar province urged Pakistan to stop firing rockets into the province. Tribal elder Shah Mahmood Qazi, addressing the gathering in Asadabad, the provincial capital, asked the…
Hundreds of people rallied on Monday in the capital of eastern Kunar province against recent rocket shelling from Pakistan. Over the past few days, Pakistani forces have been firing rockets and artillery rounds into a number of border…
An exhibition of agriculture and dairy products was held for the first time in eastern Kunar province on Sunday, officials said. At the expo, farmers from Asadabad, the provincial capital, and districts have displayed their products. The show…
KABUL (SCA) said. Upon completion, the projects were formally inaugurated and handed over to the communities in presence of relevant authorities, the committee said in a statement. The SIDA-funded projects cost 55 million afghanis spent through the Rural Development Programme/Engineering…
The governor of eastern Kunar province was among several senior provincial officials who escaped unhurt in a Taliban ambush on Sunday. Governor Wahidullah Kalimzai, Wolesi Jirga member Saleh Mohammad, police chief Maj. Col. Juma Gul Himmat, second army…
A school building was completed and construction works on a seminary and a bridge kicked off in eastern Kunar province on Sunday, an official said. Governor Wahidullah Kalimzai told in the work inauguration ceremony of the bridge in…
Three people died and four others sustained injuries in a traffic accident in Chapa Dara district of eastern Kunar province on Monday, an official said. Provincial police chief Maj. Gen. Juma Gul Himmat told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Syed Jamaluddin Afghan University officials in eastern Kunar province on Saturday apologized over not playing the national anthem during a graduation ceremony. The ceremony at the Shariah Faculty took place about four days ago. The national anthem was…
A commander of the border police and his bodyguard have been killed in a roadside explosion in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Tuesday. Police Chief Maj. Gen. Jumah Gul Himmat told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident…
A huge gathering in eastern Kunar province on Saturday supported President Ashraf Ghani’s remarks about Pakistan in last week’s Heart of Asia Conference in Amritsar. At the Amritsar event, the president called cross-border terrorism a grave concern. "We…
Thirty female nurses and as many midwives on Tuesday graduated from a two-year training course in eastern Kunur province. Acting Public Health. He said the nurses and midwives would provide basic health aid to people, which would help…
Local officials on Tuesday said dozens of militants suffered casualties during clashes with security forces in two days in different districts of eastern Kunar province. Some civilians and Afghan forces also suffered casualties during the clashes triggered by…
KABUL forces’ airstrikes in eastern Kunar province, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Sunday. In a statement, the ministry said the airstrike was conducted in Dangam district late on Saturday night, in which 19 LeT militants were killed and…
Improved quality wheat seed and fertilisers were distributed among hundreds of farmers in eastern Kunar province on Sunday. Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock director Inamullah Sapai told Pajhwok Afghan News a total of 4,000 farmers would be provided with…
At least five insurgents have been killed in a US drone attack in Ghaziabad district of eastern Kunar province, officials said Saturday. Governor’s spokesman Abdul Ghani Musamim told Pajhwok Afghan News, five militants were killed in a foreign…
Twenty-six insurgents, including two Arab nationals, have been killed in drone strikes in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Monday. Kunar police chief Maj. Juma Gul Himmat told Pajhwok Afghan News the unmanned aircraft targeted an insurgent…
