A woman and three children were killed and another eight civilians injured on Sunday when a pick-up vehicle flipped over in Shegal district of eastern Kunar province, an official said. Provincial deputy police chief, Col. Sayed Maqsood Pacha,…
The embassy of Saudi Arabia in Kabul has offered to reconstruct the Civil Hospital in eastern Kunar province and equip it with modern facilities, a cabinet minister said on Sunday. Public Health of the hospital. The plan was…
A contract for rehabilitation of an important canal in eastern Kunar province has been inked and the project’s completion would help irrigate thousands of acres of land. Local officials say the Salar canal which originates in the Paich…
Twenty-one Islamic State or Daesh militants suffered casualties during an airstrike for the first time in eastern Kunar province, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Wednesday. Eight IS militants were killed and 15 others were wounded during…
Timber traders and carpenters in eastern Kunar province on Tuesday asked the Cabinet to implement its decision of lifting ban on wood transportation. The Cabinet’s Economic Committee a few months ago decided to allow traders to transfer…
At least 30 houses have been destroyed and hundreds of acres of farmland washed away by recent rains-induced floods in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Sunday. Ghulam Ali Subat, provincial Natural Disasters Management Authority head, told…
Two civilians were killed and 49 others, including three security men, wounded on Thursday when a gathering marking the Independence Day came under a rocket attack in the capital of eastern Kunar province, an official said. Governor Wahidullah…
Officials on Monday said 15 Taliban militants have been killed in central Logar province, while insurgents abducted five civilians in eastern Kunar province. The Logar governor’s spokesman, Salim Saleh, told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash that left 15…
Thirteen civilians were wounded when a mortar shell fired by Taliban militants hit a residence in Manogi district of eastern Kunar province on Sunday afternoon, an official said. Deputy provincial police chief Col. Syed Maqsud Pacha told Pajhwok…
Seven members of a family who were injured three years ago in a Taliban attack in eastern Kunar province say they are yet to receive any assistance from the government or other humanitarian organisations. Seddiqullah, guardian of the…
A tribal elder succumbed to his wounds in hospital after being injured in a roadside bombing in eastern Kunar province on Sunday. The elder, Haji Mursalin Khan, a resident of Nari district, was on his way home when a…
Two children were killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IEC) blast in eastern Kunar province while a policeman lost his life in a clash in southern Kanadahar province, officials said on Saturday. Kunar police chief, Brig. Gen.…
Forty-one development projects costing nearly 72 million afghanis have been put into service upon inauguration in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Wednesday. National Solidarity Programme official at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Wahidullah Zahid,…
A would-be suicide bomber has been arrested by intelligence forces in eastern Kunar province, the spy service said on Monday. According to a statement from the National Directorate of Security (NDS), the would-be suicide bomber, Hafiz Rahman, son…
Six Pakistani and one Afghan Taliban fighters were killed during a clash between them in the Sirkani district of eastern Kunar province, the provincial police chief said on Friday. Brig. Gen. Abdul Habib Syedkheli told Pajhwok Afghan News…
At least three fighters of Pakistan-based Lashkar-i-Taiba (LeT) militant group were killed and another three wounded when their own rocket shells exploded in eastern Kunar province, officials said on Wednesday. Kunar police chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Habib Syedkhel…
The residents of eastern Kunar province say they are happy over the inauguration of a newly-reconstructed Salma Dam in western Herat province and want the government to establish a hydropower plant on the Kunar River. The Salma Dam,…
The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled on Thursday provided monetary assistance to destitute families of two districts in eastern Kunar province. Kunar labour and social affairs director Maulvi Attaullah Noori, who distributed the cash, said…
Pakistani forces are establishing installations inside Afghanistan in eastern Kunar province and have started cutting forests, a public representative claimed on Wednesday. Kunar provincial council chief Jamaluddin Sayyar told a press conference in Asadabad, the provincial capital, that…
A key road between eastern Nuristan and Kunar provinces has been reopened as a result of a military operation codenamed “Sher Ghashai” (Lion Arrow). The road that connects Nari and Ghaziabad districts of Kunar with eastern districts of…
A lawmaker on Sunday said dozens of Islamic State or Daesh militants had arrived in eastern Kunar province along with their families and were looking for recruits. Addressing the Meshrano Jirga or upper house of parliament, Senator Tayyib…
Thousands of artisans and carpenters in eastern Kunar province on Tuesday asked the government to provide work opportunities for them or lift the ban on timber movement.. Recently, the government banned the transportation of wooden furniture from Kunar…
The people of eastern Kunar province on Wednesday demanded the government punish the perpetrators of the mass killing of 1260 innocent people in the Kerala village of Asadabad in 1979. The inhabitants of the area say the Kerala…
The people of eastern Kunar province on Wednesday demanded the government punish the perpetrators of the mass killing of 1260 innocent people in the Kerala village of Asadabad in 1979. The inhabitants of the area say the Kerala…
