The residents of northern Kunduz province say security forces’ vehicles have never obeyed traffic rules and their reckless driving often result in fatal accidents. Amruddin Wali, the Provincial Council (PC) head, told Pajhwok Afghan News that military…
Six insurgents were killed and a dozen others wounded in two separate explosions caused by their own bombs in northern Knuduz province, an official said Monday. A reliable source at the provincial National Directorate of Security (NDS)…
The number of jobless youth has increased in northern Kunduz province, raising concerns about their joining of militant outfits. A civil society activist, Mohammad Qasim, on Friday told Pajhwok Afghan News the government had so far taken no…
Local security officials on Tuesday said 13 militants have suffered casualties and a number of weapons and explosives seized in northeastern Kunduz and southern Helmand province. A security official who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The administrative chief of Chardarah district in northern Kunduz province has claimed over 80 percent of the district's territory was under the Taliban control and most people referred to the militant group for their disputes resolution. Hayatullah…
The mayor for northern Kunduz province on Sunday said some 550 new employees were being hired by the municipality for cleaning the capital city, Kunduz City. Najeebullah Omarkhail told Pajhwok Afghan News: “As part of the new…
Security forces have retreated from 10 villages in northern Kunduz province allowing the Taliban to recapture them near the provincial capital, public representatives and officials said on Wednesday, but did not provide a reason for the retreat. They…
The Kunduz-Takhar highway was reopened for traffic in northern Kunduz province on Tuesday after remaining closed for six days by militants, an official said. Col. Rahim Kohdanami, public order police chief in Kunduz, said the operation to…
Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders on Saturday resumed operating a small clinic in northern Kunduz after suspending its activities about two years ago. The clinic is the first being run by MSF since American airstrikes…
The Kunduz-Takhar highway has been closed in the Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province as clashes between security forces and Taliban insurgents continued in the district on Friday. The Khanabad district administrative head, Hayatullah Amiri, told Pajhwok…
Nearly 400 families, who have been displaced by the conflict in northern Kunduz province, on Wednesday threw their household belongings on the airport road, blocking it for traffic. The road between Kunduz City and the airport was…
A NATO airstrike destroyed a school and some civilian homes in northern Kunduz province on Saturday, an official said, but the military alliance rejected the claim. The governor’s spokesman, Syed Mahmood Danish, told Pajhwok Afghan News NATO…
The latest outbreak of violence has displaced more than 350 families in Kunduz City, the provincial capital of northern Kunduz province, officials said on Tuesday. The displaced families have been in deep trouble due to the absence…
Illegal armed men, while forcibly collecting Ushr (10th part of harvest) killed four brothers and wounded a fifth in Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province, an official said on Tuesday. Lt. Col. Mohammad Zahir Niyazai, Khanabad police chief,…
The father of a 7-year-old girl, who was killed after being sexually assaulted in the Khanabad district of northeastern Kunduz province, has sought justice from the government, an official said on Sunday. Police chief Brig. Gen. Abdul…
Most residents of northern Kunduz province, concerned over a surge in crimes, have asked police and other institutions to improve the security situation. Rabbani Rabbani, a provincial council member, said seven incidents of target killing had happened…
Thousands of families have fled homes after more than 500 houses were damaged as a result of latest clashes in the Imam Sahib district of northern Kunduz province, officials said on Tuesday. Imamuddin Quraishi, the district chief, told…
More than 500 Taliban Sahib district of northern Kunduz province, a military said on Saturday. Brig. Gen. Amanullah Mobin, the 209th Shaheen Military Corps commander in the north, told a news conference in the district that the insurgents,…
Amid ongoing clashes between Taliban Sahib district chief in northern Kunduz province on Monday said if reinforcements did not arrive, the district was likely to collapse. Amanuddin Quraishi told Pajhwok Afghan News at around 5pm today that…
Four civilians, including a girl, were wounded by a mortar shell in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Sunday. Mahfoozullah Akbari, spokesman for the 808th Spinzar police zone, told Pajhwok Afghan News militants fired eight mortar…
Security forces on Monday claimed recapturing the Qala-i-Zal district of northern Kunduz province from Taliban militants. The rebels, who captured the strategic town nearly two weeks ago, were pushed back early in the morning by joint security…
Security forces have positioned themselves a few kilometres away from the Qala-i-Zal district of northern Kunduz province and are preparing for an operation to retake the district from insurgents, local officials said on Monday The Qala-i-Zal district…
A man killed his wife and another man over alleged affair in northern Kunduz province, while a woman was stabbed to death in Samangan province, officials said Sunday. Waisuddin Talash, Kunduz crime branch police chief, told Pajhwok…
Clashes between security forces and Taliban militants have been ongoing near the provincial capital of northern Kunduz province, soldiers on the frontline said on Wednesday. The frontline soldiers and police claimed they were yet to get any assistance…
