Almond production in northern Kunduz province has increased seven times last year, bringing growers higher incomes, agriculture and livestock officials say. Agriculture Director Addul Basir Faqiri told Pajhwok Afghan News almond yield Imam Sahib, Chardara, Khanabad, Qala-i-Zal…
The intelligence chief for northern Kunduz province was wounded in a Taliban ambush on Wednesday, a security official said. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) director, Gen. Mohammad Jassim Anwari, came under attack on his way to…
Two young boys each 15-year-old have been arrested over their alleged involvement in roadside bombings and targeted killings of security officials in northern Kunduz province, the provincial police said on Monday. Brig. Gen. Qasim Jangal Bagh told Pajhwok…
Intense clashes were underway on Friday between security forces and Taliban Sahib and Qala-i-Zal districts of northern Kunduz province, officials and residents said. Imam Sahib district chief Amanuddin Quraishi told Pajhwok Afghan News hundreds of armed militants…
The recent rise in insecurity has displaced nearly 1,000 families in northern Takhar and Kunduz provinces, an official said on Thursday. Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority (ANDMA) head for Takhar, Abdul Raziq Zinda, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Public representatives and a lawmaker on Friday expressed their concern about the deteriorating security situation in northern Kunduz province and said the provincial capital could once again fall to the Taliban if the tide of insecurity was not…
The Qala-i-Zal district of northern Kunduz province has been recaptured from Taliban, as heavy clashes continue in Aqtapa area, local security officials said on Thursday. Police chief, Brig. Gen. Qasim Jangalbagh, told Pajhwok Afghan News district centre…
Insurgents have established a centre in the Imam Sahib district of northern Kunduz province, training suicide bombers and making explosives, residents claim. The residents say the government should to quickly act to demolish the training centre which…
At least 15 militants, including foreigners, have been killed and 10 others wounded during operations in northern Kunduz and Badakhshan provinces, official said Wednesday. Kunduz police chief, Brig. Gen. Qasim Jangalbagh, told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents…
The police chief for northern Kunduz province on Tuesday said the Taliban had killed six captives in retaliation after their commander was killed in a US drone strike in the Chahardara district. Local officials two days ago…
More than 184,000 hectares of land have been cultivated with wheat in northern Kunduz province, but the yield this year may decline by 20 percent, agriculture officials said on Saturday. Director of Agriculture, Irrigation and LivestockMohammad Nabil…
With the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan, the prices of essential items have doubled in northern Kunduz province, residents complained on Thursday. Ramadan is supposed to be a month of charity and blessings, but residents…
Twelve of the 21 bus passengers kidnapped by the Taliban in northern Kunduz province have been rescued by the security forces, officials said on Wednesday. The militants kidnapped the passengers from a 404-model bus in the Bagh-i-Amir…
Women’s participation in government departments is weak in northeastern Kunduz province where even a single female official could be seen in judiciary organs. Civil society activists in Kunduz say women have the lowest presence in government departments…
Local officials on Wednesday said two people were killed and a third wounded during a clash between illegal armed groups over collecting Ushr in the Khanabad port of northern Kunduz province. Lt. Gen. Sher Aziz Kamawal, commander…
Kidnappers on Saturday released a 12-year-old boy near his home after failing to take him to an insecure area from the capital northern Kunduz province, the governor said. Asadullah Omarkhel told Pajhwok Afghan News the boy, son…
Twenty Taliban drone airstrike in the Dasht-i-Archi district of northern Kunduz province on Monday, an official said. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Qasim Jangal Bagh, the provincial police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Mullah…
Five Taliban’s group leaders were killed in an airstrike by the Afghan security forces in Chardara district of northern Kunduz province on Saturday, an official said. Gen. Mohiuddin Ghori, commander of the 20th Pamir Division unit, told…
Family members of war victims have been receiving training in poultry farming and poultry equipment in northern Kunduz province, an official said. Poultry farms have been established for families of war victims in Kunduz, a project financially…
A woman, who lost her husband to recent fighting in northern Kunduz province, has been forced to shoulder responsibility for looking after her children. Living in a rented house in the 2nd police district of Kunduz City,…
Ten Taliban fighters were killed and 20 others detained during an operation by Afghan forces in the Chardara district of northern Balkh province, an official said on Wednesday. Ten Taliban including their commander, Qari Najibullah, were killed…
Security forces have arrested a dozen Taliban militants, including a senior figure Qari Salim, in northern Kunduz and Jawzjan provinces, officials said on Monday. Kunduz police chief Mohammad Qasim Jangal Bagh told Pajhwok Afghan News Qari Salim…
After four days of closure, the busy Kunduz-Takhar highway has been reopened and 18 rebels killed as a result of a clearing operation by security forces, an official said on Saturday. Kunduz police chief, Brig. Gen. Qasim…
Security ministers on Thursday said militants had the plan to enter central Asian counties by capturing northern Kunduz province. Acting Defence Minister Masoom Stanikzai said Kunduz was like a gateway to central Asia and militants had been…
