Taliban militants captured the bazaar of Qala-i-Zal district of northern Kunduz province and were closing in on the district headquarters, the town’s police chief said on Wednesday. The rebels advanced on the district bazaar amid an ongoing…
The provincial council on Monday said the four entrances to Kunduz City, the capital of northern Kunduz province, have been closed against traffic by Taliban militants. Deputy head of the council, Toryal Kakar told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Nineteen insurgents, including three senior commanders, have been killed during clashes with security forces in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Sunday. Lt. Gen. Shir Aziz Kamawal, the 808th Spinzar Zone police commander, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Officials in northern Kunduz province, asserting the security personnel’s combat prowess,said on Sunday dozens of militants had been killed and wounded in recent operations. Governor Asadullah Amarkehl, visiting the Chahar Bandar area of Kunduz City, assured residents…
At least half a dozen civilians have been killed and another 147 injured in three days of clashes between security forces and Taliban militants in northern Kunduz province, officials said Sunday. Provincial public health Sahib, Chahar Dara,…
Some residents of Kunduz City, the capital of northern Kunduz province, complain despite cut in fuel prices, taxis plying the Kunduz-Kabul highway have doubled their fares. According to a rate-chart issued by the transport department of Kunduz,…
Local officials on Monday claimed religious students at a madrasa in Dasht-i-Archi district of northern Kudnuz province were undergoing training to carry out suicide and other terrorist attacks. Nasruddin Nazari, the Dasht-i-Archi district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Two Taliban fighters were killed after they attacked a police post in northern Kunduz province on Tuesday morning, the provincial police chief said. Brig. Gen. Jangal Bagh told a press conference a four-member Taliban group attacked the…
Joblessness, poverty and government’s inattention has left the youth in northeastern Kunduz province with no option but to join the militancy, officials said on Saturday. Abdul Ghafor Hottak, youth affairs director at the Information and Culture Department,…
Farmers and handicraft producers on Monday complained about a lack of green houses, cold storage facilities, irrigation water and market for handicrafts during an exhibition in northern Kunduz province. Farmers and women put on display their agricultural…
At least seven militants, including a commander, have been killed and three others wounded during an operation on the outskirts of the capital of northeastern Kunduz province, an official said Tuesday. Lt. Col. Ghulam Hazrat Karimi, spokesman…
Security forces inflicted heavy casualties on Taliban militants and cleared five villages in Chardarah district of northern Kunduz province during overnight operations, an official said on Tuesday. However, the Taliban also claimed killing and wounding seven security…
Police have arrested five individuals including a woman over allegedly trafficking more than 140 kilograms of lapis lazuli stones and 18 kilograms heroin in northern Kunduz province, officials said on Saturday. Kunduz police chief Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh…
Seventy-one Taliban militants have been killed and scores of others wounded during clearing operations in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Sunday. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Qasim Jangal Bagh told Pajhwok Afghan News 61 insurgents killed in…
Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qadam Shah Shaheem has said a major operation would be launched soon in northern Kunduz province to subdue Taliban militants. Gen. Shaheem, accompanied by Deputy Interior Minister Lt. Gen. Ayub Salagni, visited…
At least nine militants and eight security personnel have been killed during separate incidents in northeastern Kunduz province, an official said Tuesday. Gen. Mohiuddin Ghori, commander for 20th Pamir Battalion in the northeastern zone, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The newly-appointed governor for northern Kunduz province on Sunday asked militants not to follow orders from outsiders and join the peace process. At his introduction ceremony in Kunduz City, the provincial capital, Asadullah Omarkhel told the people…
Nearly 400 entrepreneurs and traders have left northern Kunduz province for security reasons, badly affecting the economic condition of the province, officials said on Monday. They include big traders who had been operating at the Sher Khan…
Officials of some media outlets in northern Kunduz said on Saturday women some months back. They say women, who are palpably concerned about the law and order situation, tend to eschew participating in radio programmes or other…
Local officials said militants had started torching houses of Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel and uprising members in a number of districts of northern Kunduz province. They said the rebels began the arson campaign 10 days ago…
The residents say are concerned about increasing armed robberies in northern Kunduz province, where 160 individuals have been detained on charges of various crimes during the past one year. Crime branch police chief Col. Najibullah Sarter said…
Local officials say more than 300 schools are under Taliban’s control in northern Kunduz province, where the insurgents recruit students for fighting. However, the militant group vehemently denies recruiting schoolchildren as fighters. It says children’s recruitment as…
The German government would provide funding to properly equip the registration office of northern Kunduz province besides training staff of the office and 400 community volunteers to facilitate the registration process in future. The German Cooperation with…
The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Thursday said Tajikistan had decided to temporarily close its consulates in northern Kunduz and northeastern Badakhshan provinces. The Tajikistan Embassy in Kabul informed the MoFA through a letter that the…
