KABUL, the government announced on Thursday. On September 29, hundreds of Taliban gunmen stormed Kunduz City from various directions and captured it after a few hours of clashes with security forces. Sediq Siddiqui, the Interior Ministry spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Afghan security forces have retreated from the Bala Hisar, an ancient hilltop fortress overlooking Kunduz City, the capital of northern Kunduz province, allowing Taliban militants to capture the area, police said on Wednesday. Kunduz police spokesman Syed Sarwar…
The White House has strongly condemned Taliban attacks on the northern city of Kunduz while the Pentagon expressed confidence in Afghan security forces. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Tuesday Afghan troops were starting to retake some…
The trapped residents of the capital of northern Kunduz province have run out of food and potable water and are struggling with a number of other problems since the Taliban seized the strategic city three days ago.…
KABUL Minister Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz on Wednesday said 30 dead bodies and 200 injured people had been delivered at the zonal hospital in the capital of northern Kunduz province. Hundreds of Taliban gunmen using heavy and light weapons stormed Kunduz…
The Taliban attack on Kunduz City, the capital of northern Kunduz province, and the ensuing gunbattle have destroyed all systems people need. Since the Taliban took control of the city late on Monday, electricity has been cut…
KABUL or Senate members on Tuesday strongly condemned the fall of northern Kunduz City, calling for severe punishment to government and provincial security officials concerned. Hundreds of Taliban militants attacked the strategic city on the night between Sunday and Monday…
KABUL insurgents was a conspiracy involving local commanders. Hundreds of Taliban militants attacked the strategic city on the night between Sunday and Monday from three directions, overrunning a number of government buildings, including the police headquarters and the central prison.…
KABUL (MoPH) on Tuesday said 16 people had been killed and more than 170 others injured during clashes in the capital of northern Kunduz province. MoPH spokesman Wahidullah Mayar said the dead bodies and the wounded people had been transferred…
Local officials on Monday said the Taliban had overrun the entire Kunduz City, the provincial capital of northern Kunduz province, while security forces in the airport and Bala Hisar area were preparing for a counterattack. A Pajhwok Afghan…
Farmers in northern Kunduz province have asked the government to establish a soybean processing factory following 50 tonnes increase in the protein-rich commercial crop over last year’s produce. Soybean is a grain which contains 36 percent of…
Security officials in northern Kunduz province on Tuesday torched nearly five tonnes of drugs they had seized over the last two years. The destroyed drugs included 56 kilograms of heroin, more than 380kg of opium, 380kg of hashish,…
“My husband was killed in the war,rendering me absolutely helpless and all alone. How long should this fratricidal conflict drag on? Both Taliban and government should show mercy to orphans and widows and stop fighting.” Mahbuba, who…
Six civilians, half of them children, have been killed during separate incidents of violence in northern Kunduz and northwestern Badghis provinces, officials said on Monday. Gunmen linked to an illegal armed group ambushed a vehicle carrying their…
Hundreds of residents on Thursday gathered outside the governor’s office in northern Kunduz province, urging the government to send Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum to the province to lead anti-insurgent operations. Dostum, the first vice-president, last month travelled…
Relatives of three abducted children on Wednesday warned the government of launching a protest movement if their children were not freed from the clutches of their kidnappers in northern Kunduz province. Holding a gathering here, they accused…
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): The Appellant Court chief in northern Kunduz province on Wednesday asked the government to provide security to judges and other officials of the court. Fazal Rahman Fazli told journalists here three judges had been killed over the…
At least a dozen militants and one civilian have been killed in a fresh wave of violence in troubled northern Kunduz province, an official said on Wednesday. Kunduz police chief Brig. Gen. Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh told Pajhwok…
A Taliban insurgent killed 14 of his colleagues before surrendering to Afghan security forces in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Tuesday. Kunduz police chief Brig. Gen. Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh told Pajhwok Afghan News the militant,…
The Water and Energy Department of northern Kunduz province on Monday named 670 electricity bill defaulters including some government entities and powerful individuals owing more than 190 million afghanis in outstanding amounts. The department director, Eng. Hamidullah,…
The spy agency on Monday said a leader of the Jundullah group has been killed in an airstrike along with four of his fighters in Chardara district of northern Kunduz province. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said…
The residents of several areas in northern Kunduz province complained that construction work on some uplift projects had been stopped due to presence of militants and deteriorated law and order. Mohammad Naib, the resident of Dasht-i-Archi district,…
The residents of northeastern Kunduz province demanded changes and transparency in the election system. A conference regarding suggestions of people to reform ballot was held on Saturday in Kunduz City, the provincial capital, in which over 300…
Citing officials’ inefficiency after the falloff Dashti-i-Archi districts and some other parts of the northern Kunduz province to Taliban, Provincial Council (PC) members stressed that strategy should be worked out to regain control of the areas, which…
