Son of a slain Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier allegedly committed suicide inside the police headquarters in northern Kunduz province over delay or non-transfer of his father’s corpse. Police spokesman Enamuddin Rahmani told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
KABUL militants, including key commanders, have been killed and five others wounded during operations in northern Kunduz and southern Ghazni provinces, security sources said on Thursday. A statement from the National Directorate of security (NDS) said the spy-network personnel targeted…
Residents and their representatives on Monday expressed deep concern over growing insecurity in northern Kunduz province and claimed the Taliban militants were inching closer to the provincial capital. The residents, members of the provincial council and members…
Government officials in northern Kunduz province admit their failure to ensure security and prevent criminal incidents while local residents say armed robberies, murders and kidnap cases have recently increased in the province. A joint meeting between provincial council…
Protesting Wolesi Jirga candidates and their hundreds of supporters in northeastern Kunduz province on Monday emphasized on transparency in the election process and said they would close all roads of the province if their demands were ignored.…
Police in capital Kabul and in northern Kunduz province have recovered 37 kilograms of heroin and arrested five persons, a statement from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Sunday. One person had been arrested and five…
Wolesi Jirga candidates in northern Kunduz province on Sunday accused provincial election commission officials of their involvement in fraud on the election day and demanded a recount of all votes. The candidates held a protest gathering in…
Two people were killed and 38 others wounded, including women and children, as at least 10 mortars were fired into the capital of northern Kunduz province on Saturday, the day of parliamentary election. Zonal hospital in-charge Murtazavi Yaftali…
Out of 220 polling stations set up in northern Kunduz province, people have registered as voters in only 98 stations and among these 30 stations face high security threats. Rassoul Omar, Independent Election Commission (IEC) head for…
Fourteen security personnel and seven Taliban have been killed during a clash in the Qala-i-Zal district of northern Kunduz province, officials said on Thursday. Safdar Ali, the district police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents stormed…
National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel have arrested a seven-member kidnap gang and freed an individual from their captivity in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Wednesday. An intelligence official, who wished to go unnamed, told…
Traders at the Sher Khan Port in northern Kunduz province allege they are extorted by some local authorities and as a result their problems have multiplied. But Governor Abdul Jabbar Naeemi, during a visit to the Sher…
A number of women elections due to insecurity. They say the Taliban control most of the province’s areas, particularly Dasht-i-Archi and Qalazal districts, a situation which has created security concerns for locals. Fawzia Yaftali, a member of…
Police in northern Kunduz province have detained an illegal armed group commander accused of extortion, kidnappings for ransom and murders in Khanabad district. Kunduz police chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Baqi Nuristani told Pajhwok the illegal commander was…
Two women were killed and eight other people including two children were wounded when a mortar shell hit a farm field in northern Kunduz province on Saturday, a public representative claimed. Sayed Asadullah Sadat, a member of the…
KABUL airstrike that allegedly killed 14 members of a family in Chahardara district in northern Kunduz province, demanding serious investigation into the incident. On Friday, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed more than 10 civilian deaths in an airstrike in…
Twenty-two people, including civilians, have been killed in foreign forces airstrike in the Chahardara district of northeastern Kunduz province, officials said on Thursday. District Chief Zalmai Farooqi told Pajhwok Afghan News that civilians and the Taliban had been…
Hundreds of residents of northern Kunduz province on Tuesday closed the gate of the governor’s house here in protest against the kidnapping of a jeweler’s son. Three days back, Wali Ahmad, son of a jeweler, was kidnapped…
Nine security personnel have been killed and 15 Taliban Sahib district of northern Kunduz province, an official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Yousuf Ayubi, the provincial council chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants attacked security posts in…
At least 30 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and 50 Taliban insurgents have been killed as a result of clash in Dasht-i-Archi district of northern Kunduz province, officials said on Thursday. Provincial council chief, Mohammad Yousuf Ayubi told…
Some residents of this capital city of northern Kunduz province say insecurity has increased in the city due to lack of security check-points and no nighttime police patrol. However, security officials claim otherwise, saying nighttime patrols are…
The construction of a Teacher Training Centre (TTC) has been completed in the Dasht-i-Archi district of northern Kunduz province at the cost of 43 million afghanis, an official said on Friday. Education Director Mohammad Rostum Ahmadi said…
At least seven security personnel and 21 Taliban Sahib district of northeastern Kunduz province, officials said on Monday. The provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Abdul Baqi Nuristani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents stormed security check-posts in…
The High Office of Oversight and Anti-corruption (HOOAC) head for northeastern Kunduz province has been freed after payment of ransom to kidnappers, local officials said on Sunday. Syed Mujibullah Sadat, acting head of HOOAC for the northern…
