JALALABAD (PAN): Seven fighters were killed and three others wounded during a clash with security personnel in the Alishang district of eastern Laghman province on Thursday, an official said. The four-hour firefight occurred in the Deh Qazi area of the…
JALALABAD (PAN): Five insurgents were killed and three others wounded in two different security incidents in the Alingar district of eastern Laghman province, an official said on Friday. In one overnight incident, three fighters were killed and three others wounded…
JALALABAD (PAN): About 162 insurgents suffered causalities during 35 military operation conducted by Afghan forces in eastern Laghman province last year, an official said on Tuesday. Eighty-six militants were killed and 76 others wounded during offensives that led to the…
JALALABAD (PAN): The cultivation of vegetables in the eastern province of Laghman has been increased over the past few years, an official said on Tuesday. Laghman farmers are increasingly switching to growing a variety of vegetables, Director of Agriculture, Irrigation…
JALALABAD (PAN-fired rocket hit their vehicle in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Saturday. The overnight attack took place on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway in the Naranj Bagh area of Qarghayee district, the governor's spokesman, Sarhadi Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL (SCA) said on Saturday. The girls have started their 24-month course to become community health nurses at the school opened on Thursday in Mehtarlam, a SCA statement said. Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA)-funded programme is a joint venture…
JALALABAD (PAN): Two river embankment projects were completed on the outskirts of Mehtarlam, the capital of eastern Laghman province, on Wednesday, an official said. The levees in Deh Ziyarat and Miankhelkas areas were built to prevent the Alishang River from…
JALALABAD (PAN): More than 20 people were severely beaten by a group of Afghan National Army (ANA) troops on Sunday on the outskirts of Mehtarlam, the capital of eastern Laghman province, residents said. The incident came a day after unknown…
JALALABAD (PAN affairs director was shot dead by two unknown motorcyclists in eastern Laghman province on Monday, an official said. Two armed motorcyclists gunned down Najia at 8:30am on her way to office in the Chil Mati area on the…
MEHTARLAM (PAN, officials said on Thursday. The incident that occurred at the Sirajul Islam School in the Alingar district last night is being investigated by police, the governor’s spokesman said. Sarhadi Zwak told Pajhwok Afghan News no arrest had been…
MEHTARLAM (PAN): Ten militants, who admitted they were fighting against the government due to false information, decided to lay arms and join the peace process in eastern Laghman province, officials said on Monday. The militant group’s commander Abdul Kabir said…
MEHTARLAM (PAN) employee was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Monday. The shooting happened in Ali Shang on the outskirts of Mehtarlam late on Sunday night, Col. Mohammad Daud Barakzai, deputy police chief,…
MEHTARLAM (PAN): Two back-to-back bomb explosions rocked Mehtarlam city, the capital of eastern Laghman province, overnight, while a third explosion was prevented, police said on Monday. There were no casualties. The twin blasts took place in Saraj port and Alingar…
MEHTARLAM (PAN): Fifteen insurgents were killed and three others, including a police officer, detained during a search operation in eastern Laghman province, officials said on Friday. Afghan and NATO-led troops conducted the predawn offensive in the Tor Ghar area of…
MEHTARLAM (PAN minister on Thursday launched the process of distributing land plots to teachers in eastern Laghman province, where some newly-constructed school buildings were inaugurated, officials said. Dr. Farooq Wardak inaugurated a township having 261 plots for teachers in the…
