Unidentified gunmen shot dead five members of a family and injured a sixth in the Qarghayo district of eastern Laghman province. A resident of the area said three children and two girls were among those killed and the…
The intelligence chief for southern Laghman province has been killed in a traffic accident, an official said on Thursday. Governor Salahuddin Zahid told Pajhwok Afghan News the provincial spymaster, Maulvi Ulfat Hashimi, was killed in the accident on…
Four former officials of eastern Laghman, including the governor, have been released after 10 days of captivity. Former Laghman governor Abdul Wali Wahidzai, police chief Litfullah Kamran, provincial council chairman Atiqullah Abdul Rahimzai and former national directorate of…
Taliban insurgents killed two members of a family and wounded four others including children in the provincial capital of eastern Laghman province on Tuesday night, officials said on Wednesday. Police spokesman, Shafiullah Afghanyar told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Officials say 700 contract schoolteachers in eastern Laghman province have been fired after the coronavirus outbreak -- an issue affecting the education process. Pajhwok Afghan News findings show there is one teacher for 46 students. At least 214,000…
At least three civilians were killed and nine others injured in a mortar strike in Alishang district of eastern Laghman province, officials said Monday. Laghman governor’s spokesman, Asadullah Dawlatzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News that clashes broke out between…
The Dawalat Shah district administrative chief was killed in a bomb blast in eastern Laghman province on Wednesday, an official said. Asadullah Dawlatzai, the governor’s spokesman, said the roadside blast ripped through the vehicle of Syed Sharif Bacha…
A man in the Badpesh district of eastern Laghman province has committed suicide after killing his father, an official said on Tuesday. Asadullah Dawlatzai, the governor’s spokesperson told Pajhwok Afghan News the man killed his father in Androwar…
The security situation has worsened in the Alishang district of eastern Laghman province, compelling hundreds of families to leave their homes, sources said on Thursday. Local officials say they delayed a major security operation plan because the Taliban…
More than two dozen Taliban militants have been killed and another eight wounded in an airstrike in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Monday. Asadullah Dawlatzai, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants stormed security…
KABUL complex in the eastern province. Three days back, Pajhwok Afghan News reported more than 35 acres of land allocated for the sport complex had been grabbed and houses illegally built on it in the provincial capital. Pajhwok has obtained…
More than 35 acres of land allocated for a sport complex has been grabbed and houses illegally built on it in eastern Laghman province, Pajhwok Afghan News has reliably learnt. Pajhwok has obtained documents that show the Physical…
At least six people have been killed and four others wounded during an armed clash between two groups over ownership of a land in eastern Laghman province, an official said Tuesday. The clash broke out Monday evening in…
Four civilians have been killed and 12 others injured when a mortar landed on a house in the Alishang district of eastern Laghman province, an official said on Sunday. Governor Spokesperson Asadullah Dawlatzai told Pajhwok Afghan News…
At least six National Army (ANA) soldiers and as many Taliban have been killed in a firefight in eastern Laghman province, officials said on Monday. Asadullah Dawlatzai, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News militants stormed a security…
Daesh or Islamic (IS)’s shadowy governor for eastern Laghman province was among 30 rebels surrendered to security forces, an official said on Thursday. Laghman Intelligence Department head Brig. Gen. Ghulam Haidar Rahmanzoi told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
Security forces have detained 12 people in connection with various crimes in southern Ghazni and eastern Laghman provinces. Mohammad Ari fNoori, the Ghazni governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that security forces detained nine individuals in connection…
A park will be constructed at a cost of seven million afghanis in the name of Dr. Nakamura in Mehtarlam, the capital of eastern Laghman province, an official said on Wednesday. Asadullah Dawlatzai, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok…
Work on building a public recreation park in Mehtarlam, the capital of eastern Laghman province, kicked off on Monday, officials said. Laghman governor’s spokesman, Asadullah Dawlatzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the foundation stone of the public park…
Six alleged criminals including a Taliban commander have been detained by intelligence forces in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Monday. The detainees were paraded before media persons at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) office in…
Unidentified armed men have killed five members of a family in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Asadullah Dawlatzai, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in Nehar Karim area of the Qarghaio…
At least seven civilians were killed in separate explosions in southern Ghazni and eastern Laghman province, officials said Sunday. Ghazni governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Arif Noori, told Pajhwok Afghan News that an explosion was happened in Shidan area of…
The distribution of land plots to the families of martyred security forces would begin soon in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Thursday. Around 1,000 families have already submitted the required amount to get their plots in…
At least seven playing children were killed and another eight wounded late Sunday when an unexploded mortar shell went off in eastern Laghman province, an official said. Asadullah Dawlatzai, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion…
