Two students were killed and eight others injured when a rocket struck a school in eastern Laghman province on Saturday, an official said. Governor’s spokesman, Sarhadi Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News a rocket fired by militants targeted a…
KABUL militants who wanted to plot terrorist attacks have been nabbed in eastern Laghman province, spy-network said on Tuesday. A statement from the National Directorate of Security (NDS) received by Pajhwok Afghan News said NDS Special Forces detained the two…
More than 170 people accused of usurping government land have recently been introduced to the attorneys in eastern Laghman province, officials said on Monday. The crackdown on illegal land grabbers comes amid an ongoing strike by hundreds of…
Hundreds of schoolteachers on Sunday went on strike in the Qarghai district of eastern Laghman province, allowing thousands of students to return homes, officials said on Sunday. Nearly 700 teachers from district schools, the sciences centre, the teacher…
Five civilians were wounded during a clash between Taliban and security forces in eastern Laghman province on Wednesday, an official said. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the gun-battle erupted in Omarzai locality of Mehtarlam,…
Nearly 12,000 repatriated refugees will get land plots under a residential scheme launched on Thursday in eastern Laghman province. The Laghman provincial press department in a statement said the township was being constructed in the center of…
A Taliban commander was killed along with his two accomplices during a clash with security forces in eastern Laghman province on Monday, an official said. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the early morning clash…
Thirty-three different light and heavy weapons were handed over to the Disarmament of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) programme officials in eastern Laghman province on Wednesday. Laghman Governor Abdul Jabbar Naeemi told a ceremony here that the weapons had…
Residents of eastern Laghman province on Tuesday complained about inordinate delays in the issuance of passports by the passport department at the provincial police headquarters. They said initial process to apply for a passport took up to…
Eight people were wounded on Saturday when a magnetic bomb attached to a public representative’s vehicle went off in the capital of eastern Laghman province. The explosion ripped through the car of Abdul Aziz, a provincial council member…
Three Taliban and an Afghan local police (ALP) member were killed and 10 civilians, mostly children, wounded in a clash in eastern Laghman province on Tuesday, an official said. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News militants stormed Maidanio,…
Work on a number of development projects in Nangarhar, Paktia and Laghman provinces has been launched, officials said on Sunday. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, , told Pajhwok Afghan News foundation stone of new building for the provincial…
Dozens of reconstruction projects have recently been launched in eastern Laghman province and their completion would help resolve most of residents’ basic problems, officials say. Sarhadi Zwak, the Laghman governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News steps towards development…
Two civilians were killed after mortars allegedly fired by Taliban militants hit a house in eastern Laghman province on Saturday, an official said. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Bad-i-Abad…
Two civilians and one policeman were killed on Wednesday when a bomb exploded inside a shop in Alishing district of eastern Laghman province. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took place in Shakrman…
Development projects would not be executed in areas of eastern Laghman province where polio vaccine were denied to children, the governor warned on Monday. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News Governor Abdul Jabbar Naeemi issued…
The governor on Sunday said militants fleeing security operation in neighbouring Nangarhar province were vanquished in eastern Laghman after they tried to create insecurity. Laghman Governor Abdul Jabbar Naeemi told Pajhwok Afghan News in an interview that Laghman…
At least 11 Taliban rebels have been suffered causalities during a clash in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Saturday. Sarhadi Zwak, governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News two militants were killed and eight others wounded in…
More than 50 people, including women and children, fell sick after drinking ‘contaminated’ water from a well in Qarghayi district of eastern Laghman province on Wednesday, an official said. Laghman governor’s spokesman, Sarhadi Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Five Taliban militants and two police were killed on Friday during a clash in the Alingar district of eastern Laghman province, an official said. The rebels launched a coordinated attack on a police post along the Aingar River…
The provincial council head for southern Laghman province along with eight others were wounded and one of his bodyguards killed in a bomb blast on the outskirts of Mehtarlam, the provincial capital Thursday morning, an official said. Governor’s…
Forty-five militants have been killed in airstrikes and clashes with security forces in Helmand, Paktia and Laghman provinces, officials said on Tuesday. In Helmand, airstrikes conducted by the Afghan Air Force last night killed 15 Taliban militants in…
A blast killed a Taliban commander along with his two accomplices in central Logar province while another rebel commander was arrested in eastern of Laghman province, sources said on Saturday. Salim Saleh, the Logar governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok…
Seven people, mostly civilians, were injured on Friday when a magnetic bomb affixed to a local police van went off in the Alishing district of eastern Laghman province, an official said. The blast took place in Najaran area…
