After Pajhwok Afghan News published a report interviewing a war victims’ relative who complained about corruption in government departments, the governor of eastern Laghman province has ordered an investigation. As part of the news agency’s Voice of War…
Five policemen have been killed and three others wounded in separate incidents in western Farah and eastern Laghman provinces, officials said on Thursday. Two border policemen were killed and three others injured in a roadside bombing on…
KABUL Cricket Board (ACB) has signed a contract with a local company to construct a cricket stadium in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Monday. The contract was signed between ACB chairman Nasimullah Danish and Mohammad Shafiq’s Construction Company,…
KABUL) on Thursday claimed seizing four suicide vests in the eastern province of Laghman. The suicide jackets, which had been kept in a secret place, were recovered during a raid by intelligence operatives in the Ka Kas area of Qarghayee…
KABUL) said on Thursday. The spy service said in a statement that the alleged suicide bomber was detained with his suicide vest full of explosives with Laghman residents’ support. The statement claimed the bomber wanted to target a crowd of…
More than 100 students have graduated for the first time from the literature and agriculture faculties of the university in eastern Laghman province. Speaking at the graduation ceremony for the 113 students, Laghman university chancellor Abdul Saboor Ghaforzai…
Two Afghan soldiers and four militants have been killed during separate incidents in eastern Kunar and Laghman provinces, officials said on Wednesday. The two Afghan National Army (ANA) troops were killed and as many wounded in a roadside…
At least two insurgents, including a commander, have been killed in a drone strike in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Wednesday. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the…
Five Taliban militants have been killed during separate incidents in eastern Nangarhar and Laghman provinces, officials said on Tuesday. Three militants associated with Saifuddin group were killed in a NATO drone strike in Ghanikhel district on Tuesday at…
The execution of four welfare projects has resolved problems earlier faced by thousands of residents in eastern Laghman province, the governor said on Tuesday. Abdul Jabar Naeemi, while inaugurating the projects after their completion, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Construction work on nearly a nine-kilometre road was launched in eastern Laghman province on Wednesday. The road, 8.8-km long and 8-metre wide, is being constructed in Omarzai area on the outskirts of Mehtarlam, the provincial capital. Governor Abdul…
The governor on Monday urged local residents to help the government prevent the cultivation of the illicit poppy crop in eastern Laghman province. Abdul Jabbar Naeemi made the appeal at a gathering in Mehtarlam, the provincial capital, where…
At least two people, including brother of a lawmaker from eastern Laghman, were killed and another wounded in a blast in Mehterlam Baba, the capital of eastern Laghman province, the governor’s spokesman said Saturday. Sarhadi Zwak told Pajhwok…
Abdul Azim, the slain Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, who shot dead one Resolute Support mission’s service member in eastern Nangarhar province, had no links to any militants’ group, his uncle said on Saturday. Azim opened fire foreign…
An NGO called “Pul Fikri Karai” donated hundreds of books on different topics to the newly-built Laghman University on Sunday, a member of the organisation said. Muhammad Wasil Wisal told Pajhwok Afghan News during a drive last month…
Thirteen insurgents, including two commanders, have been killed and two others wounded in two separate US drone strikes in eastern Laghman and Kunar provinces, the governor’s spokesman and a police official said Saturday. Sarhadi Zwak told Pajhwok Afghan…
The presence of a large number of irresponsible gunmen poses a serious threat to security in eastern Laghman province, a public representative said on Sunday. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, the Laghman provincial council secretary…
Forty eight public welfare projects, costing 58 million afghanis, have been completed in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Saturday. The governor’s spokesman, Sarhadi Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Deputy Governor Jamiatullah Hameedi had inaugurated…
At least 10 civilians were wounded in a bomb explosion in Mehtarlam, the capital of eastern Laghman province, on Friday morning. Attacked to a bicycle, the magnetic bomb went off in Asmat Square area at about 9am, the…
Four labourers were found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Alishang district of eastern Laghman province on Sunday, officials and residents said. The governor’s spokesman, Sarhadi Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News the four were found dead before noon…
Five militants, a civilian and four police personnel have been killed in different incidents in eastern Laghman and Nangarhar province, officials said on Saturday. Six insurgents and as many Afghan Local Police members were injured in a clash…
Four insurgents have been killed by the roadside bomb they were planting on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway in eastern Laghman province, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) said on Friday. At least one militant, Nasir, was wounded in…
Work on two development projects has been launched in the Qarghayi district of eastern Laghman province, an official said on Thursday. Funded by the Agriculture Ministry, the projects costing 35 million afghanis included the asphalting of a road…
A rebel's commander was killed and three others wounded during a clash with security forces in the Alingar district of eastern Laghman province, an official said on Saturday. The incident took place in the Qalagi locality of the…
