KABUL commander, who orchestrated Monday’s deadly attack on a training base in central Maidan Wardak province, has been killed along with seven comrades. The brazen attack left 36 uprising fighters being trained by NDS personnel dead and 58 others injured…
At least six bird hunters have been killed and another one wounded in a US forces airstrike in Jalriz district of central Maidan Wardak province, a public representative said on Wednesday. Sharifullah Hotak, a member of provincial…
At least nine Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and five Taliban rebels have been killed during clashes in Sayedabad district of central Maidan Wardak province, officials said Wednesday. Provincial police spokesman, Hekmat Durani, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The Governor of central Maidan Wardak province has resigned from his post, an official said on Friday. The governor Chief of Staff Ahmad Zia Abdul Zai said Mohammad Arif Shah Jahan rendered his resignation on Thursday to…
Fourteen security personnel, including the Sayedabad district police chief, were martyred and seven others injured during clashes in the Sayedabad district of Central Maidan Wardak province, officials said on Sunday. The security situation in the Sayedabad district has…
As many as 68 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed during a clash with Taliban militants in the Daimirdad district of central Maidan Wardak province, a public representative said on Monday. Abdul Waheed Akbarzoi, the…
Four civilians were killed in a landmine blast that ripped through their vehicle in Narkh district of central Maidan Wardak province last night, sources said on Friday. The victims, residents of Omarkhel village, were returning from hospital at…
Thousands of protesters in central Maidan Wardak province on Wednesday shut the Kabul-Ghazni-Bamyan highway for traffic. Residents of Nirkh, Jalrez and Behsud districts closed the busy highway with containers in the Ghaziabad area on the outskirts of the…
KABUL insurgents in the Jalrez district of central Maidan Wardak province, officials said Wednesday. Col. Martin O'Donnell, US forces Afghanistan spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash took place on the outskirts of Jalrez district center on Monday. He said…
At least eight women are in the run for district council elections in central Maidan Wardak province, where there is not a single female candidate from four districts. Local residents explained primitive traditions, cultural issues, insecurity, lack…
Two civilians have been killed and nine others injured in a mortar shells attack in central Maidan Wardak province, local representative said on Saturday. Provincial Council (PC) Head Sharifullah Hotak told Pajhwok Afghan News a mortar shells fired…
Peace activists coming all the way from southern Helmand province on foot have reached this capital city of central Maidan Wardak province after walking for 35 days. The activists were warmly welcomed in Maidan Shahr. The activists…
Four civilians were killed and two others wounded when a roadside bomb ripped through their vehicle in central Maidan Wardak province on Thursday. Governor’s spokesman, Abdur Rahman Mangal, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place in…
Snowfall over the past two days has damaged some 200 homes in central Bamyan and Maidan Wardak provinces, officials said on Sunday. Bamyan natural disasters management authority director Mohammad Reza Rafat told Pajhwok Afghan News that snowfall and…
Like several other provinces, a peace tent was erected on Thursday by the youth and civil society activists in this capital city of central Maidan Wardak province to call for peace in the country. Najiullah Samon, one…
The police chief for central Maidan Wardak province escaped unhurt a Taliban ambush on Wednesday, an official said. Naqib Ahmad Amini, Maidan Wardak police chief told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place in Purk Bazaar area…
A group of young women in insurgency-plagued central Maidan Wardak province has been campaigning to give aspirant female poets a platform to recite their poetry and art talent through their initiative ---Village Sisters Art Movement The idea…
KABUL militants in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Saturday. Abdul Rahman Mangal, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Yousufkhel locality of Sayed Abad district late on Friday night. He said bullets…
Two people died and another 10 sustained wounds in a traffic accident on the Kabul-Ghazni highway on Saturday, an official said. The casualties occurred when a 303 public transport bus overturned on the highway in Narkh district of…
KABUL’s lives in central Maidan Wardak province, but the election of three women to lead the Provincial Council has raised hope for a positive change. For the first time in Afghanistan, three women were elected to top administrative posts by…
KABUL fighters including several commanders have been killed in a clearing operation in central Maidan Wardak province, police said on Wednesday. Afghan police, army, special forces and commandos took part in Tuesday’s offensive, a statement from the provincial police headquarters…
KABUL were elected to top administrative posts by the Provincial Council of central Maidan Wardak province on Saturday. The elected provincial public representatives voted on Saturday to elect the council’s new administrative board. The 15-member council elected all three female…
An Indian engineer, who was abducted by unidentified individuals in central Maidan Wardak province, has been released, an official said on Sunday. Abdur Rahman Mangal, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Indian engineer was working on…
A suicide bomber was killed on Friday in a blast caused by his own explosives in central Maidan Wardak province, police said. The blast took place between Kotal Takht and Arghandi Chowk areas on the Kabul-Ghazni highway, killing…
