Construction work on a building for emergency ward at the main hospital in central Maidan Wardak province has been completed at a cost of 7.5 million afghanis, an official said on Sunday. The facility has been put…
Six months of the current nine-month academic year have passed, but still 75 percent of schools lack textbooks in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Saturday. Criticising Education Ministry officials, the provincial education director, Fazal…
“I have lost three sons in separate incidents, rendering my two daughters-in-law widows. My fourth and only surviving son has been in detention," an elderly man lamented on Friday.. "My house turned into a vale of misery…
A 20-year old woman was throttled to death by her spouse on Thursday evening in the central province of Maidan Wardak, an official said. The incident took place in Awalkhel area of Narkh district shortly after 6pm,…
Provincial Council (PC) members in central Maidan Wardak province on Thursday discussed at length administrative, judicial and other provincial issues with the governor who pledged to extend all cooperation to resolve problem of the people. Attaullah Khogyani,…
Tribal elders from Chak district of central Maidan Wardak province on Wednesday complained that both security forces and armed militants had made their lives miserable. They lodged their complaint with Governor Hayatullah Hayat during a meeting with…
Taliban set five houses of civilians on fire in the Chak district of central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Tuesday. Governor Spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said the incident took place late on Monday in the Ala-i-Sang…
Four people were killed in a traffic accident in central Maidan Wardak province on Tuesday, an official said. The head-on collision between a police vehicle and a passenger car took place near Maidan Shahr, the provincial capital,…
At least 25 persons, including civilians and Afghan forces, have been killed or wounded during separate security incidents in central Maidan Wardak and southern Zabul provinces, officials said Monday. Maidan Wardak governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok…
Religious scholars in eastern Kunar and central Maidan Wardak provinces on Sunday urged Taliban Mohammad Akhtar Mansour to endorse peace talks with the Afghan government. Kunar provincial council member Mohammad Sapi, Ulema chief Mohammad Ismail and tribal…
Three civilians and seven armed militants have been killed during separate incidents in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Saturday. The three civilians were killed and another three were wounded when a Taliban-fired mortar shell…
Taliban on Wednesday blew up two antennas of telecommunication companies in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blown up towers belonged to MTN and Roshan companies.…
The newly-elected provincial council members on Saturday took oath in central Maidan Wardak province, vowing to fight corruption and prevent civilian casualties, an official said. The governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News that acting governor…
An Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) official was killed in a bomb explosion in central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday morning. Attaullah Khogyani, the governors’ spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the explosion took place in…
At least 10 militants including Hezb-i-Islami (HIA) members have been killed during separate security incidents in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Monday. Three rebels and a policeman were killed and a suspect arrested after…
The education director for central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday said his department was struggling with numerous problems due to funds shortage. Fazl Rahman Tariq told Pajhwok Afghan News 172 schools across Wardak lacked buildings and that…
Fifteen insurgents have been killed and 23 others wounded in a series of operations in central Maidan Wardak and Kapisa provinces, officials said on Tuesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the Maidan Wardak governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Two security personnel and 30 insurgents were killed and score others wounded in latest violence related incidents in different parts of the country, officials said on Monday. An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier and a police…
Three engineers, who were kidnapped by unknown gunmen, have been rescued by security forces in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Tuesday. The engineers, working for a private construction company, had been seized on their…
Around 20,000 of the 100,000 votes cast during the April 5 elections in central Maidan Wardak province were likely to be thrown out, pending a probe into complaints, an Independent Election Commission (IEC) official said on Sunday.…
A fresh clash between Kuchi and Hazara tribes was feared on Wednesday by the Military Council in central Maidan Wardak province. There has been a history of clashes between the two communities over meadows’ ownership in Maidan…
Maidan Wardak governor Abdul Majeed Khogyani on Thursday said militant hideouts posed a serious security threat to the April elections in the central province. He was speaking at a gathering attended by US State Department High Representative for…
KABUL): At least 406 families affected by recent floods and uprooted by the conflict received on Thursday cash aid amounting to 3.5 million afghanis in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said. Approved by Governor Abdul Majeed Khogyani, the aid…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
