The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided in aid agricultural tools worth $592,000 to the Canal Department of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Wednesday. Officials of the Canal Department said that the tools would be used in…
At least six people have been killed and wounded in two separate bomb blasts in eastern Nangarhar and Kabul provinces.
Local officials on Thursday said that Taliban militants had blown up three culverts on the second highway between Kabul and Jalalabad in Surkhrod district of eastern Nangarhar province. According to officials, the culverts’ destruction disrupted traffic flow to…
Documents show the municipality in eastern Nangarhar has started work on the Nakamura’s minaret and green zone three months before the project was announced and given on contract. The Jalalabad municipality launched work on the project on March…
Assuring his full support, President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday instructed officials to improve security situation in eastern provinces and thwart enemy conspiracies. President Ghani, who arrived in eastern Nangarhar province in the morning, visited the Selab Corps headquarters…
Five members of a family were killed including children in a rocket attack in eastern Nangarhar province, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The ministry said on its Facebook page that militants fired rockets at a civilian house…
Leading a high level delegation, President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday morning visited eastern Nangarhar province to assess the security situation there. The president would assess the overall security situation in Nangarhar province, meet with the 201 Selab Military…
Unemployment has increased in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, following intensified conflicts in a number of districts. Mukhabirat Intersection in Jalalabad city is a place where people gather and wait for employers every day. People…
Dozens of Islamic scholars in eastern Nangarhar province at a gathering on Tuesday asked the Taliban to stop violence, bloodshed and declare a ceasefire. The scholars said the war was not any solution and the Taliban should follow…
Owners of fuel stations in eastern Nangarhar province say they are forced by threats from armed men to shut their business or remove their capital and invest outside the country. They say they are asked for money from…
Special forces arrested nine ISIS or Daesh militants, including a commander, during operations in the Surkhrod district and Jalalabad city of eastern Nangarhar province, the provincial government said on Wednesday. The Nangarhar provincial media office said in a…
The Public Health Department on Wednesday said so far 36,000 people had been vaccinated against coronavirus in eastern Nangarhar province and vaccination facilities were available in all districts. This was statement at special meeting of the officials concerned…
Taliban militants blew up a bridge on the Kabul-Jalalabad second-lane road in the Surkhrod district of eastern Nangarhar province last night, the provincial media office said on Friday. The bridge was dynamited after the rebels attacked a checkpoint…
Five local army soldiers have been killed and four others injured during an hours long gun-battle with Taliban insurgents in the Haska Mina district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Friday. Haska Mina district chief Zabit Khan…
At least five upraising force members have been killed and three others wounded during a clash with Taliban militants in Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Sunday. Mohammad Ayub Bahar, Khogyani district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan…
After 11 years, Afghan security forces were able to deliver supplies to the Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province by land, local officials said on Friday. They said the opening of the highway to Hesarak district provided access…
Residents of eastern Nangarhar province are complaining about poor internet services even in the provincial capital. On the other hand, local officials say they have shared the problem about telecom services with the Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA),…
A young man from eastern Nangarhar province has detonated a hand-grenade inside the house of a girl he loved after her family declined his proposal. One woman was killed and four others were wounded in the blast in…
The Federation of Journalists Support Unions (FJSU) says recent security threats and attacks against journalists in eastern Nangarhar have not been properly investigated. Representatives of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG), the…
Police on Thursday claimed arresting a five-member Taliban gang also involved in the murder of Dr. MaihanYousufi in eastern Nangarhar province. Dr. MaihanYousufi was killed in a blast in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital around 15 days ago.…
More than 100 people, mostly civilians, were killed and injured in a series of targeted killings, explosions and armed clashes in eastern Nangarhar province during the past one month. According to figures compiled by Pajhwok Afghan News since…
The governor said on Friday 37 Taliban insurgents were killed in airstrikes and ambushes in Khogyani and Sherzad districts of eastern Nangarhar province, but the Taliban denied the claim, saying 20 government soldiers were killed in Sherzad district.…
Insecurity and military operations have displaced more than 4,000 families in Khogyani, Hesarak and Shirazd districts of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Tuesday. The officials say an operation was launched against militants attacking Afghan forces and planting bombs…
Farmers in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday asked the government to increase tax on vegetable imports to improve the market of domestically produced crops. The farmers say they work for months in fields growing vegetables, but their harvests…
