Three soldiers were wounded in an attack of militants on a convoy of Nangarhar governor in Haska Mina district of the province on Thursday, officials said. Nangarhar governor, Ziaulhaq Amarkhel visited Chodri area of Haska Mina district of…
A commander was among 31 Taliban militants killed during clashes with security forces in various parts of Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday. Another 28 militants were wounded in raids by the security forces…
Hundreds of local army soldiers, trained by the Afghan Army’s Selab Corps in the east, have been deployed to protect the airport in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, and perform security duty in Kot, Achin and…
Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday shot dead administrative head of appellant court in eastern Nangarhar province. A credible source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that the incident took place in Talashi Chawk area in limits of 4th…
Residents, tribal elders, public representatives and officials of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday asked President Ashraf Ghani to pay attention to their problems concerning electricity, education, health, security, reconstruction and agriculture areas. President Ashraf Ghani arrived in Nangarhar…
President Ashraf Ghani arrived in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday morning. The president is expected to hold separate meetings with the governor, military officers, security officials, residents and civil society activists. A statement from the governor’s office said…
Twenty people, accused of making fake ID cards for obtaining Pakistani visa, have been arrested in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday. Deputy governor Babrak Miakhel told Pajhwok Afghan News that they received several complaints of disorder…
A Taliban group leader was among 13 newly released insurgents killed in an Afghan Air Force air raid in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. The airstrike happened in the Batikot district of the province, bordering…
Two civilians and three security personnel were injured when a Special Police forces vehicle struck a landmine in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Saturday. Police spokesman Farid Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion targeted…
A 50-bed hospital has been completed and work on a 10-km road launched in the Rodat district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Public Health Director Naseer Ahmad Durrani said human resource structure for the…
Started a year back, construction of a building for a healthcare center in Kohgyani district of eastern Nangarhar province remains incomplete. Residents of Mamla area where the clinic is under construction say that the land for the center…
Six insurgents, including Daesh’s finance manager, have been captured in eastern Nangarhar province, an official claimed on Wednesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Islamic State’s finance chief in Afghanistan, was arrested in Jalalabad.…
Nine Taliban insurgents were killed and two others injured during an airstrike by joint Afghan forces in the Sherzad district of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday. A statement issued by the Nangarhar provincial media office said the airstrike…
Wolesi Jirga’s Central Audit Commission members on Monday said the directors of the central jail of eastern Nangarhar province and Torkham customs office were being referred to the attorney office along with 24 other officers on graft charges.…
Unknown gunmen shot dead one intelligence official and injured two others in this capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, an official said. Police were investigating the incident and have launched a manhunt for the attackers, said…
Nomads, locally known as Kuchis, in eastern Nangarhar province say they have no access to health and educational facilities and their livestock is under threat of total loss as large areas of pastures have been grabbed by powerful…
A 16-year-old kidnapped boy has been rescued and five kidnappers detained during a special police operation in eastern province of Nangarhar, the governor said on Thursday. Ziaulhaq Amarkhel told a gathering related to the incident that the operation…
The Omeed Organisation says it has resolved 35 corruption-prone cases in eastern Nangarhar province and stopped corruption in a 4-kilometer road construction project in Khewa district. In a report sent to Pajhwok Afghan News, the Omeed Organisation said:…
Hundreds of militants have besieged the Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province over the past three days, well-placed sources said Thursday. There are also media reports that the Hesarak district has fallen into the hands of insurgents, but…
Agriculture officials in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday said that pine nut yield increased by 38 percent in the province this year. Officials say one of the reasons of high production of the fruit was distribution of technical…
Two reconstruction projects have been completed and put into service in Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province where an aid distribution program for poor people was also launched on Thursday. Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The Appellate Court in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday sentenced two alleged kidnappers to death for killing a man after abducting him. The jury, led by Urban Court chief Mohammad Inam Faiaq, handed down the sentence during an…
Four people, including finance and media managers of the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, have been arrested in eastern Nangarhar province, said a statement on Sunday. The arrests came in a raid conducted by the National Directorate…
The municipality of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday scrapped contracts for fuel, spare parts and cooking oil supplies after Pajhwok published a report in this regard. Pajhwok yesterday published a report, saying a contractor purchased one litre of…
