Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wedneday during the ineugation of Kamal Khan Dam in southwestern Nimroz province stressed on implementation of Helmand Water Accord, saying Afghanistan would no longer give away free water to anyone and Iran should…
Governor of southwestern Nimroz province on Thursday said construction work on Kamal Khan Dam was about to complete and it was currently under test of water flow before being officially inaugurated in the near future. Kamal Khan Dam…
Police have seized more than 240 kilograms of different illicit drugs in southwestern Nimroz province. In a statement, the Nimroz police headquarters said the anti-narcotics department recovered the drugs from a Corolla vehicle in the Sarshala village of…
Some residents of western Nimroz province are deeply concerned about the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic and used to visit religious scholars for Tawiz and Doua to prevent and treat the disease. Doua and Tawiz (amulet): After emerging…
Top security officials who arrived here on Sunday were of the view that there was no major security threat in southwestern Nimroz province, but residents complained against growing insecurity. Army Chief Gen. Mohammad Yasin Zia and Abdul Sabour…
Twelve policemen, including Police Chief of Kang district, of southwestern Nimroz province have been killed in two separate blasts on Tuesday. Police Spokesperson Bahram Haqmal told Pajhwok Afghan News five policemen were killed and two other injured when…
One smuggler has been killed and a second detained with 140 kilograms of drugs in southwestern Nimroz province, police said on Sunday. In a statement, the police headquarters said counter-narcotic police seized 43 kilograms of heroin and 37…
Ten Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed in the Taliban attack and roadside blast in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Thursday. Abdul Jalil Watandost, administrative head of Khashroud district, said the Taliban attacked security…
The intelligence director for northwestern Nimroz province has been arrested on bribery charges, an official said on Monday. A credible source on the police headquarters told Pajhwok Afghan News on condition of anonymity that NDS official Jamaluddin was…
Twenty-seven people were killed and wounded as security forces and Taliban insurgents clashed separately in Nimroz province on Saturday, local officials said. The Taliban clashed with security forces in two separate areas in Khashrud district this morning, leaving…
Local authorities on Wednesday placed the provincial capitals of western Herat and Nimroz provinces under lock down to check the coronavirus spread. Jailani Farhad, Herat governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the local administration had decided…
Afghanistan’s positive coronavirus cases reached 80 on Wednesday when a new case was reported from western Nimroz province, the Ministry of Public Health said. MoPH spokesman Wahidullah Mayar told a press conference here that at least 34 positive cases…
While inaugurating a new building for the Education Department of southwestern Nimroz province here, local officials on Wednesday said 38 new schools would be built in the province next academic year. Massoud Noori, head of Nimroz Education Department,…
Two tons of date expired medicines were set alight in western Nimroz province on Thursday, an official said. Nimroz Public Health Director Dr. Farid Ahmad Ahmadi told Pajhwok Afghan News their investigative team had discovered and confiscated the…
A person was killed and nine others injured in a traffic accident in southern Nimroz province, officials said Saturday. Mohammad Ibrahim Amini, Nimroz police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a 303 model passenger bus crashed with a…
Excessive rainfall this year helped doubled melon and watermelon yield in southwestern Nimroz province compared to the previous year, an official said Thursday. Agriculture Director Mohammad Akbar Sharifi said last year melon and watermelon crops were cultivated on…
A woman has been murdered mysteriously in Zaranj, the capital southwestern Nimroz province, security officials said on Thursday. Col. Mohammad Sadiq Hashemi, Criminal Investigation Department head, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place in Zaranj last…
Doctors of the civil hospital in southwestern Nimroz province on Monday went on strike in protest against what they called misbehavior of judicial organs and security forces. One of the protesting doctors, who wished to go unnamed, told…
Five Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and one militant have been killed during a clash in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Saturday. District Chief Haji Jalil Watandost, said the clash erupted on Friday night at around…
President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a hostel at the Nimroz University, besides sending the first shipment of goods to India through the Chabahar port in Iran. At the head of a high-level delegation,…
Seven cash-strapped magazines stopped publications in southwestern Nimroz province during the past three years, with only the state-run monthly remaining in the market, an official said Sunday. According to local officials, three years back seven monthly magzines were…
Four Pakistani nationals have been detained over their alleged involvement in terrorist activities in southwestern Nimroz province, the spy service said on Tuesday. A statement from the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the four Pakistani rebels had…
Farmers in southwestern Nimroz province have been in despair after losing around 500,000 livestock to the worst drought in living memory. Mohammad Akbar Sharifi, agriculture, irrigation and livestock director for Nimroz, told Pajhwok Afghan News that around 500,000…
Saffron was grown for the first time in the capital and some districts of southwestern Nimroz province this year, producing satisfactory yield in some areas, local officials say. Eng. Mohammad Akbar Sharifi, agriculture, irrigation and livestock director of…
