At least three people were killed and another 58 wounded in a traffic accident in the Delaram district of southwestern Nimroz province on Tuesday, an official said. The town administrative chief Najibullah Hayat told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The Primary Urban Court in southwestern Nimroz province on Thursday sentenced three men to death for kidnapping and killing a trader during an open judicial trial in the provincial capital. However, there was no defense lawyer to represent…
Police in southwestern Nimroz province have seized a drug-laded vehicle and detained one individual, an official said on Saturday. Lt. Col. Ahmad Parvez Sistani, counternarcotics director, said police recovered 319 kilograms of drugs from a house in the…
The foundation stone for special administrative offices for policewomen was laid in the capital of southwestern Nimroz province on Thursday. Eng. Mohammad Sami, the governor of Nimroz, who attended the ground-breaking ceremony for the facility, appreciated policewomen’s achievements.…
At least 12 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack on a security post in Khashrod district of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said Monday. A local security official who wished to go…
The administrative chief for Khashrud district of southwestern Nimroz was killed in a landmine explosion on Saturday, an official said. A security source in the province, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Khashrud district…
The administrative chief for Khashrud district of southwestern Nimroz was killed in a landmine explosion on Saturday, an official said. A security source in the province, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Khashrud district…
Thirty-five couples tied the knot at a mass wedding ceremony arranged by a welfare organization in southwestern Nimroz province on Sunday. Haji Ibrahim Habibyar, head of the welfare organization, said the purpose of mass marriage was to help…
The government on Wednesday reclaimed around 10,000 acres of land from its illegal occupants mainly powerful figures in Zaranj, the capital of southwestern Nimroz province. Mohammad Nader, provincial real estate manager, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan…
The number of women working in government offices has increased in southwestern Nimroz province, despite little work on females’ capacity building. Local officials say the women in Nimroz had played an active role in the previous provincial council…
A businessman has been killed after being abducted by unknown gunmen in the capital of southwestern Nimroz province, police said on Sunday. The incident took place last night in Zaranj, the provincial capital, said provincial crime branch police…
KABUL insurgents, officials said. Najibullah Hayat, Delaram administrative chief, confirmed Lt. Abdul Hakim, the Delaram police chief, had been killed in a Taliban ambush. He said Hakim was on a patrol duty and was returning when came under attack from…
Local officials in southwestern Nimroz province say nearly 4,000 drug addicts spend their time in cemeteries and on roadsides in a miserable condition in the provincial capital, Zaranj. Mohammad Ali Ghamai, the counternarcotics department head, told a seminar…
The residents of southwestern Nimroz province have been increasingly taking interest in plantation of pistachio farms, an official says. Mohammad Akbar Sharifi, Nimroz’s agriculture director, told Pajhwok Afghan News during an interview that newly-planted pistachio saplings in Kang,…
Local officials on Tuesday said more than 78,000 kilograms of chicken meat imported from China and France to southeastern Nimroz province had been rejected and turned to the two countries. Mohammad Akbar Sharifi, provincial agriculture and livestock director,…
The Taliban have tasked their mobile teams with checking cars and passengers on the Zaranj-Dilaram highway in Khashrud district of southwestern Nimroz province, said local officials on Monday. Mohammad Hashim Noorzai, the district chief for Khashrud district, said the…
Forty-four prisoners have been released from the central jail in southwestern Nimroz province, said officials on Sunday. Governor Mohammad Sami said the 44 prisoners were released from the jail in Zaranj, the provincial capital, in compliance with a…
Taliban ambushed and killed three police in Khashrud district of in southwestern Nimroz province, officials said on Thursday. A security official, who did not want to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News the police, including one officer and…
A roadside bombing killed a highway group commander and a military officer in the Khashrud district of southwestern Nimroz province on Monday. The blast took place in Shashaba area at about 10am, a security official told Pajhwok Afghan…
The first-ever exhibition showcasing historic objects, with some dating back to pre-Islamic era, kicked off on Thursday in southwestern Nimroz province, officials said. The exhibition in Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz, was visited by local officials and people…
An irrigation project watering 5,000 hectares of land in the Chahar Burjak district of southwestern Nimroz province has been completed, an official said on Wednesday. Governor Mohammad Same told Pajhwok Afghan News the implementation of the project would…
Land measuring 74,000 acres has been usurped by more than 100 individuals over the past few years in southwestern Nimroz province, local officials say. Only 1,350 acres of the usurped land has recently been retaken from their illegal…
There is even not a single security post on the dozens of kilometers long border of southwestern Nimroz province with neighboring Iran and Pakistan, letting militants and smugglers easily travel between the three countries. Nimroz is one of…
Flash flood destroyed several villages and swept away standing crops in the Chakhansur district of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Fazli, the town’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghanha village was completely…
