Continuous rainfall has increased the flood threat for 20 villages in southwestern Nimroz province where 20 homes and 50,000 acres of arable land have been submerged, officials said on Thursday. Mohammad Fazli, the administrative head for Chakhansor district,…
Security forces have arrested a notorious drug smuggler along with a companion and tens of kilograms of drugs in southwestern Nimroz province, officials said on Wednesday, bringing to an end an eight-year long chase. Nimroz police chief Col.…
Thousands of undocumented vehicles are plying roads in southwestern Nimroz province, with officials acknowledging most accidents involved the illegal vehicles, Pajhwok Afghan News has reliably learnt. Traffic department officials confirm unregistered vehicles exist in Nimroz. They also link…
Police have arrested two persons and recovered more than 60 kilograms of drugs from their possession in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said Saturday. Police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Jilani Abubakar told Pajhwok Afghan News counternarcotics police recovered…
Residents and farmers in southwestern Nimroz province on Saturday said snowfall lashed the province for a second in six years, hoping for enough agriculture produce. Mohammad Akbar Sharifi, the provincial Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department head, told Pajhwok…
A second road construction worker has been killed by militants after kidnapping him in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said Wednesday. A day earlier, militants stopped a truck carrying asphalt materials for construction of the Zaranj-Delaram road, killed…
The southwestern Nimroz province’s customs department has collected more than two billion afghanis in revenue, registering 120 million afghanis increase over last year, officials said on Saturday. Nimroz governor Mohammad Sami told Pajhwok Afghan News the department’s revenue…
Three Islamic State members have been arrested in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Saturday. Police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Jailani Abu Bakar told Pajhwok Afghan News the detainees included Mullah Dur Mohammad, who spearheaded a 50-member…
At least 19 Taliban militants were killed and as many wounded during a security forces’ operation in Khashrud district of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said Sunday. Governor Mohammad Sami told Pajhwok Afghan News the operation was launched…
An important base of the Taliban militants has been captured and six rebels killed by Afghan forces during an operation in Khashrod district of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said Saturday. Provincial deputy police chief, Col. Mohammad Saleh…
The revenue collected in southwestern Nimroz province has risen by nearly 20 percent, compared to last year, officials said on Wednesday. Ziauddin Zia, the revenue director, said his department had collected 512 million afghanis in 2016, compared to…
A coordinated Taliban attack to capture Khashrud district of northwestern Nimroz province has been frustrated after a dozen Afghan army soldiers were lost to an earlier attack two days back. Provincial crime branch police chief, Col. Saleh Mohammad…
Police seized 24 kilograms of heroin and foiled their smuggling to neighboring Iran from southwestern Nimroz province. Nimroz police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Jilani Abubakr told Pajhwok Afghan News the heroin which had been skillfully concealed in a…
Four drug smugglers have escaped from a prison with the help of a prison guard in southern Nimroz province, an official said on Monday. The official at the provincial police headquarters, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok…
People and farmers in southwestern Nimroz province on Sunday said Saturday’s night snowfall was the first in eight years and called it a good omen for agriculture and farming. Mohammad Akbar Sharifi, the provincial agriculture, irrigation and livestock…
Officials claim a 70 percent decline in illegal migration to neighboring Iran and European countries through southwestern Nimroz province. Multiple issues such as continued fighting, poverty and other issues are blamed for forcing Afghans in thousands to illegally…
A key road has been renamed as “Khabar Negaran Road” (Journalists Road) in the capital of southwestern Nimroz province. The road in Zarjanj City was renamed after being suggested so by local journalists and media advocacy groups at…
Punjabi militants having created a stronghold sometimes attack security forces’ check-posts in Khashrod district of southwestern Nimroz province, the provincial police chief claimed on Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Ghulam Jalani Abubakkar told reporters here they had no exact information…
Hundreds of residents on Saturday set the government a week-long deadline during a protest to end what they called widespread corruption in government organisations and resume work on incomplete development projects in southwestern Nimroz province. The residents…
The only female prosecutor for the appellant court of northwestern Nimroz province on Sunday formally started her work, vowing to fight violence against women. Hasina Khairzad has received her bachelor’s degree in justice and prosecution from a private…
At least three people have been killed and five others wounded during separate traffic accidents and a clash in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said Thursday. Provincial traffic director, Capt. Mohammad Zarin, told Pajhwok Afghan News that one…
Local officials on Wednesday made desperate calls for reinforcements after militants launched coordinated attacks on the center of Khashrod district of northwestern Nimroz province. Khashrod district chief, Mohammad Hasham Norzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants launched attacks…
ZARANJ (Pjahwok): Reconstruction work on a more than four-kilometer road was launched in the capital of southwestern Nimroz province on Tuesday. The road in Sistan town is being reconstructed at a cost of 57 million afghanis, officials said. The 6.5 meters…
A roadside explosion killed three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and injured four others on Tuesday in Dilaram district of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said. Najibullah Hayat, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast…
