Hundreds of Baloch tribesmen on Wednesday staged a protest rally in southwestern Nimroz province, demanding the tribe’s share in the government structure. Nearly 1,600 Baloch tribesmen and elders participated in the rally in Zaranj, the provincial capital, saying…
Women in southwestern Nimroz province are increasingly becoming interested in joining police force as many females are waiting for their applications to be accepted, an official said on Thursday. Amina Hakimi, women’s affairs director, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Nine Afghan army soldiers were killed and five others wounded during a Taliban attack on their post in southwestern Nimroz province on Tuesday morning, an official said. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok…
The absence of a government-run university has deprived a large number of youthof higher educationin northwestern Nimroz province, school graduates complained on Tuesday. Khalid is one of those who graduated from high school but could not continue higher…
Forty policemen besieged by Taliban militants in Khashrud district of southwestern Nimroz province have been rescued, an official said on Saturday. The district police chief, Col. Eid Mohammad, told Pajhwok Afghan News one policeman and six Taliban gunmen…
In a fresh attack, nearly 200 school students were poisoned in Zaranj, the capital of southwestern Nimroz province, on Tuesday, an official said. Public Health Director Dr. Noor Ahmad Sherzad told Pajhwok Afghan News the poisoned students, including…
Two police, three Taliban militants and a suicide bomber have been killed in separate incidents in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Saturday. Police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Jelani Abubakkar told Pajhwok Afghan News police received information…
At least 100 girl students of a school fell unconscious on Thursday when they entered classrooms and breathed in toxic gas in southwestern Nimroz province, the first incident of the kind in the province, officials said. Abdul Hadi…
A young man has been found beheaded weeks after his abduction in Khashrod district of northwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Thursday. The victim, Mohammad Arif, had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen along with three others when…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead an employee of the prosecution office and a civilian in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Monday. “Unknown motorcyclists shot deadAllah Noor, an employee of the appellant prosecution office, along with a…
An Iranian national has been kidnapped by unidentified men in Zaranj, the capital of northwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Saturday. A security official, wishing anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Iranian was kidnapped in Naqsha area…
The residents of Nimroz province are critical of the low-quality services of Internet service-providing companies, accusing the firms of fleecing subscribers. Ghulam Dastagir, a resident of the provincial capital, told Pajhwok Afghan News he had activated his Internet…
Onion prices have increased sharply in southwestern Nimroz province due to being dependent on imports from Tajikistan, residents say. Earlier the province would produce vegetable enough for local consumption and would send surplus to other provinces, but now…
Hundreds of residents on Thursday took to the streets in southwestern Nimroz province against the murder of a child, demanding harsher punishment for his detained killers. Five-years-old Zekria was found dead after being kidnapped last week by unknown…
Up to 220 uplift schemes were executed in the southwestern Nimroz province in the past one year but dozens have been halted by insecurity, officials said on Tuesday. The projects includethe gravelling of a 20-km road, eight water…
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Thursday sought punishment for the abductors of a child in southwestern province of Nimroz. Zakria, 5, was abducted two weeks ago from the 1st police district of Zaranj, the provincial…
Hundreds of prisoners in northwestern Nimroz province and about 250 families returning from Pakistan and Iran to northern Sar-i-Pul province were on Wednesday distributed relief goods, officials said. In Nimroz, more than 500 prisoners and around 135 juvenile…
The governor on Wednesday said a 500-member strong Afghan local police (ALP) force would be deployed at the borders with Pakistan and Iran and border police would be equipped in near future to prevent militants from moving between…
The second phase of Kamal Khan dam, which could generate eight megawatts of power besides irrigating 100,000 hectares of land in southwestern Nimroz province, has been completed, the Ministry of Energy and Water announced on Sunday. Minister of…
The Nida-i-Zan (voice of women) Organization (VoW) through its safe homes project has rejoined 150 women with their families in southwestern Nimroz province. While some women, are still living in the safe homes, awaiting their families to join…
A primary school has been rehabilitated and reopened after remaining closed for four decades in southwestern Nimroz province, enabling more than 200 girls and boys to get education, an official said on Thursday. Local officials say the school…
Residents of Nimroz say the media situation in the southwestern province is of grave concern, paving the way for Iranian news outlets to influence the local culture. There are currently no daily newspapers in the province, whose residents…
“I wanted to make it to Europe but faced many problems on the way and couldn’t reach my dreamland. Even if I am killed, I won’t give up my mission.” Shamsuddin, hailing from western Farah province, told Pajhwok…
Two children were killed and their father and a third child wounded in a mortar explosion in Khashrud district of southwestern Nimroz province on Sunday, an official said. Mohammad Hashim Noorzai, the town’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan…
