President Ashraf Ghani has said several development projects would be implemented in southeastern Paktia province to improve people’s living standard, his office said on Tuesday. A statement from the Presidential Palace said the President met with elders, youths…
The residents and women’s rights activists of southeastern Paktia province say they are not happy and satisfied with the number of women working in the provincial public sector. Women activist say the presence of female government employees in…
Taliban insurgents have freed 14 police personnel after holding them captive for eight months in Janikhel district of southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Sunday. Police also confirmed the news and said the Taliban had captured the…
Intelligence operatives have detained a five-member group of Haqqani network in southeastern Paktia province, the Spy Network said on Tuesday. National Directorate of Security (NDS were arrested during a special operation of NDS personnel. The statement identified the…
Local residents in southeastern Paktia province say telecom networks have been accessible only for a few hours in five bordering districts of the province over the past 10 months. According to them, the telecom companies provide services for…
Two children have died of a mysterious disease in Ziruk district of southeastern Paktika province, residents said on Thursday. The residents of Warjana village said the two children first developed flue, then increasing coughing and bleeding through mouth…
Deputy Commander of Border Police Squad Hameed Gul has been allegedly beaten and injured by the bodyguards of Paktia governor. He told Pajhwok Afghan News the bodyguards of Governor Shamim Khan Katawazai beaten him with buttstock and spear…
A majority of the fighters in Taliban ranks in border areas of southeastern Paktia province are foreigners most of them Pakistanis, local officials said on Thursday. Officials in Janikhel, Dand Patan, Chamkani and Zazi Aryub districts said Pakistanis…
The authorities in southeastern Paktia province have closed general roads inside the provincial capital, Gardez, and a highway that connects the city with several districts, causing a great deal of inconvenience to residents. Residents say they have to…
The New Kabul Bank’s branch has been closed in southeastern Paktia province for the past eight months, creating problems for thousands of customers. The bank’s branch was closed after a militant attack in May. But it has not…
A youth group has launched a fundraiser for reconstruction of the university in southeastern Paktia province after a heavy explosion badly damaged the campus in Gardez, the provincial capital. The suicide and gun attack on the police headquarters…
A newly built 50-bed hospital in Zurmat district of southeastern Paktia province has partially damaged due to its poor construction. The hospital, a 230 million afghanis project, was inaugurated by former Paktia governor, Zalmai Wesa, in January this…
Eight health clinics have recently stopped delivering services to people in some densely populated districts of southeastern Paktia province, residents and their representatives on said Wednesday. Provincial council (PC) secretary Hafeezullah Mubariz told Pajhwok Afghan News some non-governmental…
Thirteen departments in southeastern Paktia province are still headed by acting officials, an issue that has created barriers to good governance. Civil society activists and youth have demanded the government’s attention to the problem, suggesting the acting officials…
A NATO airstrike killed four insurgents in Ahmadabad district of southeastern Paktia province, the governor’s house said in a statement on Wednesday. A Humvee vehicle the insurgents had stolen was also destroyed during the air raid that took…
The Reserve Battalion personnel in southeastern Paktika province have accused security bosses of handing over Gomal district to the Taliban and treating them unfairly. St. Serg. Abdul Rahman, commander of the first Platoon of the Reserve Battalion, said…
Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel killed a high school teacher and injured his two family members after attacking their home in Zurmat district of southeastern Paktia province, an official said Sunday. Zurmat district police chief Mohammad Arif Mujahid…
A survey to identify areas to be used as polling stations for next year’s parliamentary elections in southeastern Paktia province has been almost completed, an official said on Thursday. Independent Election Commission (IEC) chief for Paktia, Zahir Akbari,…
Some residents of southeastern Paktika province complain repeated pledgesby the government to reconstructroads in the province have not been honoured, with people facingserious problems. Construction and rehabilitation work on the Gardez-Ghazni, Zamkani-Janikhel, ZazaiAryub-Gardez-Patan and other important roads was…
Southeastern Paktia has won the Alokozay Syed Jamaluddin Afghan one-day tournament featuring 10 grade-1 provincial teams, an official said on Saturday. Organised by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), the 10 provincial teams event began in Khost and Nangarhar…
Police in southeastern Paktia province on Tuesday said they were concerned about a 1500 afghanis pay cut as directed by the Ministry of Interior in a letter to the provincial police headquarters. The ministry has cited ‘comparatively stable…
Provincial council members, tribal elders, religious scholars and civil society activists on Sunday pitched protest tents in front of the provincial council office and the governor’s house against what they said President Ghani’s failure to deliver on his…
Seven militants and one policeman were killed during a clash in southeastern Paktia province, police said on Monday. Deputy police chief Col. Nisar Ahmad Abdulrahimzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban militants ambushed a security forces convoy in…
Shamim Katawazai has been appointed as new governor for southeastern Paktia province, a well-placed source said on Sunday. The government official said Katawazai’s appointment suggestion had been sent to President Ashraf Ghani by the Independent Directorate of Local Governance…
