Senior officials from six southeastern provinces held a joint meeting on ways of improving the security situation and finding solutions to the problems of their region. Held in the 203rd Thunder Military Corps, the meeting was attended by…
The Lazha Mangal district administrative chief in southeastern Paktia province on Monday complained the provincial authorities were yet to introduce him to his office despite being officially appointed three years back. Abdul Rahman Solamal told a press…
Personnel from the Second Border Police Brigade in southeastern Paktia province have built a mosque inside the force headquarters on their own expense, officials said on Sunday. Officials of the police brigade said the personnel, authorities and officials…
A number of residents and their representatives on Saturday demanded of the government to resume construction work on Machalgho Dam in southeastern Paktia province. They said President Ashraf Ghani had strongly promised completion of the dam, but work…
Tribal elders from Pakistan on Sunday held a joint gathering in southeastern Paktia province and agreed to work together for bringing peace and stability to the region. Elders from Chankani, Patan, Muqbil, Mangal, Zazai and Karkha districts and…
Traders, industrialists and wholesalers in southeastern Paktia province on Sunday complained they were paying taxes to both the government and the Taliban and warned of closing down their businesses. At a joint press conference in Gardez, Paktia’s capital,…
At least 15 Taliban airstrikes in the Janikhel district of southeastern Paktia province, officials said on Sunday. The governor’s spokesperson, Abdullah Hasrat, told Pajhwok Afghan News NATO forces carried out the airstrikes in Kotki locality last night, targeting…
Hundreds of people in southeastern Paktia province on Wednesday protested against the fencing of the Durand Line. Few days earlier, Pakistan started installing fences on the Durand Line under the pretext of preventing terrorists from entering the country…
The new academic year was officially started in southeastern Paktia province on Saturday, at a time when 14 girls’ schools have been closed in the province. The new academic year was launched at an official ceremony in the…
Local residents say construction work could not be initiated on a 73-kilometre portion of the Gardez-Dand Patan highway in southeastern Paktia province, two years after the projected was launched. The Ministry of Public Works had allocated 199 million…
The governor for southeastern Paktia province on Saturday claimed Taliban militants were trying to get recruited their men in security organs. Zalmai Weesa told a press conference in Gardez, the provincial capital, that the militants were using various…
A district police chief was injured in a bomb blast that ripped through his vehicle in southeastern Paktia province on Wednesday, an official said. One guard of the Shwak district police chief was killed in the blast that…
Police on Sunday claimed foiling a kidnapping bid and arresting four persons in southeastern Paktia province. Police chief Brig. Gen. Qadar Gul Zadran identified to Pajhwok Afghan News the four detainees as Inayatullah, Wakil Shah, Hamidullah and Ghazi…
Security forces confiscated a cache of arms and ammunition in southeastern Paktia province and arrested two persons in connection with the seizure, the governor said on Thursday. Governor Toryalai Weesa told a press conference here that the arms…
Tribal elders in southeastern Paktia province on Thursday said the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)’s work period has ended, calling the position a hurdle to improvement in the country’s political affairs. The elders hailing from Paktia and some neighboring…
Despite having a unique reputation in the world dried fruits are sold at a very cheap price due to the absence of proper market, trader representatives in southeastern Khost province say. However, pine nut traders say the…
Zalmai Weesa has been appointed as new governor of southeastern Paktia province, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) said on Thursday. IDLG spokesperson Munira Yusufzada told Pajhwok Afghan News President Ashraf Ghani had signed Weesa’s appointment order…
A former jihadi commander and his gunmen beat and insulted traffic police officials in the capital of southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Sunday. A traffic policeman, Izatullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News that they looking for non-custom-paid…
The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARC) on Wednesday distributed food and non-food items among 275 war-affected families in southeastern Paktia province, the society said. The provincial ARC office said the assistance was given to families who had been…
Residents of the Zazai Aryub district of southeastern Paktia province on Wednesday expressed their concern over rocket strikes from Pakistani forces into some areas of the district town. Residents said they would face problems if Pakistani forces continued…
Thirty-five midwives on Sunday graduated from a two-year training in southeastern Paktia province, an official said, hoping the graduates would help decrease maternal deaths in districts. The 35 midwives hailing from different areas received theoretical and practical lessons…
A senior Hizb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) member on Wednesday said HIA leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar would not enter Kabul unless all sanctions against his group were removed. Jumma Khan Hamdard, a senior HIA member and former Paktia governor, was addressing…
Work on a number of development projects in Nangarhar, Paktia and Laghman provinces has been launched, officials said on Sunday. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, , told Pajhwok Afghan News foundation stone of new building for the provincial…
The rural rehabilitation and development department of southern Paktia province was torched before being looted by unidentified men, an official said on Monday. A worker of the department, who wished not to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
