Residents of southeastern Paktia province on Wednesday called on Taliban insurgents to shun violence after their last demand was met. As part of the Feb. 29 peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban, Kabul freed 5,000…
At least 20 Taliban insurgents have been killed in airstrike and clashes with security forces in southeaster Paktia and central Logar provinces. Logar police spokesman Shahpur Ahmadzai told Pajhwok Afghan News an airstrike targeted militant planting landmines…
At least six children, including five girls, have been killed and a seventh injured in a wall collapse incident in Sayed Karam district of southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Wednesday. The incident took place following heavy…
Eight people have been killed and 15 others injured in artillery shelling from Pakistan into the Barmal district of southeastern Paktika province during the past one week, an official said on Tuesday. According to the security official, Pakistani…
The residents of southeastern Paktia province are complaining about the shortage of medicines and say even coronavirus patients’ treatment is affected. They say there is a shortage of medicines, which was sold against a very high price. Adel…
Seven people have been killed in an armed clash over ownership of a piece of land in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Tuesday. Deputy Police Chief Col. Lotfullah Kamran told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash took…
Public health officials in southeastern Paktia province on Sunday said they lacked oxygen, medicines and hospital beds amid rapidly spreading coronavirus cases across the province. Public health director Dr. Walayat Khan Ahmadzai said he was concerned about the…
Intelligence operatives arrested a senior provincial revenue officer in southeastern Paktia province over allegedly accepting bribe, the compliant said Saturday. The complainant, lawyer Mohammad Wali Tadbir, told Pajhwok Afghan News he had been visiting the revenue department over…
One month salary of 400 teachers amounting to 3.3 million afghanis was looted while being transferred to Samkani district of southeastern Paktia province, an official said Monday. Education Director Kochi Zazai told Pajhwok Afghan News the money was…
Residents of three districts dominated by the Zadran tribe in southeastern Paktia province say they were once again ignored with regard to allocation of development fund in the national budget like the past many years. Wazi Zadran District…
KABUL attack on border security personnel in the Dand-i-Patan district of southeastern Paktia province, according to a statement on Friday. The Taliban on Thursday night violated the ceasefire and stormed border security forces check posts in the Dand-i-Patan district.…
KABUL militant, who was recently released from jail as part of the peace process, has been killed during a clash with security forces in southeastern Paktia province, an official said Friday. The government has so far released 1000 Taliban prisoners…
A suicide bombing rocked Gardez City, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, on Monday, an official said. Lutfullah Kamran, the deputy police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion occurred in limits of 2nd police district near the…
Taliban militants have killed the only breadwinner for a family in southeastern Paktia province, leaving two of his wives and 12 children helpless. Three days back, the insurgents attacked a police check-post post in Zurmat district, killing policeman…
The Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) says salaries of dozens of vacant posts in the Education Department of southeastern Paktia province have been going to personal pockets Aminullah Jawad, IARCSC head for the southeastern region,…
A former Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander claims dozens of ‘ghost policemen’ serving in southeastern Paktia province and their salaries end up in pockets of some individuals. Former ALP commander Khalid Mohammad Majboor, in an exclusive interview with…
A policeman was injured during an exchange of fire with unknown gunmen who attacked three Wolesi Jirga members in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Thursday. The incident happened in Meyana locality of Chamkani district, said the…
Security forces arrested 10 members of the Haqqani Network in the past one week in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Thursday. Governor Spokesperson Abdullah Hasrat told Pajhwok Afghan News the Haqqani Network members had been arrested…
Taliban centres in southeastern Paktia province, officials said on Thursday. Dr. Fazal Mohammad Mangal, head of the contracting firm, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had not received medicines for supply to health centres for a month or so.…
Southeastern Paktia province continues to receive resources on the basis of a population census conducted 44 years ago, says an official. Asghar Sidiqyar, head of the statistics department for southeastern zone, said they collected information on various population-related…
Ten people including the police chief for southern Paktika province were injured after an Afghan National Army (ANA) crashed in neighboring Paktia province on Wednesday, officials said. Paktika governor’s spokesman, Shah Mohammad Arian, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
For the first time, 26 students graduated from high school in the remote and mountainous district of Wuza Zadran in southeastern Paktia province. The graduates, who are residents of the district, said they wanted to pursue higher studies…
A family, which lost nine members to the war with Taliban militant, has been in an urgent need of assistance in Ahmadkhel district of southeastern Paktia province. Women and orphaned children of the family have been currently living…
More votes have been cast in insecure districts of southeastern Paktia province than in relatively peaceful areas during last month’s presidential election,creating doubts in some people’s minds also producing reassuring comments from others about the province’s participation. A…
