Six persons travelling in a military vehicle have been detained in Zarghon Shar district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Thursday. Provincial deputy police chief Lt. Col. Abdul Rauf Masoud told Pajhwok Afghan News the six…
At least 15 civilians and two policemen were wounded in two separate explosions in Sharan, the capital of southeastern Paktika province on Wednesday, eyewitnesses and officials said. Sher Ahmad, An eyewitness, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosions took…
GARDEZ (Pajwhok): All schools reopened on Saturday in Zurmat district of southeastern Paktia province after a three-day closure in protest over the wounding of a student by a special forces personnel. The student of Bator High School was undressed and…
A number of internally displaced families and those migrating from Pakistan’s Waziristan tribal area to southeastern Paktika province say they are in dire need of assistance. The families said they should be provided with aid before winter, however…
A 20- bed rehabilitation centre for drug addicts was inaugurated in Urgon district of southeastern Paktika province on Monday. Governor Ilyas Wahdat told the inauguration ceremony the hospital took one year time to complete at a cost of…
Construction work on some school buildings in southeastern Paktika province could not be completed in the past eight years for unknown reasons, an official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Karim Atal, deputy head of the education department, confirmed the…
Thirty-nine schools have been closed in southeastern Paktika province, depriving around 15,000 children of education, officials said on Sunday. Momin, a resident of Dila Wa Khushamand district, told Pajhwok Afghan News all schools in his town had been…
The governor of southeastern Paktika province on Monday vowed to remove from armed forces underage recruits and punish their recruiters. Ilyas Wahdat told this to a gathering of officials from the interior, defence, finance ministries, the presidential palace,…
Some orchard owners in southeastern Paktika province complained about the lack of proper market for their fruits and said most of the time their products were lost. They say the Angoor Ada border crossing with Pakistan has been…
Two persons including a woman were killed and another two were wounded in a roadside bombing in the Matakhan district of southeastern Paktika province on Monday, police said. The blast took place in an area between Khor Kachi…
Forty-eight militants have been killed and 45 others wounded during separate airstrikes and clashes with security forces in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Saturday. Foreign troops carried out airstrikes thrice in the Khoshamand district yesterday, killing…
The number of drug addicts including women is on the rise in southern Paktika province, an official said. Sher Ahmad Faizi, head of the Unity Council for Argon district, voiced grave concern at the increasing population of addicts…
A father has killed his daughter and a young man over alleged ‘illicit relationship’ in the Yusufkhel district of southeastern Paktika province, family sources said on Tuesday. Sayedullah, a relative of the girl’s family, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Families of victims of two deadly attacks in Yahyakhel and Argon districts of southeastern Paktika province have urged all warring sides to embrace peace and quit fighting in the best interest of the teeming masses. Nearly two years…
Five members of a family were killed in a roof collapse incident in the Sar Hawza district of southeastern Paktika province, the district’s administrative chief said on Sunday. Obaidullah Sararozawal told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place…
Taliban militants shot dead four guests at a wedding party in the Sar Hawza district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Thursday. Provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Khalilullhah Ziayee told Pajhwok Afghan News the rebels gunned…
Construction works were launched on Tuesday on two separate buildings in Ghazni and Paktika provinces, officials said. The building in Ghazni City is being constructed for the provincial Economy Department, Governor Mohammad Hamim told the foundation stone-laying…
Police and intelligence officials foiled a possible suicide bombing in Urgon district of southeastern Paktika province on Tuesday, an official said. Police chief Khalilullah Ziae told Pajhwok Afghan News security officials captured a suicide bomber in a car…
Ilyas Wahdat has been appointed as new governor of the southeastern Paktika province, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) said on Sunday. IDLG spokesperson Munira Yousufzada told Pajhwok Afghan News the order signed by President Ashraf Ghani…
Residents of Barmal district of southeastern Paktika province say Pakistani paramilitary forces have handed over to Afghan forces only the gate at the Angoor Ada border crossing and remain in control of other military facilities. On May 21,…
At least 70 percent of schools in southeastern Paktika province lack buildings and 33 schools have been closed because of insecurity, officials said on Wednesday. Provincial education director Kuchai Zazai told Pajhwok Afghan News during an interview that…
Eighty Taliban militants have been killed during three days of clashes with security forces and airstrikes by foreign troops in southeastern Paktika province, police said on Thursday. Provincial deputy police chief Col. Abdul Rauf Masood told Pajhwok Afghan…
A clash between security forces and Taliban militants in the Ziruk district of southeastern Paktika province entered a second day on Wednesday, with each side claiming to have inflicted casualties on the other. Paktika deputy police chief Col.…
At least 12 people, including a policeman, were wounded in a bomb blast in the Batikhel district of southeastern Paktika province on Monday, an official said. the administrative head of the unofficial district, Badruddin, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
