GARDEZ (PAN officials on Sunday said buildings for 69 schools in different parts of southeastern Paktia province would be constructed this year. The World Bank would provide funds for the construction of 41 buildings, the Ministry of Education for 12…
LASHKARGAH/SHARAN (PAN insurgents have been killed in two separate security incidents in southern Helmand and southeastern Paktika provinces, officials said on Tuesday. The fighters wanted to attack security checkpoints in Talbi, Goband, Alokozai, Popalzi, Shakhona and Baghran areas of Greshk…
KABUL on Saturday, the alliances said. The US citizens were killed when an individual wearing an ANA uniform turned his weapon against the ISAF soldiers in the east, a statement from ISAF said, without mentioning the exact location of the…
KABUL insurgents, including three suicide bombers, were killed in clashes with security forces in southeastern Paktika and southern Helmand provinces, officials said on Saturday. In Paktika, 21 insurgents were killed during a gunbattle with police in the Zirok district on…
KABUL-fired rocket hit their home in the Zherook district of southeastern Paktika province, police said on Sunday. The incident took place in the Shimi village on Saturday evening, provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Daulat Khan Zadran, told Pajhwok Afghan News.…
SHARAN (PAN): One civilian was killed and seven others were wounded in a suicide bombing in the Sarobi district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said. Provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Khan Zadran told Pajhwok Afghan News a shopkeeper…
SHARANA (PAN): Insurgents stormed the house of a tribal elder and shot him dead in southeastern Paktika province, the governor's office said on Sunday. Haji Nazir was killed when the Taliban attacked his house on Saturday night in Mazko village…
GHAZNI CITY/ SHARAN (PAN insurgents were killed and as many others wounded when the explosive device they were planting in the Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province went off prematurely, an official said on Monday. Fazal Rahman Nazarwal, the Qarabagh…
SHARAN (PAN): Residents on Sunday demanded the deployment of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) force to the Mata Khan district and Sharan, the capital of southeastern Paktika province. ALP deployment to villages was important to thwart insurgent activities there, Malik…
SHARAN (PAN commander was killed and another wounded during a clash with security personnel in southeastern Paktika province on Friday. The gunbattle erupted in the Mirzak village on the outskirts of Sharan, the provincial capital, in the afternoon, resident Azizullah…
SHARAN (PAN): Three civilians were killed and seven others, including two policemen, wounded in a suicide attack in the Janikhel district bazaar in southeastern Paktika province on Sunday, officials said. Former Janikhel district chief, Ihsanullah Sadat, who quit his job…
KABUL): Six civilians and three local policemen were injured in a bomb blast that ripped through a shop in a bazaar in the Shakin district of southeastern Paktika province on Saturday, an official said. The blast took place around 4pm…
SHARAN (PAN): Three local policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in the southeastern province of Paktika, an official said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday evening when a vehicle of the Afghan Local Police struck a roadside…
KHOST CITY (PAN): An unknown number of prisoners at the central jail in southeastern Paktika province have been on a hunger strike since Saturday against what they called delaying tactics in disposal of their cases. One of the striking inmates…
SHARAN (PAN): Up to 1,500 kilograms of hashish were burnt by police in the southeastern province of Paktika, officials said on Thursday. The hashish have been seized by police over the past few days in the Mata Khan district and…
KABUL border, the alliance said on Wednesday. In response to an email from Pajhwok Afghan News, the NATO-led force confirmed Tuesday’s incident in the Janikhel district of the restive province. “A small un-manned aircraft crashed and was recovered by ISAF…
SHARANA (PAN-backed Local Police Force (LPF) was raised and deputed to keep guard and watch over militant activity in several towns, the governor said on Thursday. "LPF members are local residents and they have local support. There has been a…
SHARAN (PAN, Irrigation and Livestock to provide saffron seeds and training programmes for them. Growers in the provincial capital of Sharan are willing to get saffron seeds and be trained on cultivation techniques as an alternative to growing poppies. They…
SHARAN (PAN). The protestors marched through parts of Sharan, the provincial capital, chanting slogans against ISAF and US troops and asking them not to bother ordinary people in the raids. One of the organisers, Mullah Masoom, said ISAF troops raided…
SHARAN (PAN): A newly-constructed small water dam and a canal were inaugurated in Sharan city, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, on Wednesday, an official said. A Central Asia Development Group (CADG) representative Akhtar Mohammad Tanai, said the projects included…
SHARAN (PAN): Forty militants were killed and 14 others wounded during a fierce clash with security personnel in the southeastern province of Paktika, the governor’s office said on Saturday. The predawn gunbattle was triggered by attacks on border posts in…
GARDEZ (PAN militants have been killed during a two-week security operation in southern Ghazni and southeastern Paktika provinces, an official said on Wednesday. The joint offensive codenamed “Dragon”, launched on July 2, concluded on Wednesday, the 203rd Thunder Military Corps…
SHARAN (PAN): Six attackers and three policemen were killed and five others, including two civilians, injured when a group of militants attacked a government building in the Yahyakhel district of southeastern Paktika province, officials said on Thursday. The six-member rebel…
SHARNA (PAN): Four suicide attackers who tried to attack crowded government offices were killed by Afghan security forces in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Monday. The four-member militant group who took up positions inside the municipality market in…
