Ushr worth 50 million afghanis has been collected during the past three months in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Wednesday. Paktika Agriculture Director MaulviShakaib told Pajhwok Afghan News Ushr has been collected from solar penal owners,…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a tribal elder in the Yahya Khel district of southeastern Paktika province on Friday, residents said. Abdul Razzaq, a resident of Yahya Khel district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that tribal elder Noor Mohammad, popularly…
The World Food Program (WFP) and Watan organization have provided assistance to 7,000 poor and needy families in southern Paktika province. TheWFP distributed food to 4,000 families and Watan organization to 3,000 families. Mualvi Khan Mohammad Ahmad, Paktika…
SHARAN (PAN): The Department of Refugees and Repatriation of southern Paktika province on Thursday started distributing food items to 2,100 poor families in different districts of the province. Mulavi Abdul RahmanHashimi, Paktika refugees and repatriation director, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A person is building a slaughterhouse at his own cost in Sharan city, the capital of south-eastern Paktika province, an official said on Sunday. Paktika Mayor MaulviNasirHilal told reporters that the slaughterhouse would be used for slaughtering animals…
Construction work on administrative buildings for the Niamatabad and Deli districts of southern Paktika province has been launched, officials said on Wednesday. Addressing a gathering, Paktika Governor Mualvi Mohammad Isa Yasin said government facilities were important for good…
An FM radio station called Nejat Ghag has launched its programs in Sharana, the capital of southeastern Paktika province. The radio is mostly dedicated to religious programs. The head of Nejat Ghag Radio told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Taliban members have seized 17 trucks carrying ammunition and scrap metal en route to Pakistan in Argon district of southern Paktika province. MualviFaroq, Argon district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the trucks were seized in the district…
The provincial capitals of Kunar, Logar and Paktika provinces captured by the Taliban while clashes are ongoing in Gardiz city, the capital of southeastern Paktika province on Saturday, officials said.
Dozens of children whose fathers have been killed in the conflict call for peace and their education in southeatern Paktika province. The orphaned children received food and non-food items from Paktika Khabarial Foundation here on Tuesday. One of…
Five policemen were injured in a car-bombing in the Mata Khan district of southeastern Paktika province on Monday, an official said. Governor Gen. Mohammad Yasin Khan told reporters the Taliban launched a group attack on the Mata Khan…
Security forces in southeastern Paktika province have seized an explosives-laden vehicle, a police official said on Thursday. Mir Alam, border police commander in the province, told Pajhwok Afghan News the security personnel captured the explosives-packed Hino truck in…
Dozens of Taliban insurgents have been killed and the group’s shadow governor for southeastern Paktika province has been injured during airstrikes on Friday, an official said. A spokesman for the Paktika governor, Ghazi Danish, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Hundreds of police forces in southeastern Paktika province have not received their salaries since last six months and currently they are struggling with serious economic problems. On the other hand, Paktika security officials say that the salaries were…
A district police chief has been killed in southern Ghazni province, officials said on Monday. Wahedullah Jumazada, spokesman for the Ghazni governor told Pajhwok Afghan News Giro district police chief, Capt. Abdul Ghafoor was killed in a…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Tuesday security forces had seized 154 bags of ammonium nitrate and arrested two Taliban men in Tarwa district of southeastern Paktika province.
Intelligence operatives have arrested five members of the Haqqani network in Sharana, the capital of south-eastern of Paktika province, the spy service said on Monday. A statement from the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the detainees included…
Security officials in south-eastern Paktika province have claimed capturing a dozen suspects in connection with various crimes, including six landmine-planting insurgents. A source in the provincial office of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) told reporters on Thursday…
Pine nut and oak trees are illegally cut down and sold in three districts of southeastern Paktika province including Shakin, Warmami and Zerok, residents say, insisting arbitrary deforestation is a crime under Afghanistan’s laws. Sabir Gul, a resident…
A father and his son died of suffocation due to leakage of gas in the Yousafkhel district of southeastern Paktika province last night, police said on Wednesday. The man’s wife had fallen into coma, deputy police spokesman Lal…
Six polio cases have been reported in the southeastern zone after a long time, public health officials say, expressing their concern about the cases. They said five of the cases were detected in Khost and one in Paktika…
The Gardez- Dand-i-Patan road, connecting Paktia and Paktika provinces, has been reopened for traffic as a result of a security operation, an official said on Monday. The road had been blocked by the Taliban in Ahmadkhel and Merzaki…
Cargo truck drivers in southeastern Paktika province the personnel manning security check-posts on highways get illegal money from them and thereby create problems for them Mashaeer Khan, a trucker plying the Angor Ade-Sharan highway, told Pajhwok Afghan…
A resident of southern Paktika province, who lost both his eyes in an explosion, has established a recreational park named ‘Peace Park’ with his personal expenses. Sakhi Argoni, 32, is a resident of Argon district. Around four years…
