The health center in Barmal district of southeastern Paktika province has been dynamited by unknown persons, an official confirmed on Sunday. A resident of the district, Rahmatullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the district health clinic was blown…
Equipment worth billions of dollars belonging to the Provincial Reconstruction) in southeastern Paktika have been stolen over the past few years and some recently sold to a businessman against $800,000, Pajhwok Afghan News has learnt. Pajhwok Afghan News…
A number of residents of southeastern Paktika say 14 of 18 districts of the province are led by acting officials who could not provide the required services. Only Argon, Yousufkhel, Khairkot and Sar Rawza districts are governed by…
Residents and public health officials in southeastern Paktika province demand the government appoint female doctors in local hospitals as the only lady doctor in the provincial capital has also resigned. Tribal elder in Yousafkhel district, Mualvi Abdul Manan,…
Ten departments are headed by acting directors in southeastern Paktika province, where around 1,600 government posts lay vacant, officials and residents claimed on Wednesday. The departments which are run by acting chiefs include the Borders and Tribe Affairs,…
Thousands of Pakistani Urdu language textbooks have been found in the provincial Education Department of southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Sunday. A month back, some residents of the Barmal district claimed that Pakistani curriculum was taught…
Heavy snowfall has blocked roads connecting a number of districts with the provincial capital, Sharana, of southeastern Paktika province, creating inconvenience for residents. A resident of Gomal district, Syed Anwar Khan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the continued…
Three people, including a child, died and as many were wounded of gunshots fired at a ceremony welcoming a newborn baby in southeastern Paktika province, an official and residents said Wednesday. The incident happened in Zamai village of…
Residents of southern Paktika province say government departments have been inactive in most of the districts and people have to travel to the provincial capital, Sharana, for official tasks. Mohammad Aslam, a resident of Nika district of the…
Hundreds of residents of the Barmal district of southern Paktika province on Thursday held a gathering to voice their support for the ongoing peace efforts, but said the talks should be between the Afghans only. Osman Khan, a…
A newly-wed couple died of gas suffocation inside the bride’s home in the Yousafkhel district of southeastern Paktika province, the family said on Wednesday. The incident happened on Tuesday night, a relative of the family, Akbar Shah, told…
Some residents of the Barmal district of southeastern Paktika province on Monday claimed Pakistani curriculum was taught to students in the district’s private schools. Rohullah, a resident of the district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that private schools in…
Two people were killed and five others, including a policeman, injured in a bomb explosion outside a hotel in the capital of southeastern Paktika province on Monday. Eyewitnesses said the bomb went off in front of a hotel…
Following ban on the Pakistani currency in neighboring Khost province, officials in southeastern Paktika province and residents have launched a campaign to promote the use of afghani. Mohammad Rasoul Adel, chief of staff at the Paktika governor’s office,…
KABUL candidate from southeastern Paktika province, Hela Mujtaba, is holding two national identity cards against the law, Pajhwok has learnt. Pajhwok Afghan News has obtained copies of both her ID cards, which carry different photos of the holder. Her first…
The residents of Gomal district of southeastern Paktiak province have stated protest against the joint raid of foreign and Afghan forces that killed seven civilians and wounded five others. Bangal, one of the protestors told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A public representative on Wednesday claimed intelligence operatives had found a missing biometric device in southeastern Paktika province, but yet to share information about it with the media. The Provincial Council chief, Bakhtyar Gul Zadran, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Five children and a woman from a single family have been died as result of the carbon monoxide poisoning in Sharan, the capital of southeastern Paktika province, a member of the victim’s family said on Wednesday. Noorullah, told…
Four civilians have been killed and five others wounded in a foreign forces’ airstrike in Giyan district of southeastern Paktika province, one of the injured said on Tuesday. The wounded person, who is being treated at the provincial…
Three children were killed in a blast caused by an unexploded ordnance in the Urgon district of southeastern Paktika province on Thursday, an official said. Police spokesman Shah Mohammad Aryan told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast was triggered…
The residents of southeastern Paktika province say they have been deprived of telecom services at night over the past two weeks and as a result they are facing great inconvenience. Haji Zmarjan, a resident of Urgun district, told…
Local police officials on Saturday said hundreds of ‘ghost policemen’ existed in the provincial capital and two districts of southeastern Paktika province, endangering relevant areas. Paktika police chief Brig. Gen. Rogh Liwanai told reporters here that they were…
Eight members of a family including women and children have been killed and three others wounded when a mortar shell hit a house in Warmami district of southern Paktika province, officials said Monday. Paktika police chief, Brig. Gen.…
Unidentified gunmen blew up three schools with bombs in the capital of southeastern Paktika province, affecting thousands of students, officials said Monday. The schools dynamited include Hazrat Bilal high school, Jalal Bukhari and Khwajkhel schools in Sharana. Abdul…
