‘Dozens’ of Taliban militants were killed and wounded after joint Afghan security forces entered the Gomal district center in southeastern Paktika province last night, the governor’s house said on Friday. A statement from the provincial media office said…
At least 15 militants have been killed, including some foreigners, during an Afghan forces’ operation entering a second day on Friday in the Gomal district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said. Scores of militants were also wounded…
Heavy clashes are underway as a border police battalion has been besieged by Taliban in the Gomal district of southeastern Paktika province, officials said on Sunday. A credible police source, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan…
At least 70 Taliban insurgents were claimed killed during a gun-battle still ongoing in Gomal district of southeastern Paktika province on Wednesday. Acting Paktika police chief, Dadullah Khan Hotak, told Pajhwok Afghan News the pre-dawn clash erupted after…
A dozen insurgents have been killed and five others wounded during an ongoing operation since Saturday in Barmal district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Sunday. Col. Dadullah Khan Hotak, deputy police chief for Paktika, told…
People’s issues have been addressed to a great extent during the past one year, said the governor of southeastern Paktika province on Sunday, promising solution to some existing problems. Governor Mohammad Ilyas Wahat told a gathering held for…
Eleven Taliban insurgents have been killed and five policemen injured during a clash in the Barmal district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Saturday. Acting Police Chief Dadullah Khan Hotak told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban…
Civil society addicted to addicts has increased besides men. Paktika’s Milma Civil Foundation head, Yaqoob Khan, told a gathering in Sharana, the provincial capital, that the population of drug addicts was on the increase in Paktika where drugs…
Fifteen militants, including five Haqqani network members, have been killed in airstrikes in Uruzgan and Paktika provinces, officials said on Saturday. In southeastern Paktika province, a commander was among five Haqqani network insurgents killed in a drone strike…
At least 18 Taliban insurgents were killed after they stormed police posts overnight in Urgun district of southeastern Paktika province, officials said on Saturday. Acting provincial police chief, Col. Dadullah Khan Hotak, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
Local residents donated 23 million afghanis for education development in southeastern Paktika province this year, education officials said on Tuesday. Education director Mohammad Nasim Wajid told a press conference in Sharan, the provincial caipital, that local people’s support…
More than 6,000 acres of land has been reclaimed from its illegal occupants in southeastern Paktika province, the Land Disputes Settlement Commission said on Monday. The commission head, Mohammad Rasool Adil, told a news conference here that the…
The appellate court in southeastern Paktika province on Sunday accused some officials of their involvement in drug smuggling, saying a number of other officials had been prosecuted on the same charge. The appellate court head, Asadullah Waziri, told…
A policeman in southeastern Paktika province, who was recently fired, blames the government for forcing him to beg. He has losr two brothers defending the country. Sirajuddin, a resident of the Sigani area of Kherkot district, told Pajhwok…
Water wells in many areas of southeastern Paktika province have run dry due to what residents believe the abundance of solar-powered water pumps for irrigation. A resident of Argun district, Roman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that many people…
A young Afghan actor has exemplified the current situation in Afghanistan, expressing to the people the victims of the ongoing conflict in the country were Afghans only. The actor Javid Abid traveled to southeastern Paktika province showed his…
The Taliban have warned school students of fining them up to 500,000 Pakistani rupees for shaving beard, wearing tie or establishing contact with government officials, residents of Gayan district of southeastern Paktika province claimed on Monday. One of…
President Ashraf Ghani has pledged using his own funds for the construction of six schools in southeastern Paktika province. The president held out the pledge during a meeting with Paktika elders. Mahmood Sulaimankhel a lawmaker from the province,…
Intelligence operatives have detained an alleged would-be suicide bomber in the Yusafkhel district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Friday. The attacker was apprehended on Thursday by the provincial National Directorate of Security personnel before he…
Residents of the Zerok district of southeastern Paktika province are faced with acutely inadequate health services, saying there is only a single clinic in the town and that too has no doctors. Surat Khan Zadran, a resident of…
Due to security threats and negative customs, only two female high school graduates on Thursday sat the university entrance exam in southeastern Paktika province. The two girls were among 887 candidates who took the exam in Sharana, the…
The strike embarked upon by a number of university teachers in southeastern Paktika province entered a third day on Wednesday. The striking teachers said the university administration was treating them indifferently, a claim the university administration rejected. One…
A would-be suicide bomber, who wanted to assassinate the Janikhel district police chief in southeastern Paktika province, was killed by intelligence operatives, the spy service said on Tuesday. A statement from the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said…
A jirga held two days ago decided to give two minor girls in marriage to settle a dispute over a murder between two families in the Khairkot district of southeastern Paktika province, witnesses said on Saturday. A member…
