The Sar-i-Pul province Public Works Department has purchased one horn for a road grader at a cost of 60,000 afs while its market price is 1,500 afs, Pajhwok Afghan News has reliably learned. According to documents, 90 spare…
Local officials on Sunday said 200 people including school watchmen, teachers and other low level government servants in northern Sar-i-Pul province received 50 kilograms of wheat each. Omar Sarpuli, head of information and culture department of Sar-i-Pul province,…
A number of residents of northern Sar-i-Pul province have been demanding reopening of banks in the province as they face serious economic problems as a result. They say that banking services had been shut in the province after…
Taliban militants seized some government departments in northern Sar-i-Pul province on Sunday morning, local sources said. Officials and residents, who did not want to be named, said the governor’s house, the police headquarters, the national directorate of…
The mining contracts of Balkhab copper reserve in Sar-i-Pul province and a gold mine in Badakhshan province have been twice signed and revoked in the past eight years and once delayed due to the conflict of interest. The…
Two army personnel, including a local commander, were killed and as many others wounded as a result of a blast in northern Sar-i-Pul province on Wednesday, an official said. Asadullah Khurram, a member of the provincial council, said…
At least eight contracts have been inked for the supply of solar power to wards of the main hospital in northern Sar-i-Pul province. Contracts for two wards have been repeated and the one kilowatt ampere deal is 766,000…
Pajhwok’s findings show that 12 types of items to combat the coronavirus have been purchased at a rate that is 3.9 million afghanis higher than the market price in northern Sar-i-Pul province. Pajhwok Afghan News has obtained the…
At least 11 security personnel have been killed and another 19 wounded in Taliban attacks in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Wednesday. Governor Abdul Qadir Ashna told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban stormed an army (ANA)…
Police seized and destroyed more than 1000 kilograms of drugs in northern Sar-i-Pul province last year, an official said on Tuesday. Noor Agha Faizi, police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the confiscated drugs included opium, hashish,…
Hundreds of supporters of the Stability and Partnership team, led by Dr. Abdullah, on Saturday introduced Mohammad Noor Rahmani as new governor of northern Sar-i-Pul province. Last week, the Independent Election Commission unveiled the final results from last…
A young woman has opened a handbag embroidery company and has hired several other girls in northern Sari Pul province and she doubled her revenue during a year. Zahra Hussaini, 30, who holds bachelor degree in mathematics and…
Nearly 58,000 children in Taliban-controlled areas in northern Sar-i-Pul province would be missed during a five-day vaccination campaign beginning Monday, an official said. The five-day anti-polio campaign targets around 9.1 million children under the age of five years,…
KABUL militants have been killed and another 24 wounded in air strikes and clashes nationwide, the 209th Shaheen Military Corps said on Thursday. A statement from the military corps said casualties were inflicted on the insurgents in Faryab, Sar-i-Pul and…
More than 50 divorce cases were registered and addressed in northern Sar-i-Pul province this year, mostly driven by addiction and poor economic situation, officials said on Tuesday. Ajmal Ansari, Sar-i-Pul primary court director, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Prisoners held at the central jail in this capital city of northern Sar-i-Pul province say their cells are packed beyond capacity. They claim some windows and fences of the blocks are broken and their problems will double…
Northern Sar-i-Pul province has produced 59,500 tonnes of onion in 2019, showing a 20 percent increase over last year, farmers and officials said on Monday. Farmers told Pajhwok Afghan News the crop had been cultivated on thousands…
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier shot to death his officer after a verbal clash over salary in northern Sar-i-Pul province, local officials said on Friday. The incident took place last night, said Maj. Faizullah Nazari, commander of…
An Afghan Local Police (ALP) member and three militants have been killed during a clash in Sar-i-Pul City, an official said on Thursday. Maj. Faizullah Nazari of the Shaheen Military Corps told Pajhwok Afghan News Afghan the…
Police in northern Sar-i-Pul province on Wednesday claimed capturing 1,150 kilograms of explosives from a vehicle. Police spokesman Brig. Gen. GhulamJailani Abu Bakar said that the explosives-laden jeep was captured in limits of Sar-i-Pul city on Tuesday night.…
Local officials say militants beheaded a farmer who was abducted two weeks ago in Sancharak district of northern Sar-i-Pul province. Naqibullah Daqiq, chief of Sancharak district talking to Pajhwok Afghan News, said, “Taliban militants abducted a farmer with…
SAR-I-PUL (Pajhowk): Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a pro-government uprising commander in the Zarah district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Sunday. Acting police chief Asadullah Habibi told Pajhwok Afghan News unknown gunmen shot dead Mohammad Reza Abdragi…
Twenty-eight violence against women cases have been registered in northern Sar-i-Pul province within the first three months of the ongoing year, an official said on Wednesday. Khanam Nabila Habibi, provincial women’s affairs department head, told Pajhwok Afghan…
A number of people who have been running footwear factories for about two decades in northern Sar-i-Pul province say their business has stagnated due to people’s poor economic condition and import of shoes from China. These people run…
