Nearly 40 bodies allegedly killed by militants after being abducted have been found in two mass graves in the Mirzawalang locality of northern Sar-i-Pul province. At least 50 people were killed after Daesh and Taliban stormed the Mirzawalang…
KABUL captivity as a result of efforts by elders and provincial government in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Wednesday. Zabihullah Amani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News several civilians were still in militants’ custody in Mirzawlang. Air…
Taliban militants killed dozens of people, mostly civilians, after capturing Mirzawlang area of Sayyad district in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Sunday. The area had been under control of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) and public…
The number of children suffering from diarrhea has increased with the advent of summer in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said Wednesday. Dr. Rahimullah Rahim, a pediatrician at the Sar-i-Pul Civil Hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan News confirmed receiving…
Opium weighing 343 kilograms has been seized by police after half an hour clash with smugglers in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Khalilullah Dastyar, deputy provincial police chief, said the drugs were captured…
Some residents of Suzma Qela district in northern Sar-i-Pul province have handed over a 50-year-old woman and a young man to the Taliban over their alleged illicit relationship. The couple was handed over to the rebels Monday…
A woman has been brutally killed by husband using a pickaxe in northern Sar-i-Pul province, the Women. Naseema Arzo, the women’s affairs director, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened on Sunday afternoon in Nawabad Chashmai Shifa village…
Two local police personnel have joined the Taliban along with their weapons in northern Sar-i-Pul province, a public representative claimed on Saturday. Muhammad Ali Hakimi, a member of the Sar-i-Pul provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News the two…
At least 13 militants have been killed and eight others wounded during a newly-launched mopping-up operation in northern Sar-i-pul province, local authorities said on Saturday. Sar-i-pul Governor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat told reporters that 13 militants were killed…
At least 16 insurgents have been killed and 22 others wounded during an ongoing operation in Sayyad district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, officials said on Saturday. Governor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat, who was visiting the Afghan forces fighting…
Daesh affiliates allegedly beheaded three influential elders in Sayyad district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, a public representative said on Thursday. Asadullah Khurram, a member of the provincial council, said the three tribal elders of Miyan village had gone…
Some residents of northern Sar-i-Pul province have complained about what they said unchecked distribution and use of unregistered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards as some individuals use the illegal SIMs to create problems for others. Habiba, a resident…
At least seven people died, hundreds of livestock perished and more than 60 homes destroyed as the snowstorm entered a second day in northern Sar-i-Pul province on Saturday. Eng. Aziz Rahman Imaq, the provincial natural disaster management authority…
A 16-member Taliban group has returned to the insurgency after joining the peace process in northern Sar-i-Pul province, a public representative claimed Saturday. Mohammad Noor Rahmani, the provincial council head, told Pajhwok Afghan News the 16-member group, headed…
Eight Taliban militants on Sunday laid down their weapons and joined the peace process in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said. Deputy provincial police chief Col. Inaytullah Habibi told Pajhwok Afghan News one Taliban member namely Taj Mohammad on Sunday surrendered…
A 19 year-old-girl has committed suicide by hanging herself to death to avoid forced marriage and family violence in Sancharak district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Monday. The governor’s spokesman, Zabihullah Amani, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
An inmate in the central jail of northern Sar-i-Pul province has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself, an official said on Tuesday. The inmate, a former policeman Abdul Ghafoor, had been sentenced to one and a half years…
SAR-I-PUL (Pajhowk): Security forces have freed six border police after being abducted by Taliban militants a week as a result of an operation in northern Sar-i-Pul province, the governor said on Monday. Mohammad Zahir Wahdat told a press conference here…
Five Taliban gunmen were killed and eight others wounded during a clash with security forces in Sancharak district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, the governor said on Sunday. Mohammad Zahir Wahdat told a press conference here that the clash…
A senior official on Monday accused Taliban militants of killing a woman in northern Sar-i-Pul province, but the rebels rejected the claim as baseless. Sar-i-Pul Governor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat told Pajhwok Afghan News Taliban killed the woman in…
Three members of a family have been killed by unidentified armed men in Balkhab district of northern Sar-I-Pul province, an official said Sunday. Governor’s spokesman, Zabihullah Amani, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a man, his wife and their…
At least five civilians have been killed and two others injured by unidentified armed men in Sancharak district of northern Sar-I-Pul province, an official said Monday. Provincial deputy police chief, Col. Enayatullah Habibi, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Police have detained a woman and her son in connection with the killing of her husband in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Sunday. Local officials said the man was mysteriously found dead inside his home in…
Police have detained a woman and her son in connection with the killing of her husband in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Sunday. Local officials said the man was mysteriously found dead inside his home in…
