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Family problems force Sar-i-Pul man to take own life

SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): A 20-year-old man has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself to death in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Monday. Governor’s spokesman Maulvi Habibullah Masroor told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Tajri village of…

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Faryab girl commits suicide after phone talks with fiance

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A young girl has allegedly committed suicide in Qaramqul district of northern Faryab province. Faryab Governor’s Spokesman Ismatullah Muradi told Pajhwok an 18-year-old girl named Feroza ended her life in Taibolak village yesterday afternoon. He quoted the girl’s…

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14-year-old boy commits suicide in Faryab

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A 14-year-old youth has allegedly committed suicide in Gurziwan district of northern Faryab province. The Faryab Police Headquarters in a statement said the boy, a resident of Ganj village, ended his life at his father’s stove manufacturing factory.…

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Young-man commits suicide in Sar-i-Pul

A 22-year-old man has committed suicide by hanging himself to death in the Sayyad district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Saturday.

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Girl commits suicide; 4 people wounded in Faryab clash

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A 17-year-old girl has allegedly committed suicide in Andkhoi district of northern Faryab province. Separately, in Dawlatabad district, a clash between two tribes left four persons injured, an official said on Thursday. Information and Culture Director Maulvi Shamsuddin…

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Scolded by father, teenage boy ends life in Badakhshan

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): A 16-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging himself to death in northeastern Badakhshan province on Wednesday, police said. Police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgaar told Pajhwok Afghan News that Rahimullah, 16, ended his life by hanging himself after being scolded…

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17-year-old girl commits suicide in Daikundi

NEILI (Pajhwok): A 17-year-old girl has committed suicide in the Miramor district of central Daikundi province, police official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Ghulam Ali Javed confirmed the incident and said that their team had launched investigation and the motive…

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15-year-old boy commits suicide in Wardak

MAIDAN SHAHR (Pajhwok): A 15-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide in central Maidan Wardak province, police said on Tuesday. The provincial police headquarters in a statement said the incident happened yesterday in Star Zarin village of Jaghatu district. The statement…

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Newlywed girl commits suicide in Sar-i-Pul

SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): A 19-year-old newlywed girl has allegedly committed suicide in the Sancharak district of northern Sar-i-Pul province. Police spokesman Din Mohammad Nazari said the 19-year-old girls ended her life after opening fire at herself in Zanjan village of the…

Elderly man jumps to death from hilltop in Daikundi

NEILI (Pajhwok): A 63-year-old man committed suicide by jumping from a hilltop in Takhtoband district of central Daikundi province, an official said on Sunday. Police spokesman Ghulam Ali Javed told Pajhwok Afghan News that the elderly man climbed to the…

14-year-old boy’s body found hanging from tree in Kandahar

KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): A 14-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide in Arghandab district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Friday. Arghandab district deputy head Maulvi Abbas Akhund told Pajhwok the incident happened in Sayedan Kalacha area of Arghandab district.…

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Badakhshan woman commits suicide by eating rat poison

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): A woman allegedly ended her life by eating rat poison due to domestic violence in northeastern Badakhshan province, police said on Friday. Badakhshan police spokesman Ihsanullah Kamkar told Pajhwok Afghan News that Zubidah, a resident of the fifth…

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Teenager commits suicide in Bamyan

BAMYAN (Pajhwok): A teenager allegedly committed suicide after his father refused to allow him to go to Iran in central Bamyan province, an official said on Tuesday. Bamyan police spokesman Mohammad Khawani Rasa identified the 18-year-old as Ali Ahmad, a…

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13-year-old boy commits suicide in Kandahar

KANDAHAR (Pajhwokj): A 13-year-old boy committed suicide in the Zheri district of southern Kandahar province after his father forbade him from leaving the house. Kandahar police spokesman Haji Zaid told Pajhwok that the incident happened on Sunday morning, the third…

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Family problems force man to commit suicide in Badakhshan

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): A 25-year-old man has committed suicide by hanging himself due to family problems in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Sunday. Dr. Shafiqullah Hamdard, chief physician of the provincial hospital, said the individual hanged himself on Saturday…

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Teenage girl hangs herself to death in Daikundi

NEILI (Pajhwok): A 15-year-old girl has committed suicide by hanging herself to death in the Shahristan district of central Daikundi province, police said on Sunday. Police spokesman Ghulam Ali Javed told Pajhwok Afghan News the teenage girl. Fatima, took her…

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15-year-old Baghlan boy commits suicide

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): A 15-year-old boy has committed suicide in the Deh Sala district of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Maulvi Sher Ahmad Burhani told Pajhwok Afghan News Omid claimed his life in Dezak village after…

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At least 19 people killed, 27 injured in Dashti Barchi suicide blast

KABUL (Pajhwok): Nineteen people were killed and 27 others injured in a suicide attack on Kaj Education Centre in the Dasht-i-Barchi locality of capital Kabul on Friday, an official said. Police Spokesperson Khalid Zadran said a suicide attack took place…

18-year-old girl commits suicide in Faryab

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A girl allegedly committed suicide and separately six people were wounded in an accident in northern Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday. Information and Culture Director MawlaviShamsullah Mohammadi told Pajhwok Afghan News the 18-year-old girl committed suicide…

Would-be suicide bomber killed in Kunduz

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): A would-be suicide bomber was killed by own explosives before reaching to his target in northern Kunduz province on Saturday, officials said. Kunduz governor’s spokesman, Esmatullah Muradi told Pajhwok Afghan News that the assailant who attached explosives to…

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Herat records 660 suicide attempts in last 4 months

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A staggering 660 cases of suicide attempts to claim their own lives mostly by women, local officials said Saturday. The officials say 137 suicide attempt cases were registered during the last one month alone at the Herat…

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