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NDS arrests would-be suicide bomber, his handler in Kabul

KABUL) on Sunday. The statement said that suspects were detained during a special operation with a pistol, a suicide vest and two hand grenades in the outskirts of Sarobi district of Kabul. NDS identified the detainees as Rahmanullah , the…

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61 women attempt suicide in Daikundi this year

NEILI (Pajhwok): Seventy-four cases of suicide were registered this ongoing year in central Daidkundi province, showing a 60 percent decrease, officials said on Tuesday. Ishaq Ali Darman, the provincial Public Health Department head, told Pajhwok Afghan News there were 128…

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2 killed, 3 injured in Kandahar suicide attack

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): At least two people were killed and three others wounded in a suicide attack in the capital of southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, officials said. Kandahar police spokesman, Zia Durani, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident…

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Family violence: Ghor woman commits suicide

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): A married woman has allegedly committed suicide by drinking acid in western Ghor province, an official said on Wednesday. The woman, identified as Seyah Moi took her life in Ahangaran locality of Ferozkoh, the provincial capital, late on…

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Girl commits suicide; Taliban gunman kills 2 kin

FEROZKOH/FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Ghor province while separately an insurgent killed his uncle and wounded a cousin in northeastern Badakhshan province, security officials said Monday. Mohammad Iqbal Nizami, the Ghor governor’s spokesman, told…

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18-year-old commits suicide in Samangan

AIBAK (Pajhwok): An 18-years-old boy has committed suicide by hanging himself to death in northern Samangan province, an official said on Monday. Provincial police spokesman Munir Rahimi told Pajhwok Afghan News the youth, Safiullah, hailed from Guzar-Bagh Zakhira locality of…

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Mother of 4 jumps to death from Faryab peak

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A young ‘mentally ill’ woman jumped to her death from a mountain summit in the Kohistan district of northern Faryab province, an official said on Monday. The 25-year-old married woman allegedly jumped from a 300-meter height in Hawz…

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NDS foils suicide attack in Ghor

KABUL) said on Saturday. A statement from NDS received by Pajhwok Afghan News, said the would-be suicide bomber named Asadullah aka Sadaqat Maihan, was trained for suicide bombing across the Durand Line. The detainee confessed he was involved in several…

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Herat man says sorry to friends before suicide

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A 24-year-old man has committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after saying “sorry” to friends on Facebook in western Herat province, an official said on Sunday. Rashid Aria uploaded his last video on his Facebook…

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Teenage Faryab girl hangs herself to death

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A 19-year-old girl has allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself inside her home in the Pashtunkot district of northwestern Faryab province, a security official said on Monday. The security official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan…

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Farah: Teenager commits suicide, 2 police shot dead

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Two policemen have been shot dead in the Pushtrod district of western Farah province, where a young girl committed suicide in the provincial capital, officials said on Thursday. Master Najib Omar, the crime branch chief, told Pajhwok…

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Girl commits suicide, woman found dead

SHIBERGHA/SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): A girl hanged herself to death in the capital of northwestern Jawzjan province while a 26 years old woman was found dead in Sar-i-Pul, officials said on Sunday. Mohammad Reza Ghafoori, the Jawzjan governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan…

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Woman commits suicide in Faryab

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A 35-year-old woman committed suicide by poisoning herself in Maimana city, the capital of northwestern Faryab province on Saturday, an official said. Provincial police spokesman, Abdul Karim Yurish, told Pajhwok Afghan News the woman named, Abida, the mother…

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Teenage boy commits suicide, police pick-up blown up

AIBAK (Pajhwok): A teenage boy committed suicide in Aibak, the capital of northern Samangan province, on Monday, an official said. In a separate incident, a police pick-up was destroyed by a magnetic bomb attached to it, the provincial police spokesman…

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Woman commits suicide in Herat

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A 21-year-old woman has shot herself to death in Herat City, the capital of western Herat province, an official said on Sunday. Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai, spokesman for zonal hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan News Anisa Gul, 21, gunned…

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Woman, children in hospital after jumping from 3rd floor

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A woman jumped from the third storey of her house along with two children in northern Balkh province after her husband informed her of his second marriage plan. Provincial police spokesman Sher Jan Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News…

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Herat: 14 people commit suicide in 9 months

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Fourteen people, half of them women, committed suicide during the past nine months, registering a 50 percent increase, Zonal Hospital officials in western Herat province said on Thursday. Herat Zonal Hospital spokesman Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai told Pajhwok…

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19-year-old girl strangles herself to death in Faryab

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Three insurgents were killed and four wounded during a clash with a pro-government militia in northern Faryab province where a 19-year-old girl hanged herself to death, officials said on Monday. Col. Mir Amanullah, deputy provincial police chief, told…

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Police officer’s wife commits suicide in Jawzjan

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok):  The wife of a police officer has committed suicide and her spouse has been arrested in connection with the incident in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Saturday. Provincial crime investigation chief Col. Abdul Rauf Raufi told…

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Elderly Jawzjan man commits suicide to escape poverty

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A 65-year-old man has committed suicide after what an official said on Sunday “failing to provide food to his family” in Khwaja Do Koh district of northern Jawzjan province. The governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Reza, told Pajhwok Afghan News…

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18-year-old boy commits suicide in Parwan

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): An 18-year-old boy committed suicide by shooting himself dead in central Parwan province, an official said on Monday. Col. Abdul Samad Zalmai, the crime branch chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News Amir Mohammad’s body was found in the Minara…

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Woman commits suicide, spouse detained in Faryab

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A 20-year-old married woman on Thursday committed suicide due to what police said domestic violence in the capital of northern Faryab province. The woman, who got married two years ago and left behind a six-month-old child, took her…

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Child trained as suicide bomber by Taliban detained in Kunduz

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Police in northern Kunduz province have detained a child, who was trained on conducting suicide bombings after being kidnapped by Taliban six years ago, an official said on Sunday. Roohullah, 11, was kidnapped from the Khanabad port…

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Logar suicide attack leaves civilians among 6 dead

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the building of police's Quick Response Team (QRT), leaving six civilians dead and 26 civilians, including 11 doctors and three policemen, wounded in central Logar province on Thursday, the governor…