A child was injured in an explosion at a scrap metal shop in central Uruzgan province on Sunday, officials said. Qari Mahmood Mudassar, spokesman for the Uruzgan governor's office, said a six-year-old girl was injured in the incident,…
Residents of Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province, say they are worried about increasing robbery cases in the city. They say their belongings and assets are not safe, asking officials concerned to take steps for controlling the…
Tirinkot city of central Uruzgan province was put on lockdown after a physical and verbal clash occurred between protestors and police headquarters on Tuesday afternoon. Police have arrested dozens of individuals, including former deputy police chief, during clearing…
Residents of central Uruzgan province have expressed concern over embarrassing names of squares and streets of Tirinkot.. Some roundabouts have been given bizarre names like opium, naswar (snuff), potato, gas, chicken, mechanics, butchers and carpenter squares. Resident Mohammad…
A strategic area in the capital of central Uruzgan province has been wrested back from the Taliban, claimed police on Saturday. The Landa Kosa locality recently gained popularity due to its strategic location that remained under Taliban control…
A man killed his wife in Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province, on Monday, an official said. Col. Dil Agha, police chief of the first municipality district of Tirinkot, told Pajhwok Afghan News the man after beheading…
A landmine explosion killed one policeman and injured a second policeman and two uprising members in the capital of central Uruzgan province on Sunday, an official said. Provincial deputy police chief, Abdul Qawi Omari, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Four children were injured as a result of a landmine explosion in Tirinkot , the capital of central Uruzgan province, on Saturday morning, officials said. Deputy police chief, Col. Abdul Qayyum, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion took…
At least 38 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 12 police wounded during an ongoing operation in the capital of central Uruzgan province, officials said on Wednesday. Uruzgan police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farooq Sangari told Pajhwok Afghan…
Three policemen have been killed and four others wounded during overnight militants’ attacks on police check posts in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Monday. Police chief, Col. Ghulam Farooq Sangari told Pajhowk Afghan News, around 15…
The Provincial Council (PC) chief on Wednesday warned the capital of central Uruzgan province would fall into Taliban’s hands if Special Forces were not immediately dispatched. Abdul Karim Khademzai issued the warning when hundreds of Taliban were attacking…
Dozens of Taliban fighters stormed the provincial capital of central Uruzgan province from several directions last night, sparking clashes that continued on Tuesday, officials said. One security official said at least 62 attackers suffered casualties in the ensuing…
Two people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed and as many wounded when the roofs of two shops collapsed in the provincial capital’s bazaar in central Uruzgan province on Saturday. The incident that took place in the Tirinkot…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a man and his son in Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Friday. A police official, wishing not to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News the double-murder incident…
