The wife of a tribal elder shot dead a Taliban fighter who attacked and injured her husband in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Wednesday. The rebel shot injured Hajji Ghani using a pistol fitted with a…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a tribal elder in southwestern Nimroz province while two thieves were captured in western Farah province, officials said on Monday. An official who wished to go unnamed told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Four persons, including the upraising leader, were killed during a roadside bombing in Maqur district of southern Ghazni province on Tuesday, an official said. Shafiq Nang, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place when…
Two tribal elders have been killed after they were taken hostage by Taliban militants in southern Paktia province, official said Saturday. The tribal elders Malak Rozuddin and Haji Daud were killed in Zurmat district of the province on…
Two of the four kidnapped tribal elders have been killed by rebels in the Almar district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Thursday. The elders were abducted on Wednesday from the Khudaimat area. The bodies of…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a leading tribal elder in Dehyak district of the southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday. Faiz Mohammad Topan, district police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place late…
LASHKARGAH (PAN and a tribal elder have been killed in separate incidents of violence in southern Helmand province, officials said on Wednesday. The two women were killed on Tuesday night in the Taliban-controlled Charchob area of Barak-i-Barak district, the district…
MAIMANA (PAN): Gunmen ambushed a group of tribal elders in northern Faryab province, killing four of them and injuring three others, officials said on Thursday. The gun attack took place on Wednesday evening in the Qaisar district, apparently part of…
SHARANA (PAN): Insurgents stormed the house of a tribal elder and shot him dead in southeastern Paktika province, the governor's office said on Sunday. Haji Nazir was killed when the Taliban attacked his house on Saturday night in Mazko village…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): A pro-government tribal elder was killed by an unidentified gunman in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, officials said on Thursday. Governor’s spokesman Omar Zwak told Pajhwok Afghan News the elder came under attack while returning home…
JALALABAD (PAN): A tribal elder was killed and two of his nephews were wounded in a roaside bombing in the eastern ptovince of Nangarhar, officials said on Saturday. Malik Nazir came under attack as soon as he stepped out of…
JALALABAD (PAN): A Kochi tribal elder was killed in a bomb blast in the Surkhrod district of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday noon, officials said. The explosion happened in Khairabad area of the district at 12pm when the car the…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): A Musa Qala district council member and two of his family members were gunned down by unidentified militants in southern Helmad province, an official said on Wednesday. This incident took place near the district headquarters late on Tuesday, when…
MAIDAN SHAHR (PAN shot dead the deputy head of the Jaghatu district council in central Maidan Wardak province, officials said on Tuesday. The incident took place late on Monday evening in the Bargholi area of the district, Shahidullah Shahid, the…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A tribal elder from Arghandab district of southern Kandahar was set free after spending 15 months in the Bagram jail, the Governor's House said on Thursday. Haji Raz Mohammad was detained during a combined operation by Afghan…
JALALABAD (PAN): An operation has been launched against gunmen of a tribe after they attacked security forces in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Saturday. Over the past two years, two sub-tribes of the Shinwari tribe…
QALAT (PAN): Hundreds of people, including tribal elders, from across the southern province of Zabul held a gathering Saturday to demonstrate their support for the special election tribunal. The tribunal, a panel of five judges, on Thursday announced its much-awaited…
QALAT (PAN): Hundreds of people, including tribal elders, from across the southern province of Zabul held a gathering Saturday to demonstrate their support for the special election tribunal. The tribunal, a panel of five judges, on Thursday announced its much-awaited…
KABUL, officials said on Tuesday. Four fighters and a civilian were killed during a clash between police and Taliban in Khas Uruzgan district of central Uruzgan province, crime branch chief, Col. Gulab Khan, told Pajhwok Afghan News. The clash erupted…
KABUL, officials said on Tuesday. Four fighters and a civilian were killed during a clash between police and Taliban in Khas Uruzgan district of central Uruzgan province, crime branch chief, Col. Gulab Khan, told Pajhwok Afghan News. The clash erupted…
KANDAHARCITY (PAN fighters killed a tribal elder and former parliamentary candidate in the southern province of Kandahar on Monday, an official said. Sarwar Jan was shot dead at about 7am when he came out of his residence in Kandahar City,…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Unidentified gunmen shot dead an elder of the Kochi tribe in the northern province of Balkh, officials said on Tuesday. Mohammad Azim Khan, 60, was gunned down by motorcyclists in the Khwaja Boran area of Kholam district late…
