Eight Taliban militants were killed in an airstrike in the capital of central Uruzgan province last night, an official said on Friday. Another three militants were injured in the NATO airstrike that struck a centre of the insurgents…
A five-member gang accused of targeted killings and planting landmines has been arrested in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Sunday. The deputy governor, Abdul Wahid Patan, said the group was detained based on an intelligence report…
Fifty-five insurgents have been killed and 10 others injured in security forces joint operations in the Maiwand and Zherai districts of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL attack in central Uruzgan province on September 30. Reports on September 30 said militants stormed security forces check-posts in the Chora district of Uruzgan, leaving 26 security personnel dead. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) did not share information about…
At least 80 schools have been closed as a result of the recent conflict in central Uruzgan province, affecting thousands of students, an official said on Thursday. Mohammad Nazir Kharoti, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Twenty security personnel have been missing as fierce clash ongoing between security forces and the Taliban 50 metres from the Chora district centre in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Sunday. Aminullah Khaleqi, the administrative chief of…
Local officials of central Uruzgan on Saturday said Afghan forces were resisting a Taliban’s coordinated attack on the center of Chori district of the province. A local security official who declined to be named told Pajhwok Afghan News…
After ‘a serious warning’ from Taliban centres in central Uruzgan province have been closed, local residents said on Saturday. Over the past few days, dozens of health centres were shut down in Trinkot, the provincial capital, and districts.…
At least 25 Taliban have been killed and 11 others wounded during a ground and air operation in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Wednesday. Gen Rahmat Shah Qemati, the Afghan National Army’s fourth brigade commander, told…
Residents, religious scholars and civil society activists in central Uruzgan province on Thursday said the government had failed in properly combating the menace of drugs. Participants of a counter-narcotics gathering held at the governor’s house here criticized the…
A number of residents of central Uruzgan province say they want both the government and armed militants to avoid clashes in residential areas and using residents as human shield. A large number of people on Friday arrived from…
At least 45 Taliban insurgents have been killed during an Afghan forces operation in central Uruzgan province, the provincial police chief said on Wednesday. Brig Gen. Rahmatullah Siddiqi told a press conference here the clearing operation codenamed “Khanjer-7”…
One security personnel was killed and nine civilians and three security men were wounded in two separate blasts in central Uruzgan province, a senior medic said on Sunday. A bomb-rigged motorcycle went off in the provincial capital, Tirinkot,…
Ten insurgents have been killed and their wounded commander captured in a recently launched clearing operation in the capital of central Uruzgan province, officials said Wednesday. Uruzgan acting police chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Sidiqi told reporters here that…
Four civilians and three police were wounded on Monday when a bomb-rigged motorcycle was remotely detonated in the capital of central Uruzgan province, police said. The blast took place in the limits of the first police district in…
More than 80 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 30 others wounded in airstrikes by Afghan forces in central Uruzgan province, officials claimed on Wednesday. Col. Rahmat Shah Qemtai, Afghan National Army (ANA) fourth brigade commander in Uruzgan,…
As many as 452 dead and injured people were delivered at the Civil Hospital in the capital of central Uruzgan province during the past one year, health officials said on Wednesday. Hospital Director Aminullah Tokhi told reporters here…
Two civilians have been killed and eight others injured in a bomb explosion in the Chora district of central Uruzgan province, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. MP Obaidullah Barakzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the victims were ordinary people…
An Afghan military helicopter allegedly shelled a vehicle carrying civilians in the capital of central Uruzgan province on Friday, killing one woman and injuring another woman and a child. “We were travelling to Garm Ab district from Tirinkot…
Work on five development projects was launched in Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province, on Thursday, the governor said. Mohammad Nazir Kharotai told the projects’ inauguration ceremony that four of the schemes would be implemented by the…
Five policemen and 15 Taliban militants have been killed in central Uruzgan province, while two civilians were stabbed to death in eastern Nengarhar province, officials said on Wednesday. Uruzgan police Chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Sediqi told Pajhwok Afghan…
More than a 1,000 war-displaced families were assisted in central Uruzgan province on Saturday. The families fled homes about a year ago and arrived in interior Tirinkot, the provincial capital, from nearby areas and districts due to clashes…
KABUL insurgents were killed and half a dozen wounded in separate clashes with security forces in central Uruzgan province, officials said on Wednesday. An official at the provincial police headquarters, 2nd Lt. Zainullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban rebels…
Eighteen Taliban insurgents, including a commander, were killed during an overnight air raid in the capital of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Thursday. An officer at the provincial police headquarters, 2nd Lt. Zainullah, told Pajhwok Afghan…
