Work on establishing 40 fish-breading arms was launched in the capital of central Uruzgan province on Wednesday. Governor Mohammad Nazir Kharotai told the 17 million afghanis pisciculture project’s inauguration ceremony in Tirinkot that the farms would generate jobs…
Fifteen militants, including five Haqqani network members, have been killed in airstrikes in Uruzgan and Paktika provinces, officials said on Saturday. In southeastern Paktika province, a commander was among five Haqqani network insurgents killed in a drone strike…
The chief judge for central Uruzgan province survived a car bomb attack on Wednesday, an official said. Malak Zainullah, commander of the first police battalion, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion took place in the limits of the…
At least 10 Taliban insurgents have been killed and another 15 wounded during airstrikes in the capital of central Uruzgan province, officials said on Monday. A police official at the provincial police headquarters, 2nd Lt. Zainullah, told Pajhwok…
Eight recently-built greenhouses have been inaugurated in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Saturday. Governor Mohammad Nazir Kharoti, at the inauguration ceremony, told Pajhwok Afghan News the facilities had been built in different areas of the provincial…
Insurgents launched attacks on security posts in the Charchino district of central Uruzgan province on Saturday night, killing nearly 11 security men, with the firefight still ongoing, officials said. Deputy provincial police chief, Col. Abdul Qawi Omari, told…
More than 80 Taliban militants have been killed and 29 others wounded during five days of an ongoing clearing operation codenamed ‘Khalid’ in central Uruzgan province, officials said on Saturday. Maj. Gen Abdul Qayum Baqi Zoe, 404th police…
Residents of central Uruzgan province on Friday held a gathering to voice their support for recent anti-US remarks by former president Hamid Karzai. After the US dropped its largest bomb on a cave network used by Daesh militants…
Eight Taliban militants were killed after they stormed a security post in the capital of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Friday. The rebels attacked a security post in Sola area of Tirinkot yesterday, sparking a gun-battle…
Police in central Uruzgan province complain they have not received salaries for the past eight months, making it hard for them to meet family and other needs. A former police chief for Uruzgan was among several serving policemen…
For the last eight months, the Taliban have besieged a military compound in central Uruzgan province, trapping dozens of soldiers inside, residents and their representatives said on Sunday. The Taliban launched coordinated attacks on army and police posts…
Russian mentors have been seen with Taliban militants operating just 10 kilometres from Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province, an official claimed on Tuesday. Police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farooq Sangari told Pajhwok Afghan News Russian trainers…
Seven Taliban militants have been killed and 10 others wounded in an ongoing operation in southern Uruzgan province, the provincial police chief said on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farooq Sangari told a press conference here that one security…
At least 54 Taliban have been killed and 32 others wounded during a week of ongoing operations in southern Uruzgan province, security officials said on Sunday. Brig. Gen. Gulam Hazrat Kakar, Atal Military Corps spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Seventeen dead bodies of Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been evacuated from a base the Taliban militants have besieged over the past six months in central Uruzgan province. Provincial council members criticized on Wednesday the Ministry of…
A local reporter’s father has been killed by an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier in central Uruzgan province, officials said on Tuesday. Gulaly, eyewitness told Pajhwok Afghan news that the incident took place near the Monar square in…
At least nine Taliban militants have been killed and 14 others wounded during a clearing operation in southern Uruzgan province, officials said on Monday. Uruzgan police chief, Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farooq Sangari, told Pajhwok Afghan News the operation…
At least four policemen have been killed and five others wounded in Trinkot, the capital city of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Wednesday. Uruzgan police chief, Brig. Gen. Gulam Farooq Sangari, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Twenty Taliban militants were killed and another 23 wounded in airstrikes in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Monday. The Uruzgan governor’s spokesperson, Dost Mohammad Nayab, told Pajhwok Afghan News the airstrikes were carried out on the…
More than 70 percent of the police in central Uruzgan province have been entered into biometric system, the police chief said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Sediqi told a press conference here that so far more than 70…
At least 60 Taliban militants have been killed and 80 others wounded, including some notorious commanders, in an ongoing clearing operation on the outskirts of Tirinkot, the capital of the central Uruzgan province, an official said on Thursday.…
The governor on Tuesday said the airstrike that injured 14 members of a family in Chora district of central Uruzgan province was being investigated. Few days back, the family members were injured in an Afghan National Army (ANA)’s…
Nearly 50 Taliban militants, including some notorious commanders, have been killed and scores of others wounded during security forces’ operations in central Uruzgan and southern Helmand provinces, officials said on Sunday. The governor’s house of Helmand province in…
Thirty Taliban militants, including a suicide bomber, have been killed and 40 others wounded as a result of a latest clearing operation in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Tuesday. Provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Wali Jan…
