The police chief for central Uruzgan province on Monday claimed insurgents were carrying out targeted killings in cooperation with some government officials. Brig. Gen. Ghulam Sakhi Rogh Lewanai told a press conference here that recent targeted killings had…
Dozens of police have abandoned their posts in Dehrawud district and arrived in the capital of central Uruzgan province after developing differences with the district police chief, an official said on Sunday. Dost Mohammad Nayab, the governor’s spokesman,…
Some policemen have been terminated in central Uruzgan province after complaints they misbehaved with people, an official said on Sunday. Deputy provincial police chief Col. Rahimullah Khan told a press conference here that he visited Dehrawud district on…
At least 14 Taliban militants were killed and another eight wounded during an overnight clash with police in central Uruzgan province, officials said on Monday. The clash erupted on Sunday night when insurgents attacked 10 security posts in…
Police on Thursday claimed recovering more than 300 kilograms of drugs from a vehicle in central Uruzgan province. Provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Sakhi Roghlewani said the drugs were confiscated on Wednesday night during a search in…
Afghan soldiers on Monday torched 1,719 kilograms of narcotics they had seized from a truck on the Tirinkot-Kandahar highway in central Uruzgan province. The Afghan National Army’s fourth battalion acting commander in Uruzgan, Lt. Gen. Mohammad Qasim Helmandwal…
Security forces destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle after seizing it before reaching target in the capital of central Uruzgan province, police said on Sunday. The explosives-laden car was confiscated last night in Tori area of Tirinkot, the provincial capital,…
Gunmen shot dead three persons, including a schoolteacher and his son, in Khas Uruzgan district of central Uruzgan province, the district chief said on Sunday. Malak Abdul Karim said the gunmen whisked the three persons away from their…
Two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion on a military patrol in central Uruzgan province on Friday, an official said. The patrol came under attack in the Chambarak area of Charchino district before…
Some residents of Chora district of central Uruzgan province complain the district chief takes illegal money from them for shifting firewood from their own land. “The district chief takes money from every vehicle, if a driver denies, his…
A newly-reconstructed stadium was inaugurated in central Uruzgan province while construction work launched on streets’ pavement in southeastern Paktia province, officials said on Monday. Uruzgan Governor Mohammad Nazeer Kharotai, who inaugurated the stadium in Tirinkot, the provincial capital,…
Local officials on Wednesday said at least 38 policemen and 65 Taliban fighters were killed during three days of clashes in Charchinu district of central Uruzgan province. Wali Dad, the Charchinu police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News if…
The newly-appointed governor on Sunday said improving security situation in central Uruzgan province would be his top priority. Haji Nazir Kharotai, who replaces Amanullah Taimori, was appointed by President Ashraf Ghani as the governor of Uruzgan few days…
At least 18 militants have been killed during airstrikes in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Sunday. Aminullah Khaliqi, the Deh Rawood district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News foreign forces conducted air raid in some parts of…
Hundreds of Taliban fighters were closing in on the headquarters of two districts in central Uruzgan province, with efforts faltering to shift the dead bodies and injured Afghan security personnel to hospital, officials said on Wednesday. The Taliban…
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…
The Taliban have gunned down the acting administrative head for Sarab, a provisional district of central Uruzgan province, a police official said on Wednesday. The insurgents took the district chief, Qasim Khan, out of his residence late on…
A roadside bomb ripped through a vehicle carrying road workers near the capital of central Uruzgan province on Friday, killing two labourers and injuring another three, an official said. The workers were returning from a road construction project…
The Afghanistan attack on Saturday, an official said. The governor’s spokesman Dost Mohammad Nayab told Pajhwok Afghan News Taliban attack a government convoy at around 10:30pm in Sarkhobi area on Tarinkot-Kandahar road. Maulvi Lal Mohammad, member of the…
Three policemen have been killed and eight others wounded in a roadside bombing in the Chora district of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Saturday. District chief Abdul Malik told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion took place…
An Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander was airlifted overnight along with his family members and 70 personnel, who had been besieged by the Taliban for the last 50 days, in central Uruzgan province, officials said on Sunday. Uruzgan…
Construction work on a 50-bed hospital in the capital of central Uruzgan province has resumed after it was halted six years ago, the acting governor said on Sunday. Amanullah Taimuri told the inauguration ceremony that the construction company…
Intelligence officials on Sunday arrested the public health director for central Uruzgan province on charges that he trained terrorists in health centres, prompting doctors and staff to close down the civil hospital. Mohammad Nayab, the spokesman for the…
A heavy explosion in front of the Kabul Bank branch left five people wounded on Saturday in Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province, an official said. Dost Mohammad Nayab, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
