KABUL): Eight people were killed and wounded when the vehicle they were travelling in struck a roadside bomb in central Uruzgan province on Saturday evening, the governor's office said. A woman, a child and two women were killed and four…
TIRINKOT (PAN): Work on a power expansion project aimed at extending electricity to thousands of families in central Uruzgan province was launched on Monday, officials said. The 70 million afghanis project would help extend electricity connections to 3000 families in…
TARINKOT (PAN militants abducted more than a dozen Afghan Local Police (ALP) members following in a clash in the Charchino district of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Sunday. Mohammad Ismail, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
KABUL for the 7th consecutive day on Thursday. Thousands of people rallied in Tirinkot -- the capital of central Uruzgan province -- against cross-border attacks by Pakistan and declared jihad against the neighbouring country. Religious scholars, tribal elders and former…
KABUL clinic was inaugurated in the Deh Rawud district of central Uruzgan province on Wednesday, when repair work on a key highway finished in Maidan Wardak province. An inaugural ceremony for the ward, costing $5 million, was attended by provincial…
TIRINKOT/JALALABAD (PAN): Hundreds of people in central Uruzgan province on Saturday staged an anti-Pakistani protest, an official said. Nearly 800 people chanted “down with ISI and long live Afghan forces” during the rally in Tirinkot, the provincial capital. Urging the…
TIRINKOT (PAN): Six people of a family were killed and wounded in a roadside bombing in the Charchino district of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Wednesday. A man and two of his children were killed and three women…
TIRINKOT/JALALABAD (PAN's Victory Day in central Uruzgan and eastern Nangarhar provinces, paying tributes to the martyrs. Falling on April 28, the day is marked as an official holiday commemorating the end of communist rule in 1992. In Tirinkot, the capital…
KABUL): A 20-kilometre road is being constructed in Uruzgan, the first-ever mega project of its kind in the central province over the past decade, officials said on Thursday. A contract to the effect was signed between the Ministry of Public…
KABUL that translated into her election as member of the council. Despite numerous challenges and attempts on her life by the Taliban, Marjan was able to be elected as the council member after she attracted the attention of tribal elders…
KABUL): Three men were shot dead while asleep as a result of a prior enmity in Deh Yak district of southern Ghazni province, while three children accidently died in central Uruzgan province, officials said on Sunday. A man identified as…
TIRINKOT (PAN projects in central Uruzgan province, the governor said on Sunday. Amir Mohammad Akhundzada said this at a meeting attended by central government officials and foreign dignitaries in Tirinkot, the provincial capital. The visiting delegation included Australian embassy representatives…
KABUL): As many as 16 insurgents were killed and several others were wounded during separate incidents of violence in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. Eleven Taliban fighters were killed and as…
TIRINKOT (PAN): Thousands of people, who gathered in the capital of central Uruzgan province on Thursday, vowed not to give militants refuge in their areas and resist their efforts at harassing dwellers. The meeting was attended by tribal elders, religious…
TIRINKOT (PAN): Two policemen were killed and another wounded in a roadside bombing in the central province of Uruzgan on Monday, a local official said. The explosion took place in the morning when a police vehicle was plying the road…
HERAT CITY (PAN): Two civilians and a policeman were killed and three of his colleagues wounded in a roadside bombing in central Uruzgan and western Herat provinces, officials said on Saturday. A civilian vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Herat…
TIRINKOT (PAN): The foundation stone of a building for the Charchino district headquarters was laid in the central province of Uruzgan, officials said on Thursday. Governor Amir Mohammad Akhundzada, lawmaker Obaidullah Barakzai, local officials and tribal elders participated in Wednesday’s…
TIRINKOT (PAN): A district chief was injured along with three of his bodyguards in a roadside bombing in the central province of Uruzgan, an official said on Thursday. The blast ripped through the vehicle carrying Abdullah, the Gizab administrative chief,…
TIRINKOT (PAN. Aminullah told Pajhwok Afghan News he had shared the threats with security officials, but the Wednesday night attack showed he and his family were unsafe. But police spokesman Farid Ayaili said they had received no information about the…
TIRINKOT (PAN projects in their town, official said on Monday. Residents conveyed their demand to Governor Amir Mohammad Akhundzada and Senators Amanullah Azimi and Heela Achakzai during a visit to the district. Abdullah Himmat, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL sooner than expected, saying that security in central Uruzgan province would transition to local forces ahead of schedule. Australian troops would complete the switch in Uruzgan by the end of the current year, the defence minister told reporters in…
TIRINKOT (PAN): An engineer with a telecommunication firm was killed on Sunday by a roadside bomb that tore through his car in the Dehrawud district of central Uruzgan province, an official said. The victim, who worked for the UAE-based Etisalat…
Kandahar (PAN): Latifa who was badly beaten by her husband and father-in-law in Chora district of Uruzgan province has been moved to Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar She said her husband beat her badly, breaking several of her teeth and slitting…
TIRINKOT (PAN): Three security personnel and a civilian were killed during a roadside bombing in the central province of Uruzgan, officials said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday evening when a logistic vehicle of security personnel struck a…
