The brother of a former Wolesi Jirga airstrike during the election campaign. But the deadly raid is yet to be investigated, according to the brother of Abdul Wahid Khurasani -- a candidate from northern Tahkar province for the…
Elder brother of a slain journalist and Pajhwok Afghan News correspondent, Ahmad Omaid Khapalwak, says his brother’s killing took away all happiness from his life. Khapalwak, who served as Pajhwok Afghan News reporter in central Uruzgan province, was…
A family who lost three children to a roadside bombing in southern Kandahar province has urged the Taliban to stop claiming lives of people with the merciless device. Another six members of the family were injured when…
Families of victims of two deadly attacks in Yahyakhel and Argon districts of southeastern Paktika province have urged all warring sides to embrace peace and quit fighting in the best interest of the teeming masses. Nearly two years…
A resident of northern Jawzjan province, Mohammad Jan, migrated to neighbouring Balkh province fleeing insecurity in his hometown, but he lost his four family members here. Actual resident of Faizabad district of Jawzjan, the 60-year-old Mohammad Jan arrived…
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, who lost both eyes in the war, says he is unable to afford treatment for being poor. The soldier, Bashir Ahmad, first lost one of his eyes during a fighting with militants…
A 60-year-old woman, Babo, has lost her husband and six sons to the conflict in central Uruzgan province. She says government officials are demanding bribe from her in return for issuing martyr cards of her sons. Babo lives…
A 70-year-old man, who lost his two sons to an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in western Herat province, says life has since been a burden and no one has assisted him during his life’s difficult days.…
Attiqullah was two-years-old when his father was killed in a group Taliban attack, including a truck bombing, on the central jail in southern Kandahar province nine years ago. Wearing dirty clothes, exhausted and covered with sweat in hot…
A policeman, blinded in both eyes during a roadside bombing during an operation with his both eyes were blinded in southern Helmand province, complains he has been left in the lurch after being incapacitated. “When I was perfect,…
Saifur Rahman, a schoolteacher, says his two daughters, aged eight and nine years, were cut into pieces after being hit by a rocket fired during clashes between security forces and Taliban militants in Tagab district of central Kapisa…
Families who lost their beloved ones to a 2007 bombing that killed 80 people including some lawmakers in northern Baghlan province complain the government has never asked about their problems in seven years that passed after the incident.…
Ten-years-old Sibghatullah, whose father was killed during a fight with Taliban militants, sells bolanis to eke out a living for his family. The boy says his mother and siblings must starve when he returns home empty-handed after…
Family members of those killed and wounded in a powerful truck bomb blast six years ago in southern Kandahar province say they still lead a painful and miserable life. The bereaved families say…
Having lost three of his family members to a suicide bombing seven years back, an anguished resident of central Logar province pans the government and other organisations for failing to give him any recompense. At least 40 people,…
Shugofa, one of the war victims, is living in a stable. She says has no option but to beg for alms and complains some men sometimes make illegal demands on her, which makes her life more miserable. The…
Two months after the shelling of a mosque in Syedabad attack by Afghan troops, affected residents remain in a state of shock and demand harsh punishments for the killers of civilians. On Dec. 4, nine people --…
“I had two sons. One of them lost his life to an airstrike by foreign forces and the second has been suffering from paralysis, breaking my back,” sobs an anguished man from northern Kunduz province. Abdul Karim,…
