A child and a woman were killed and another six people, including women and children, sustained injuries when two cars crashed head-on on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Wednesday. The…
Seven militants have been killed in US drone strikes in central Maidan Wardak province while two leading Taliban commanders killed in face-off with police in Logar province, officials said on Tuesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for…
Dozens of women in the Jalrez district in central Maidan Wardak province. Ataullah Khogyani, the provincial government spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the training had been organized by the provincial Rural Rehabilitation and Development Department. The course was…
The provincial council members and residents of central Maidan Wardak on Sunday demanded construction of a university in the provincial capital instead of Said Abad district. Sharif Ullah Hotak, member of provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
At least 14 people accused of killing 12 passengers have been detained by police in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said Tuesday. In late March, at least 12 passengers, including a woman were killed by suspected…
The apple crop production has dropped while wheat harvest yield has markedly increased in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Monday. Director Agriculture Eng. Fazal Umar told Pajhwok Afghan News that the apple production had…
The production of apricot and apples has decreased by 65 percent in the Nirkh district of central Maidan Wardak province this solar year, officials said on Thursday. Though agriculture officials link the fall to harsh weather conditions,…
The provincial council of central Maidan Wardak on Wednesday appointed an interim administration board following the continuous absence of some members, an official said. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Maidan Wardak provincial…
Work on three development projects, benefiting thousands of families, has been inaugurated in southern Ghazni province, the acting governor said on Saturday. Musa Khan Akbarzada told Pajhwok Afghan News the projects included a 100-bed hospital, a…
Six insurgents and two women have been killed and a dozen others, including rebels and civilians, injured during separate incidents in Kandahar and Maidan Wardak provinces, officials said on Thursday. In southern Kandahar, three militants were killed…
A spacious ancient stone room has been discovered in the Araban area of Jalrez district in central Maidan Wardak province, officials said on Thursday. Locals initially noticed a small hole in a mountain where they were quarrying…
Forty-six million afghanis would be spent on the construction of 36 playgrounds in different districts of Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Friday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan News the volleyball, football and…
A volleyball tournament featuring 44 squads got under way in the capital of central Maidan Wardak province on Friday. The three-week event is aimed to select the provincial team, according to the governor’s spokesman, who told Pajhwok…
Released from the Bagram prison in central Parwan province, a Taliban commander has reportedly returned to the battlefield in central Maidan Wardak province, reliable sources told Pajhwok Afghan News on Tuesday. Maulvi Aminullah, who had been arrested…
The special police unit in central Maidan Wardak province got a new building, with all facilities, an official said on Sunday. Governor Abdul Majeed Khogyani and a number of military and civil officials participated in the inaugural…
Governor Abdul Majid Khogyani has said 338 development projects would be initiated and completed by this year’s end in central Maidan Wardak province. Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News the projects would cost 6 million afghanis and work…
The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) would spend 320 million afghanis in central Maidan Wardak province on various projects this year, an official said on Thursday. This was announced by the SCA’s Deputy Programme Implementation Director in…
Four public order policemen have been killed by militants in central Wardak province, an official said on Thursday. Five policemen--- serving in Kandahar--- were on their way to Kabul when militants kidnapped them on Kabul-Kandahar highway in…
The governor for central Maidan Wardak province on Wednesday said security forces should not be used for any political purposes because the whole nation had trust in them. Presiding over a security meeting in Maidan Shahr, Abdul…
Ten militants, including a notorious commander, have been killed and four others detained in offensives in Maidan Wardak and Kandahar provinces, official said Wednesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the Maidan Wardak governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The foundation stone of a university was laid in central Maidan Wardak province on Saturday, an official said. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, said the foundation stone-laying ceremony was held for the university being built in Syedabad district.…
KABUL) has promised reconstructing the Syedabad district headquarters building, which was destroyed in a powerful car suicide bombing a year ago in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Sunday. The massive suicide blast targeted an ISAF military base…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL Food Program (WFP) on Sunday promised aid to 985 families in central Maidan Wardak province, where 36 deserving households received daily-use items. WFP said the aid worth more than $70,000 contained various food items would be distributed to poor…
