Residents of Qalat, the capital of southern Zabul province, say they have been without electricity for the past few days and face numerous problems as a result. Qalat residents are provided 2.5 megawatts of electricity from diesel –run…
Two people were killed and a third sustained injuries in a road accident in Sewri district of southern Zabul province, police said on Friday. The incident took place yesterday afternoon in Ahmad Shah Khel area of the district,…
The design of the Tori Oba dam in southern Zabul province has been completed and work on the project would be launched soon, the acting water and energy minister said on Thursday. Abdul Latif Mansour made the announcement…
For the first time in the past 20 years, telephone and internet services have been launched in Nowbahar district of southern Zabul province. Maulvi Abdul Hadi Yahya, Director of Zabul Telecommunications and Information Technology, told Pajhwok that Nowbahar…
Officials in southern Zabul province say a campaign has been launched against land-grabbing in the province, so far recovering 250 acres of land of a refugee township in Qalat, the provincial capital. Zabul governor Suliman Agha Bahir told…
Tight security measures have been put in place in southern Zabul province to enable residents to celebrate Eidul Adha in peace with religious zeal, security officials said on Saturday. Provincial police chief Ayub Akhunzada told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A journalist was among 67 prisoners released from jail in central Uruzgan province while 128 drug addicts released from jail after their treatment in southern Zabul province and reunited with their families. Uruzgan police chief Mullah Abdullah Bashir…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) distributed cash assistance amounting to $330,000 to more than 820 displaced families in southern Zabul province. Engineer Abdul Khaliq Akakhel, Wadan NGO provincial deputy head, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Residents of southern Zabul province say telecom services do not work in many areas and poorly work in some areas. Farid Ahmad, a resident of Qalat, told Pajhwok Afghan News that local residents faced problems due to low…
At least four people were killed and two more wounded in a traffic accident in southern Zabul province on Sunday, an official said. Mullah AhmadullahNafiz, traffic manager, told Pajhwok Afghan News, the accident took place when a corolla…
The Revenue Department of southern Zabul province has collected 62 million afghanis revenue during the last fiscal year from tax and non-tax sources. Maulvi Noorul Hassan Mohsin, Zabul revenue department director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that in the…
A teenage boy has been killed by unidentified people in Qalat, the capital of southern Zabul province, officials said Sunday. ZabihullahJawhar, provincial police spokesman, confirmed the incident and said the teenager named Azizullah was killed on Saturday night.…
The government will resume work on incomplete projects in southern Zabul province, announced a senior official on Wednesday. Hafiz Mohammad Amin Farooqi, administrative deputy minister for urban development and land, made the remarks during a meeting with officials…
The Justice Department of southern Zabul province has started a campaign to wrest back usurped government land and has so far reclaimed thousands of acres of land from its encroachers. Maulvi Abdul Waris, director of the judiciary, told…
Two persons died in two separate road accidents in southern Zabul province, an official said on Saturday. Traffic official Lalai said the accidents took place in Jaldak and Haji Garan areas of the provincial capital, Qalat. The first…
The Refugee Department of southern Zabul province on Thursday said the return of Afghan refugees from neighboring countries to the province has accelerated following the end of the conflict. Maulvi Hamdullah Samim, Zabul's director of refugee and repatriation…
Provincial Council members of southeastern Khost province on Sunday accused the police chief for Shahr-i-Safa district of Zabul province of killing a trader. The public representative said that an autos trader named Mir Wali, a resident of…
A resident of southern Zabul province, who lost her four sons in the same Taliban attack, has called on the warring parties to show mercy on civilians and stop the fighting. Bibi Halima, whose four sons in police…
A senior official on Thursday said Taliban militants destroyed an antenna of the Afghan Wireless Telecommunication network by using artillery in southern Zabul province. Deputy Governor Haji EnayatullahHotak told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Shinkai…
Six security personnel in a check-post have been killed and four others wounded in an in insider attack on Zabul-Kandahar highway while a National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel was killed and two other were wounded in southwestern…
Nine policemen defected to the Taliban along with their weapons and seven insurgents were killed separately but near simultaneously in southern Zabul province, officials on Saturday. A security source told Pajhwok Afghan News the nine policemen surrendered…
Forty-three government prisoners have fled a Taliban prison in southern Zabul province, an official said on Saturday. Deputy Governor Haji EnayatullahHotak said the prison was situated in a mountainous area between Shajoy and Nawbahar districts. He said the…
QALAT (KABUL have been killed during security forces operation in southern Zabul province, an official said on Saturday. Deputy Police Chief Col. Fida Mohammad Pirzada said security forces eliminated a group of Taliban in the Jaldak locality west of Qalat.…
Fifteen policemen were killed during a gun-battle with Taliban insurgents near the capital of southern Zabul province on Friday. Zabul police spokesman Lal Mohammad Ameri confirmed the clash in Hazar Tak area of Qalat, the provincial capital, but…
