Five Taliban militants have been killed by own explosion in southern Zabul province, officials said Monday. Governor’s spokesman, Gul Islam Seyal, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place when the rebels were planting bomb under a…
Fourteen Taliban militants have been killed and 20 others wounded during an operation by security forces in Shah-i- Safa district of southern Zabul province, police said on Friday. The operation in Ishaqzai area of the district was launched…
Two bodyguards of the deputy police chief for southern Zabul province were injured when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Arghandab district, an official said on Tuesday. Amir Jan Alkozai, the district’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The Provincial Council head of southern Zabul province has survived militants’ attacks on Monday, an official said. Governor spokesman Gul Islam Seyal told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened on the outskirts of Qalat, the provincial capital, in…
More than half of schools in southern Zabul province, where four districts have no schools at all, are closed due to insecurity, an official said on Tuesday. Atta Jan, the provincial council chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News around…
Daesh or so called Islamic State (IS) has active centers in four districts of southern Zabul province from where the group’s fighters are sent to other parts of Afghanistan, the provincial council head said on Sunday. However, Zabul…
The governor of southern Zabul province has asked people to resolve their disputes through local jirgas instead of courts. “I have told people to get their disputes resolved by local jirgas because their decisions are acceptable to both…
QALAT (Pajwhok): The residents of southern Zabul province are complaining about the lack of female journalists and say their absence has rendered women unable to share their concerns. Freedom of expression and media coverage is considered one of the big…
Khial Mohammad Hussaini has been appointed as governor of southern Zabul province, the independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) said on Tuesday. IDLG had recommended the appointment of Hussain, who has ample experience in governance, as Zabul governor.…
Construction work on four school buildings has kicked off in southern Zabul province, a ptoject that will help provide a proper learning environment for 6,000 students, officials said on Monday. Officials said the projects, funded by the Ministry…
KABUL in southern Zabul province on Monday, an official said. Abdul Sammad Durani, administrative chief for Shar-I-Safa district of Zabul told Pajhwok Afhgan News that the clash erupted between the Taliban and security forces this morning. He said a little…
Local officials on Wednesday said two security posts have fallen to Taliban militants following an attack that left six security personnel dead and five others wounded in southern Zabul province. A local security official, who wished to go…
Security forces, claiming to have inflicted heavy casualties on Taliban militants, on Thursday announced clearing 17 villages of the Shah Joy district of southern Zabul province of the rebels. The villages were cleared in the district during a…
A rogue policeman shot dead six colleagues in a latest insider attack in southern Zabul province, an official said on Sunday. A security official, who declined to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News the six police were gunned…
A drug-addicted policeman shot dead his three family members, including his wife, and shot injured his son before killing self in southern Zabul province, an official said on Friday. The incident took place last night at about 11:30pm…
Seven militants have been killed in two separate incidents of violence in central Logar and southern Zabul provinces, officials said on Tuesday. Logar governor’s spokesman, Salim Saleh, told Pajhwok Afghan News a US drone struck a vehicle carrying…
Seventeen Taliban militants have been killed and nearly a dozen others wounded during operations in southern Zabul province, officials said on Sunday. The governor’s spokesperson, Gul Islam Siyal, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces attacked militants in Qarghio locality…
Afghan special security forces killed 17 Islamic State or Daesh militants during an overnight operation in the Arghandab district of southern Zabul province, an official said on Friday. The operation was carried out on Thursday night in Malak…
A large number of people on Saturday blocked the Kabul-Kandahar highway during a protest demonstration against nighttime raids by security forces in southern Zabul province. The governor’s spokesman, Gul Islam Sial, told Pajhwok Afghan News the protest in…
Two children were killed on Sunday when an unexploded mortar round went off in the Shinkai district of southern Zabul province, an official said. The blast took place in Sewri area at about 3pm, the governor’s spokesman, Gul…
Two civilians, one policeman and one insurgent have been killed and two civilians and as many police wounded during separate incidents of violence in southern Zabul province, an official said on Monday. Gul Islam Syeal, the governor’s spokesman,…
Four people were killed and another injured in a traffic accident on Kabul-Kandahar highway in southern Zabul province on Wednesday, an official said. Provincial traffic department director Col. Abdul Ahad told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place…
Local officials on Wednesday said the justice deparment director of southern Zabul province has been suspended over alleged sexual harassment of a male staff member. A video clip shows justice department head Gulab Mohammad Khatira sking his subordinate…
Unknown gunmen shot dead a reporter for the state-run Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) in southern Zabul province on Sunday evening, police said. Zabul police chief Gen. Mirwais Noorzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the RTA reporter for southern Kandahar…
