Daesh, or so-called Islamic State (IS), and Taliban fighters clashed in the southern province of Zabul, inflicting casualties on each other, security officials said on Saturday. The ongoing clash took place when Daesh members attacked Taliban at 3am…
Ghazni residents on Saturday set free 14 persons they had abducted from southern Zabul province following mediation of elders, a public representative said. The abductees, hailing from Khak-i-Afghan district of Zabul, were kidnapped by some people of Jaghori…
Ten militants, including six Islamic State fighters, have been killed during operations in eastern Nangarhar and southern Zabul provinces, officials and the military said on Monday. Six Daesh fighters were killed and their vehicle destroyed during a joint…
The Taliban-Kandahar highway over the past three days near the capital of southern Zabul province, an official said on Thursday, when security forces reopened the road in Ghazni province. Gul Islam, the spokesman for Zabul governor, told Pajhwok…
At least five militants, including a commander, were killed in a coalition airstrike in southern Zabul province, while six rebels suffered casualties during a clash in northwestern Badghis province, officials said on Wednesday. Mohammadullah, the administrative chief for…
Eight Afghan Local Police (ALP) members have been killed mysteriously at a checkpoint in southern Zabul province, officials said on Saturday. The eight policemen were killed on Friday night in the Bagh area of Arghandab district, a security…
At least five policemen have been killed mysteriously in the Shah Joi district of southern Zabul province, an official said on Monday. Wazir Mohammad Jawadi, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that four policemen were killed mysteriously…
KABUL Akhtar Mansour had besieged a senior Taliban military commander Mullah Mansour Dadullah in Khak Afghan district of southern Zabul province. The sources said differences between supporters of the two intensified after Dadullah refused to pledge allegiance to Mansour as…
KABUL if additional security forces are not sent, warned the provincial council chief on Saturday. Ata Jan Haqbayan told Pajhwok Afghan News in an exclusive interview in Kabul that Zabul was one of the provinces that had been without adequate…
The High Peace Council. Hashmi Garani was talking to Pajhwok Afghan News after the committee’s voting to elect its administrative delegation in Qalat, the provincial capital. Garani, who was elected as the committee’s chief, admitted that nothing considerable…
For the first time in the past 14 years, the state-run Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) on Thursday took the lead to open a local studio in southern Zabul province and start broadcasting programmes. Local officials said programmes aired…
One militant was killed and another detained when armed insurgents stormed the home of deputy police chief Col. Ghulam Jilani Farahi’s residence in Qalat City, the capital of southern Zabul, an official said on Saturday. Farahi told Pajhwok…
At least 17 persons were killed when a helicopter of Afghan National Army (ANA) crashed in the Naw Bahar district of southern Zabul province, an official said Thursday. Pamiri, the spokesman of the 205th Thunder Military Corps, in…
An Afghan military vehicle crashed into a passenger van on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in southern Zabul province on Saturday, killing two persons and injuring 14, an official said. The collision took place in the Shahr-i-Safa district and all…
Following a visible surge in militants’ attacks on passengers on main highways, commuters face great threat while travelling on highways specifically on Kabul-Kandahar road, residents in southern Zabul province said Sunday. The residents demanded the government to establish…
Authorities have intensified efforts in cooperation with tribal elders to reopen schools, which had been closed due to insecurity and other reasons, in southern Zabul province, sources said on Tuesday. Local officials say more than half of the…
Two of the 31 abducted passengers in southern Zabul province have lost their lives in captivity, provincial council head said on Monday. The men were kidnapped from passenger buses and kidnapped at gunpoint on Feb 23 on the…
A representative of the USAID-funded Stability in Key Areas (SIKA) programme has pledged on Wednesday to construct four playgrounds in schools in Qalat City, the provincial capital of southern Zabul province. Kamal Ahmed told Pajhwok Afghan News that besides education…
Five Taliban militants and three policemen have been killed during a clash and a roadside bombing in southern Zabul province, officials said on Monday. Insurgents attacked a police convoy in Spina Ghbargi area on the outskirts of Qalat,…
Two members of a village council have been arrested for allegedly giving money to Taliban insurgents in southern Zabul province, police said on Saturday. Police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Sakhi Rogh Lewanai told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
A new polio case has been detected in southern Zabul province during the current month, a health official said on Monday. Director of Public Health Dr. Muhammad Tahir told Pajhwok Afghan News the case had been detected in…
At least 168 insurgents have been killed during the last eight months of anti-militants offensives by the Afghan National Army (ANA) in southern Zabul province, officials said on Saturday. Col. Wali Muhammad Ahmadzai, commander of the 205th Atal…
Tribal elders and residents of Shajoy district of southern Zabul province claimed ended up in Taliban pockets to keep their insurgency flourish. Security official and provincial council members confirmed following rampant corruption in the education department, salaries of…
Provincial Council (PC) members in Nangarhar, Zabul and Sar-i-Pul provinces on Monday elected their senatorial representatives. Nangarhar Independent Election Commission (IEC seat. Baba won the elections securing 12 votes. After his reelection, Baba said he would work hard…
