By Frud Bezhan Qadir Ghafori Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 1, 2019 FEROZ KOH, Afghanistan — Centuries of neglect and frequent floods are threatening the Minaret of Jam, one of Afghanistan’s archaeological treasures. Last week, the 800-year-old structure in the remote, western province of Ghor was left on the verge of collapse after a flood
Tolo News: The recent floods have destroyed the protection walls around Minaret of Jam in Ghor province and have faced the endangered monument with the possibility of collapse. The minaret is located in Ghor, around 200 kilometers east of Herat, at the confluence of the Hari Rud and Jam Rud rivers. The Minaret of Jam’s isolated
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 13, 2019 Taliban fighters attacked the outskirts of a northern Afghan city and bomb blasts were reported in the capital, Kabul, a day after the Taliban launched their annual spring offensive. The violence on April 13 comes as the United States continues to push for a peace settlement with the
Press TV April 18, 2018 Five people have been abducted when armed men attacked a voter registration center in Afghanistan, and set fire to documents. Officials said Wednesday that the assault was carried out in the central province of Ghor on Tuesday. Provincial police spokesman Mohammad Iqbal Nizami said the gunmen stormed the center in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 17, 2018 At least six civilians have been shot dead by gunmen in Afghanistan’s western Ghor Province, an Afghan official says. Iqbal Nezami, spokesman for the provincial police chief, said four other civilians were wounded after their car was fired upon near Faroz Koh, the provincial capital, early on April
Press TV August 6, 2017 The Taliban militants have taken control of a key area in northern Afghanistan after heavy clashes that claimed the lives of at least seven security forces, a provincial official says. Zabi Amani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said the militant group launched a series of coordinated attacks in the
Press TV July 28, 2017 Afghan ground forces backed by the air force have driven out Taliban militants from a district in Afghanistan’s western Ghor Province after fierce fighting. Abdul Hai Khateby, the provincial governor spokesman, said fighting raged for two days before Afghan soldiers drove the militants from the Taywara District center on Friday. Khateby
Press TV July 24, 2017 At least 35 people have been killed when heavily-armed Taliban militants launched a deadly attack on a hospital in Afghanistan’s central Ghor province. “When the Taliban entered the hospital they killed 35, all civilians,” Shah Hussain Murtazawi a presidential spokesman confirmed on Monday, without specifying if they were patients or
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 23, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Heavy fighting is raging in central Afghanistan where officials say the Islamist Taliban has captured two key district headquarters and is assaulting government outposts in nearby areas. Insurgents stormed Taywara district in Ghor province early Sunday, after seizing control of the border district of Kohistan in the
Tolo News: Footages obtained by Tolo news reveal that a group of fighters loyal to Daesh are training a number of young men and children in remote area in the north of Feroz Koh, the capital of Ghor province in Afghanistan’s central regions. Ghor police confirmed the report and said the footages have been prepared