RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 7, 2019 KABUL — Three Afghan judges and an administrative officer have been ambushed and shot dead while they were traveling from the southeastern province of Paktia to Kabul, officials say. The spokesman for Paktia Province’s governor told RFE/RL that the ambush took place on November 6 in the Mohammad
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 14, 2019 The United Nations says it is “gravely concerned” by reports indicating that 11 civilians had been killed in an Afghan security force operation in the eastern province of Paktia. “Accountability essential. Harm to civilians must stop,” the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a post on
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 14, 2019 Afghan police say a radio journalist has been killed in the eastern province of Paktia. The body of Nader Shah Sahibzada, a newsreader for Radio Gardez, was found on July 13, a day after he disappeared. Police chief Mohammad Hosman Jahnbaz said it was not immediately clear if
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 7, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Fresh fighting in central and eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 20 people, half of them civilians, fueling security concerns among voters ahead of this month’s parliamentary elections. Authorities in the central Maidan Wardak province confirmed Sunday the Taliban overnight staged a major offensive on the Sayed
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 5, 2018 ISLAMABAD — NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan announced Sunday three of its soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a combined, dismounted patrol with local forces. An American service member and two Afghan National Army soldiers were also injured in the blast, the mission said. “My thoughts
Tolo News: Hindu and Sikh residents of Paktia called on government to provide the opportunity for their relatives to return their home country, Afghanistan. From a big number of Hindu and Sikh citizens of Afghanistan who lived in Paktia province, in the east of the country, only three have remained in the province while the remaining
Press TV / October 17, 2017 The Taliban militants have launched coordinated attacks on police forces in two neighboring provinces in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least 70 people dead and nearly 170 others injured. Militants with explosives-laden vehicles had initially attacked a police training center in Gardez, the capital of Paktia Province in southeast Afghanistan,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 25, 2017 An Afghan official says the Taliban has seized control of a district in southeastern Afghanistan, the third to fall to the militants in as many days. The Taliban’s apparent capture of Jani Khel district in Paktia Province, along the porous border with Pakistan, came after days of heavy
Tolo News: At least three civilians were wounded in an explosion in Gardez city in Paktia province on Friday afternoon, local officials confirmed. Paktia police security officer Colonel Nisar Ahmad Abdul Rahimzai the explosion occurred when two suicide bombers riding a motorbike were identified and stopped by police in areas close to Kabul-Gardez road in Gardez
VOA News / June 18, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — Taliban insurgents have stormed a provincial police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan, killing five people and wounding at least 20. The raid early Sunday in Gardez, capital of Paktia province, began with a suicide car blast at the entrance to the heavily guarded facility. Video showed the