Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 9, 2017 Afghan officials say unknown gunmen have shot and killed at least two people, including a religious council chief, in the northeastern province on Kapisa. Mullah Gul Mohammad Hanifyar, the head of Kapisa Ulema Council was shot as he was about to exit his vehicle near his home on
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 5, 2017 Afghan officials say six civilians have been killed by a roadside bomb in the western province of Farah. Mohammad Naser Mehri, a spokesman for Farah’s provincial governor, said the bomb was detonated in the Momin Abad area of the Shiba Koh district on July 4 as the victims
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 30, 2017 Six Afghan police officers were killed when Taliban militants stormed a security outpost in western Farah Province in the early hours of June 30, officials say. Farah police spokesman Eqbal Baher said the attack in the Sheb Koh district was repelled after government forces sent reinforcements to the
Press TV March 4, 2017 At least eight Afghan civilians, including four children, have been killed and 22 more injured in a suspected airstrike in the Bala Boluk district of western Farah Province. Families of the victims said the civilians were hit by an airstrike on Saturday, contradicting a report by the provincial governor spokesman
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 18, 2016 Reports from Afghanistan say at least 14 Afghans have been killed after a civilian bus hit a truck on the main highway in western Afghanistan. Officials said the bus was on its way from the western city of Herat toward the capital, Kabul, when the accident took place
Khaama Press: At least five soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) commando forces lost their lives in an airstrike allegedly carried out by the US forces in Afghanistan. The airstrike was reportedly carried out in western Farah province of Afghanistan where the Taliban insurgents and militants belonging to the other insurgent groups are actively operating. Click
Khaama Press: The Afghan government signed another contract for the construction of a dam in western Farah province of Afghanistan. The Minister of Energy and Water Ali Ahmad Osmani said the reservoir of the Dam will have a capacity of 1,360 million cubic meter and the construction work will be completed in 18 months. He said the Dam
FARAH, Afghanistan, May 16 (Xinhua) — Four Afghan police died following an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in the country’s western province of Farah on Monday, the provincial government spokesman said. “Four police personnel martyred following an IED attack in Lash-wa-Juwayn district. The unit was on routine patrol when their vehicle touched off the IED
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — Air strikes against Taliban hideouts in the northern Kunduz province with Kunduz city as its capital 250 km north of Kabul claimed lives of 10 militants Saturday night, provincial police chief Mohammad Qasim Jangal Bagh said Sunday. “The Aerial operations were conducted in Khan Abad district late Saturday night,
AOPNEWS | February 9, 2016 Baghlan: Afghan security forces said today that the Taliban have suffered heavy causalities in Baghlani-e Markazi – 8 insurgents have been reported killed, and a dozen wounded. A military base was also recaptured. One Afghan policeman was reported injured. A resident reported that two children and a woman were wounded