Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 15, 2018 The HALO Trust demining group says it has cleared Afghanistan’s Herat Province of landmines as part of a 10-year project funded by the British government. The organization said on February 15 that its Afghan staff had cleared more than 600 minefields in the western province, an effort it said has
Tolo News: Last year Iran issued 100,000 work visas to Afghans and have reportedly doubled the quota for this year. Hundreds of Afghans are lining up outside the Iranian consulate in the western province of Herat to get visas every day. Click here to read more (external link).
KABUL, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Head of a delegation who was tasked last week to visit Afghanistan’s western Herat province and check corruption there has been detained on charge of receiving bribe, local media reported Sunday. “Head of a delegation who was recently assigned to review the situation in the Municipality of Herat city and check
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 21, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghan commando forces have ended an overnight siege at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel that resulted in the deaths of at least 18 people, including 14 foreign nationals. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the death toll on Sunday for attack that began late Saturday on the Intercontinental hotel
Tolo News: Mohammad Ismail Khan, a former Jihadi leader and a member of the leadership team of the Jamiat-e-Islami party, on Sunday said at a press conference in Herat that he supported Atta Mohammad Noor’s defiance regarding the Presidential Palace’s decision to replace him and insisted that Noor should stay on as Balkh governor. Click here
Tolo News: The Taliban controls at least 200 schools in insecure districts in Herat, local officials said on Tuesday. Chairman of the Herat education department Ahmad Razaq Ahmadi has confirmed the report and said he is satisfied with the monitoring of these schools by the Taliban in their strongholds. Responding to Ahmadi’s remarks about the Taliban,
Press TV / September 26, 2017 Twin bomb attacks and a gun fight have claimed the lives of at least six policemen in Afghanistan. In the first attack, two police officers died in a roadside bombing in the western province of Herat on Tuesday. Jelani Farhad, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said three other
Tolo News: A Mountain biking race was held in Herat province in the west on Friday in which 24 cyclists from four teams participated. The cyclists paddled 25 kilometers in Herat mountains in the north of province. Abdullah Asim got the first position in the competition. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News
VOA News August 30, 2017 The United States is investigating possible civilian deaths in a military airstrike in Afghanistan. A military said Wednesday. “U.S. Forces-Afghanistan is aware of an incident in the Pul-e ‘Alam District in Logar Province … with potential civilian casualties. An official investigations has been launched.” The latest civilian casualties were reported
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 3, 2017 The father of one of the Afghan teenagers who made headlines when trying to attend a robotics competition in the United States has died in this week’s suicide attack on a mosque in western Afghanistan, her family says. Fatema Qaderyan and her teammates competed in the FIRST Global