SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) — Three children were injured as a bomb went off in a wedding ceremony in Shiberghan. the capital of northern Jauzjan province on Tuesday, provincial police chief Rahmatullah Turkistani said. “A bomb blast ripped through a wedding party in a local hotel in Shiberghan city at around 03:30 p.m. local
By Alem Rahmanyar and Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 16, 2016 An Afghan woman has surrendered to police claiming that her husband, a local commander for the militant group Islamic State, (IS) was pressuring her to carry out a suicide bombing, officials said. The woman, whose name has not been revealed, turned herself in on
SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, July 28 (Xinhua)– Taliban militants launched massive offensives on Khan Aqa and Faizabad districts in Afghanistan’s Jauzjan province Thursday morning, triggering heavy fighting which has been continuing, spokesman for provincial government Abdul Razaq Ghafori said. “More than 120 Taliban rebels launched coordinated attacks against government interests in Khan Aqa and Faizabad districts Wednesday
Khaama Press: The Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum has returned to the battlefield in northern Jawzjan province as local officials report the Taliban insurgents have suffered heavy casualties. Provincial governor’s spokesman Mohammad Reza Ghafoori said at least 30 Taliban insurgents have been killed and nearly 40 others have sustained injuries during the operations. Click here for
Xinhua: Fighting between government forces and Taliban militants on a highway in Afghan northern Jauzjan province claimed the lives of three militants on Monday, said deputy to provincial police chief Abdul Hafiz Khashi. Click here to read more (external link).
KABUL, March 3 (Xinhua) — A bloody conflict between security forces and Taliban militants have claimed the lives of 10 armed insurgents in the northern Jauzjan province, while a bomb blast attributed to the Taliban outfit injured 24 civilians in the neighboring Balkh province on Thursday, officials said. “Ten Taliban fighters have been killed and
Tolo News: As the Afghan National Army (ANA) continues its offensives against insurgents in Qoshtepa district of Jawzjan province, soldiers on Friday managed to recover the heads of two ANA officers beheaded by the Taliban five days ago. Taliban captured ANA officers Rahmatullah and Fayaz from Qoshtepa five days ago and hanged their heads on a
Khaama Press: Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum has once again returned to battlefield in a bid to clear the areas under the anti-government armed militants control. This time Gen. Dostum has joined thousands of the Afghan security forces in two districts of northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, four months after he first launched operations in this
KABUL, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) — Afghan security forces during operations against Taliban militants have killed six armed insurgents in the northern Jauzjan province with Shiberghan as its capital 390 km north of Kabul on Sunday, an army spokesman in the province, Reza Rezae said. “The clash erupted after Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Qoshtapa
AOPNEWS | January 28, 2016 Khost: One civilian and five others were wounded when an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) went off inside a drug store in the provincial capital around midday today. Baghlan: A teenage girl was injured after three rockets were fired by militants into a residential area of Pul-e Khumri. Jowzjan: Dozens of