By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 5, 2019 More than 2,000 families who had left their villages in eastern Afghanistan amid military operations and militant attacks have returned home as the security situation improved, local authorities in the province of Nangarhar say. Ataullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, told RFE/RL that the
Press TV June 20, 2019 A roadside bomb targeted a pro-government militia vehicle in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Thursday, June 20, killing at least one civilian, local officials said. Twenty people were also wounded, most of whom were civilians, a spokesman for Nangarhar Province governor, Ataullah Khogyani, said. No group has claimed responsibility
Tolo News: Known also as Buddha Day, the festival is celebrated by music and dance in Nangarhar, Kabul and other provinces where the Hindu and Sikh residents are living. The Hindu and Sikh residents said threats continue against them and that this has affected their festivals and rituals. Those who participated in the festival called on
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
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 6, 2019 An Afghan official says twin explosions in the country’s east have killed at least three people and wounded 10 others. Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar Province, said those killed in the blasts in the provincial capital, Jalalabad, on April 6 were civilians. It was
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 4, 2019 Afghan officials say a Taliban attack in the northwestern province of Badghis has killed at least 20 government soldiers and police. Abdul Aziz Baig, head of the Badghis Provincial Council, said Taliban fighters stormed several security checkpoints outside the government headquarters in the district of Bala Murghab during
Tolo News: Rula Ghani says there is no political motive behind the move to distribute money to women in Nangarhar… Some members of Nangarhar provincial council, however, criticized Rula Ghani over spending the money for electoral campaigns. They said for supporting poor people, there are channels that can do it instead of distribution through Rula Ghani’s
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 6, 2019 An Afghan official says the death toll of a militant attack on a construction company in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 17. Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province, said three militants stormed a construction company near the main airport in the provincial capital,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 27, 2018 The Afghan National Army says a leading spokesman for the affiliate of the extremist group Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan has been killed in a drone strike. An army statement on December 27 said Sultan Aziz Azam was killed the day before in an “IS hideout” in the
VOA News | November 7, 2018: Hundreds of Afghan civilians in eastern Nangarhar province took up arms and joined the Afghan security forces in the fight against the Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan. The nearly 400 civilians will take part in a newly launched anti-IS operation by the government in the region. VOA’s Zabihullah Ghazi reports