SHIBERGHAN (PAN): A farmer was killed by militants on the charge of spying for the government in the Mangjik district of northern Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday. But the Taliban called the victim an intelligence operative.
HERAT/SHIBERGHAN (PAN): Four people, including one of Uzbek warlord Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum’s guards, were killed and seven others injured in road accidents in western Herat and northern Faryab provinces, officials said on Monday.
SHIBERGHAN (PAN): An elderly man was allegedly killed and his body set on fire by a couple in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, police said on Thursday.
SAR-I-PUL/SHIBERGHAN (PAN): Nineteen people were killed, 25 injured and 60 others reported missing after heavy floods ravaged northern Sar-i-Pul and Jawzjan provinces.
SHIBERGHAN (PAN): A Taliban-designated district chief for Darzab, who was involved in planning attacks against security forces, was detained by local police in northern Jawzjan province, officials said on Tuesday.
SHIBERGHAN (PAN): The northern Jawzjan province revenue surged by $1.99 million (55 million afs) in 2011 -- reflecting a 40 percent hike compared to 2010, an official said on Saturday.
PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Foreign troops detained a dozen students of a religious school during an operation in the Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province on Monday, officials said.
SHIBERGHAN (PAN): A mega power network, jointly supported by Turkmenistan and Turkey, is being established in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Monday.
