AIBAK (PAN): Two mass graves probably dating back to purges under the Soviet-backed communist regime in the 1980s were found in northern Samangan province, residents and officials said on Monday.
AIBAK (PAN): Fifty internally displaced families are living in harsh conditions in the Khuram Sarbagh district of northern Samangan province, officials said on Wednesday.
AIBAK (PAN): Grapes production in the Feroz Nakhchar district of northern Samangan province has increased to 6,000 tonnes in 2012 from last year’s figure of 5,000 tonnes, officials said on Sunday.
AIBAK (PAN): Seventy-six weapons were surrendered to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) programme in northern Samangan province, officials said on Wednesday.
AIBAK (PAN): Nearly 3,000 families would be given 22.5 million afghanis food aid by the World Food Program (WFP) in northern Samangan province, an official said on Wednesday.
KABUL/AIBAK (PAN): A prayer leader was detained on the charge of sexually abusing a schoolgirl during the holy month of Ramazan in northern Samangan province, the Ministry of Interior said.
AIBAK (PAN): More than 20 NATO supply fuel tankers parked at a terminal were torched after two back-to-back explosions on the outskirts of Aibak, the capital of northern Samangan province, drivers and officials said on Wednesday.
AIBAK (PAN): Interior Minister Gen. Bismillah Mohammadi on Sunday alleged there was foreign hand behind the deadly suicide attack in Aibak, the capital of northern Samangan province.