HERAT CITY (PAN): Six people, including Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, have been killed in different incidents of violence in western Afghanistan, an official said on Friday.
HERAT CITY (PAN): The Taliban publicly hanged a fugitive in the kidnap-murder case of a nine-year-old boy, the son of an industrialist, in western Herat province, an official confirmed on Tuesday.
HERAT CITY (PAN): The director of information and culture of northwestern Badghis province was detained on Monday on charges of misuse of his position and corruption, an official said.
HERAT CITY (PAN): The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) chief on Thursday said civilian casualties had risen nearly 10 percent in the first two months of the year, voicing her concern at the surge in violence.
HERAT CITY (PAN): Fifteen hundred patients from northwestern Badghis province are being sent to neighbouring Turkmenistan for treatment over next nine months, officials said on Wednesday.
HERAT CITY/KABUL (PAN): A woman legislator from western Herat province has died along with two children in a road crash in neighbouring Iran, officials said on Monday.
HERAT CITY (PAN): A man was detained by police on the charge of raping and killing a two-year-old girl in the western province of Herat, officials said on Sunday.
HERAT CITY (PAN): Counter-terrorism police have captured a wanted insurgent commander near the Iranian border in western Herat province, an official said on Sunday.
HERAT CITY (PAN): A primary court in western Herat province has sentenced a young man to death for killing his mother last year, an official said on Friday.
HERAT CITY (PAN): At least 10 people, including four Taliban fighters, were killed during separate clashes in western Herat and Badghis provinces, officials said on Thursday.
