MAHMOODRAQI (PAN): Three children were killed when an explosive device they were playing with went off in the Alasai district of central Kapisa province on Monday, officials said.
FAIZABAD (PAN): Five employees, including two foreign women, of the Switzerland-based emergency relief and rehabilitation organisation, Medair, were abducted in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, officials said on Wednesday.
FAIZABAD (PAN): Five Taliban militants, including their commander, and an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier were killed during a clash in the Wurdoj district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Wednesday.
FAIZABAD (PAN): An Afghan construction company alleged that a US firm failed to comply with its contract over building project and have been sidelined without proper notice.
CHAGHCHARAN (PAN): Ninety-eight insurgents joined the government-initiated reconciliation programme in western Ghor and northeastern Badakhshan provinces on Wednesday, officials said.
FAIZABAD (PAN): Residents of the Baharak district of northeastern Badakhshan province have donated 10 acres of land to a newly-established education institute that was inaugurated on Wednesday, officials said.
FAIZABAD (PAN): At least 123 families have been displaced by landslides as heavy snow started melting in the Zibak district of northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Wednesday.
FIAZABAD (PAN): Twenty one bodies were retrieved from a fatal avalanche by residents and rescuers in northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Saturday.
