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Nijrab mayor facing attorneys over land scam

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Feb 22, 2019 - 14:33

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): The mayor for Nijrab district of central Kapisa province has been introduced to the attorneys for negligence and corruption in distribution of land plots to the families of fallen soldiers, officials said Friday. Meanwhile,...

Taliban commander among 5 rebels killed in fresh violence

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Feb 13, 2019 - 16:53

JALALABAD/MAHOMOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Security officials on Wednesday said five Taliban insurgents including a commander were killed and four others wounded in separate incidents in eastern Nangarhar and central Kapisa provinces. Spokesman of the 201...

2 dead, 3 wounded in Kapisa incidents: Police

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Jan 25, 2019 - 15:07

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Two people have been killed and three others wounded in different incidents in central Kapisa province, police said on Friday.

Taliban judge reconciles with govt in Kapisa

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Jan 18, 2019 - 21:29

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): A Taliban judge has reconciled with the government in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, local officials said on Friday. Tagab district police chief Mohammad Naeem Safi told Pajhwok Mualvi Azizur Rahman Safi, an...

14 Taliban killed in ongoing Kapisa operation

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Jan 02, 2019 - 20:46

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Fourteen Taliban militants have been killed and seven others wounded during ongoing operations in the Nijrab district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Wednesday. Nijrab local police commander Abdul Sabor Safi...

50 rebels killed, 80pc of Tagab area cleared

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Dec 06, 2018 - 19:28

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): At least 50 Taliban militants have been killed and dozens of villages cleared of their presence in Tagab district of central Kapisa province during a week-long operation, an official said Thursday.

8 Taliban, 2 children killed in Laghman, Kapisa airstrikes

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Nov 26, 2018 - 18:08

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Security officials on Monday said eight Taliban militants have been killed and their weapons destroyed in separate airstrikes in Laghman and Kapisa provinces. The officials also said two children, who moved to an insurgent...

2 moneychangers detained from Kapisa bazaar

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Oct 13, 2018 - 20:24

MEHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Interior Ministry special forces on Saturday arrested two moneychangers from a district bazaar in central Kapisa province, an official said.

9 of a family killed in Kapisa mortar strike

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Sep 24, 2018 - 23:23

MEHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Nine people were killed, all from the same family, after a mortar shell hit their home in Tagab district of central Kapisa province amid clashes between security forces and militants on Monday, an official said.

26 insurgents killed in Kapisa, Kunar raids

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Sep 23, 2018 - 17:57

MAHMOD RAQI/ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Twenty six Taliban and five Islamic State fighters have been killed in separate operations and airstrikes in eastern of Kunar and northeastern Kapisa provinces, officials said Sunday. Seventeen Taliban militants have...

4 chromite smugglers arrested in Kapisa

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Sep 08, 2018 - 15:37

MAHMODRAQI (Pajhwok): Police have seized a vehicle full of chromite and arrested its four smugglers in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, officials said Saturday. Tagab police chief, Mohammad Naim Sapi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that police...

Taliban’s shadow district chief killed in Kapisa raid

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Aug 26, 2018 - 17:03

MEHAMOOD-RAQI (Pajhwok): Security forces killed a Taliban ’s designated chief for the Alasai district of central Kapisa province along with his two bodyguards during a clearing operation, an official said Sunday. The district administrative chief,...

Ghani inaugurates major power project in Kapisa

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Aug 08, 2018 - 11:49

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday inaugurated a power sub-station benefitting 30,000 families in central Kapisa province, his office said. Ghani inaugurated the Gul Bahar sub-station in the presence of local officials,...

Kapisa student dies under mysterious circumstances

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Jul 13, 2018 - 14:45

MEHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): A grade six student ‘mistakenly’ shot himself dead in Kohistan-2 district of central Kapisa province, an official said, but residents said the student committed suicide after becoming upset with his school exam. The district...

Tagab police claim preventing land-grabbing

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Jul 06, 2018 - 17:24

MEHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Police say they have prevented dozens of acres of government land from being usurped in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province. Tagab district police chief Mohammad Naeem Safi told Pajhwok Afghan News people had...

1 civilian killed, 4 injured in Kapisa crossfire

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Jun 01, 2018 - 19:47

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): One civilian was killed and four others wounded after being caught in crossfire between Afghan army personnel and insurgents in the Alasai district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Friday.

3 ALP personnel wounded in Kapisa suicide bombing

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May 30, 2018 - 03:37

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): Three Afghan local police (ALP) personnel were wounded in a suicide bombing in Nijrab district of central Kapisa province on Tuesday, an official said. Provincial police spokesman Mohammad AyubYousufzai told Pajhwok Afghan...

Work on Kapisa hospital resumes after 10 years

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May 28, 2018 - 16:33

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): After a decade-long year delay, construction work on a 50-bed hospital has been launched in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Monday. A number of the district’s residents claimed that the hospital...

5-member ‘terror’ group held in Kapisa: NDS

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May 14, 2018 - 10:44

KABUL (Pajhwok): Intelligence operatives have arrested a five-member terrorist group in central Kapisa province, the spy service said Monday. The detainees were named in a National Directorate of Security statement as Aminulla, Mohammad Waseem,...

Unknown armed men kill all members of a family in Kapisa

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Mar 27, 2018 - 18:15

MAHMOODRAQI (Pajhwok): A former Jahadi commander along with his all family members have been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Tuesday. An Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander in Tagab...

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