GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Residents of Muqor district of southern Ghazni province have blocked the Kabul -Kandahar highway for the last six days, asking the government to promote the district to a province. Rumors recently circulated on social media...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Over a hundred supporters of unsuccessful candidates staged a rally at the Pashtunistan Watt in downtown Kabul, blocking traffic for about six hours before they were dispersed by spraying water. The protestors were demanding...
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Dozens of people on Saturday carried out a protest demonstration in this capital city of northern Baghlan province and blocked a key road for two hours to demand shifting back the provincial capital to Baghlan-i-Markazi...
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Residents of the Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province on Wednesday protested against the new district mayor and blocked the Kabul -Kunduz highway against traffic. One of the protestors, Haji Sher Khan, told...
SHARAN (Pajhwok): The residents of Gomal district of southeastern Paktiak province have stated protest against the joint raid of foreign and Afghan forces that killed seven civilians and wounded five others. Bangal, one of the protestors told...
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Residents of two districts of northern Baghlan province on Saturday asked the election commission not to invalidate their votes in the Wolesi Jirga elections. Hundreds of people coming all the way from Khost and Baghlan-i-...
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Residents of the Zazai Aryub district in southeastern Paktia province on Monday protested against what they claimed the killing of seven civilians in an American drone strike. The protesting residents said the seven innocent...
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Dozens of people on Sunday protested in front of a German forces camp in this capital city of northern Balkh province against cancellation of their contracts before the end date and not sending them abroad. Around 150...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Hundreds of supporters of the Grand National Alliance (GNA) on Saturday staged a protest demonstration in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province to demand elections based on biometric technology. The protestors emerged from...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission ( IEC ) has slammed the closure of its provincial offices as an act against the law and national interest, urging the government to move against rampaging demonstrators. On Saturday, protesters...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Undeterred by yesterday suicide attack that killed and wounded dozens of people, the protesting Shinwari tribesmen on Wednesday vowed not to reopen the Jalalabad-Torkham highway until their demands were met.
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Local officials said many people were killed or wounded in a suicide attack on protestors in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday. The governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the bombing took place in...
LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Civil society activists in southern Helmand province on Sunday staged a protest demonstration against recent remarks by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about his country’s share of water from the Helmand River.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Supporters of disqualified candidates continued their protest in front of the election commission office for a fourth day on Thursday in Kabul, calling for the decision to be reversed. The protest began four days ago when the...
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A disqualified candidate and his backers closed the Mazar-Samangan highway in northern Balkh province in protest against the candidate’s removal from the final list.
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): One person was killed and five others wounded after a protest against a provincial council member turned violent in the capital of neighboring Laghman province on Thursday. The protestors emerged from Tergari area of Mehtarlam...
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Hundreds of residents of northern Kunduz province on Tuesday closed the gate of the governor’s house here in protest against the kidnapping of a jeweler’s son. Three days back, Wali Ahmad, son of a jeweler, was kidnapped by...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The residents of Want Waigal district in eastern Nuristan province on Sunday staged protest against a last month’s airstrike that killed six civilians. On June 28, foreign forces targeted a house in Daigal locality where some...
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Continuing their protest for a fourth day on Friday, the residents of northern Faryab province asked the government to pave the ground for Gen Abdul Rashid Dostum’s return and release his close aide. Afghan commando forces have...
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Protestors demanding release of Nizamuddin Qaisari, a close aide of Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, on Thursday blocked the Andkhoi-Mazar-Sharif highway that leads to Aqina border crossing with Turkmenistan. Nizamuddin Qiasari, one of...