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Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 25, 2018
They warned of snapping transmission lines to Kabul in Baghlan if work on distribution of electricity was not launched in certain areas of the provincial capital, Dand-i-Ghori and Shahabuddin districts. But Breshana Shirkat Director Sultan Ahmad Azizi was unaware of the Taliban threat. He said they hadÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 21, 2018
Factory owners in the north-eastern province of Baghlan are warning that production in this former industrial centre will continue to plummet without serious government assistance. The provincial capital Pul-e Khomri was once home to thriving textile, sugar and cement industries. Local business leadersÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 20, 2018
(MENAFN - Wadsam) An extended power line and a newly constructed energy network were put into operation today in the city of Pol-e Khomri, Baghlan. Implemented by the German Regional Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) and Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the project benefits aboutÃâà...
Xinhua
March 13, 2018
PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Afghan forces in crackdown against militants have arrested four Taliban fighters including key commander Qari Bakhtiar outside Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, army spokesman Nasratullah Jamshidi said Wednesday. "Acting uponÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 13, 2018
deputy governor for northern Baghlan province has been arrested along with two partners during an operation, the spy-network said on Tuesday. The National Directorate of security (NDS info-icon ) in a statement said that Tariq, son of Qari Bakhtiar, the Taliban's deputy shadow governor and his twoÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 13, 2018
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Residents of Baghlan-i-Markazi district say a power sub-station project has been completed in the town four months ago, but they are yet to avail electricity. The resident say said all construction work on the sub-station has been completed with supply lines and meters alreadyÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 12, 2018
Threats from Taleban forces in Baghlan and Kunduz provinces have led to the six pm to six am shutdown. This night-time ban on mobile services is a commonly used tactic by the insurgents to stop security forces tracking their movements and to prevent locals providing tip-offs to the Afghan army.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 5, 2018
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): A spring tree plantation campaign has got underway in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Monday. Ghulam Mohammad Mullahkhel, in charge of the horticulture process in the northern zone, told Pajhwok Afghan News around 120,000 saplings would be planted inÃâà...
War on the Rocks
February 27, 2018
Every night of the week my cousin, Tayeb, and I would go to the rooftop of our family house in Baghlan to watch for anything suspicious happening in the neighborhood. I would feel the same level of excitement any boy of my age might feel when going to Disneyland. Five years older than me, Tayeb wouldÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
February 27, 2018
activists of northern Baghlan province say the government should accelerate the distribution of electronic national identity cards (E-NICs). Shamsul Haq Barakzai, a public representative, said: “I'm proud of my national identity and will remain an Afghan forever -- a fact that should be written in my e-NIC.”.
Xinhua
February 24, 2018
PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Up to nine militants have been killed and three others injured as security forces stormed Taliban hideouts in Tala-o-Barfak district of the northern Baghlan province on Saturday, an army spokesman in the northern region Major Mohammad Hamid Rezai saidÃâà...
The National
December 31, 1999
The insurgents earlier this month said they would target power lines that feed the city's supply if public welfare projects in Kunduz and Baghlan provinces, both of which have a strong Taliban presence, were not speeded up. The pylons were blown up in Baghlan, north of the capital, in a step that comesÃâà...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
This cable can transfer Uzbekistan and Tajikistan power to Kabul,” said Abdullah, technical deputy head of DABS in Baghlan. This pylon was blown up following the destruction of two other pylons a week ago by the Taliban in Kunduz. This pylon also cut off electricity from Tajikistan to Kabul. Now, howeverÃâà...
