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MENAFN.COM
April 24, 2018
(MENAFN - Pajhwok Afghan News) QALAT (Pajhwok): Residents and officials of southern Zabul province say some government organs in capital Kabul info-icon. Construction work on a cricket stadium in Qalat was launched a year ago with fund amounting to 34 million afghanis – a joint venture of theÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
April 24, 2018
QALAT (Pajhwok): Residents and officials of southern Zabul province say some government organs in capital Kabul info-icon are creating problems towards construction of a standard cricket stadium in Qalat, the provincial capital. Construction work on a cricket stadium in Qalat was launched a year agoÃâà...
Arizona State University
April 23, 2018
Del Toro would go on to deploy to Bosnia and Iraq before landing at Forward Operating Base Lagman in Afghanistan's Zabul province in August 2005. Up until Afghanistan, Del Toro's life had been a series of ups and downs, he said. Just when everything seemed great, something bad would happen.
ANI News
April 11, 2018
The operations were conducted in Afghan provinces including Nangarhar, Kapisa, Ghazni, Logar, Khost,Uruzgan, Zabul, Farah, Faryab, Kunduz and Helmand the ministry added. Mullah Naeem a Taliban commander in Zabul province was also killed during the operations. In total 16 clearing operationsÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 11, 2018
Mullah Naeem a Taliban commander in Zabul province was also killed during the operations, the ministry noted. The ministry said that in the past 24 hours the security forces have conducted 16 clearing operations, 64 special flights, 111 supportive flights and 11 air operations in different parts of the countryÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 10, 2018
... three insurgents were killed while planting mines in Gereshk district of Helmand province, six insurgents were killed in Zurmat district of Paktia, four insurgents were killed in Bala Block district of Farah, four were killed in Kohistan district of Faryab and three were killed in Shahjoy district of Zabul province.
TOLOnews
April 8, 2018
In addition, athletes in Zabul province on Saturday started a 15-day volleyball tournament in support of Helmand's peace campaign. The athletes have also called for peace. Meanwhile residents and civil activists in Kunar and Nangarhar province also announced their support for Helmand protestors' peaceÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 8, 2018
Meanwhile, in a separate clash in Zabul province at least four policemen were killed in a clash with Taliban, local officials said on Saturday. The clash broke out between the Taliban and police on Saturday at 3am in Arghandab district when a group of Taliban attacked a police check post, local officials saidÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
April 4, 2018
Reviewing traffic accident figures for Zabul province, Ahmad said 28 people had died and 67 had been injured in a total of 47 incidents reported between March 2016 and 2017. Figures for the equivalent period between March 2017 and March 2018 suggested a significant reduction, with 18 people killedÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
April 3, 2018
militants have been killed by own explosion in southern Zabul province, officials said Monday. Governor's spokesman, Gul Islam Seyal, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place when the rebels were planting bomb under a bridge on Kabul info-icon -Kandahar highway in Shah Joi district ofÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 23, 2018
QALAT (Pajhwok): Four people were killed and three others wounded in a traffic accident in the Shahr-i-Safa district of southern Zabul province on Thursday, an official said. The accident happened on Kabul info-icon -Kandahar highway at around 9:30am in the morning. Mohammad Farid, deputy head ofÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 18, 2018
On Saturday, a sticky bomb attached to the motorcycle driven by a retired Pakistani army officer exploded in southern Zabul province's Shahjoy district, killing the officer and his guard, according to the provincial government spokesman, Gul Islam Seyal. Pakistan has been criticized by both the United StatesÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 12, 2018
Separately, security forces pre-empted Taliban assaults on their posts in Ramazan Qala and Ali Asghar localities of Qalat, the provincial capital of southern Zabul province late on Sunday night. Based on discovery, security forces attacked Taliban hideouts, killing nine and wounding five, the governor'sÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 10, 2018
The statement said 10 insurgents were killed in Qadis district of Badghis province and eight others were wounded and nine were killed in Mizan district and provincial capital Qalat of Zabul province. Another nine militants were injured and their one car and eight bikes were confiscated in the Zabul operationÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 10, 2018
militants have been killed and 20 others wounded during an operation by security forces in Shah-i- Safa district of southern Zabul province, police said on Friday. The operation in Ishaqzai area of the district was launched at about 1pm on Thursday and wrapped up at 8pm, said deputy provincial police chiefÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 9, 2018
This force emerged from a range of village militias and is separate from the regular national police. Although under the authority of the interior ministry, they are generally drawn from the local community. However, two young men from Nangraj village in Nuristan both travelled to serve in Zabul province.
Eurasia Review
February 25, 2018
A proliferation of privately-dug wells are draining water resources in Zabul province and threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of local farmers. Low rainfall has led to a surge in the number of private wells being dug to ensure access to what is already a scarce resource. The impact has been to divert flowÃâà...
TOLOnews
February 23, 2018
A woman was killed in a roadside mine explosion in southern Zabul province on Thursday, local officials confirmed. In addition, two other people were wounded in the blast. The blast took place in Kam Karez area of Sayori district of the province after a vehicle hit a roadside mine, provincial police chief,Ãâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
February 23, 2018
A proliferation of privately-dug wells are draining water resources in Zabul province and threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of local farmers. Low rainfall has led to a surge in the number of private wells being dug to ensure access to what is already a scarce resource. The impact has been to divert flowÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 22, 2018
Separately, two civilians were killed and two were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Sewray district of Zabul Province, said Gul Islam Sial, a spokesman for the provincial governor. On February 20, at least 26 Afghan police officers were killed and several others injured in Taliban attacks securityÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
February 16, 2018
QALAT (Pajhwok): The Provincial Council head of southern Zabul province has survived militants' attacks on Monday, an official said. Governor spokesman Gul Islam Seyal told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened on the outskirts of Qalat, the provincial capital, in Nawkhez area. He said PC headÃâà...
TOLOnews
February 16, 2018
At least five police soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack in Zabul province, local officials said on Saturday. Zabul police said Taliban insurgents attacked a police check post in Mullah Din area of Qalat city. According to the police, the Taliban also took weapons from the check post with them. According to Zabul police theyÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 15, 2018
"We cannot sleep day and night due to the frightening sounds of firing," an 11-year-old girl injured by a bullet during a ground engagement in Arghandab district, Zabul province in September, told UNAMA. The UN agency also reported cases of sexual abuse and child recruitment by Afghan nationalÃâà...
Xinhua
May 21, 2017
QALAT, Afghanistan, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Up to 20 police were killed as hundreds of anti-government militants attacked security checkpoints in Shah Joi and Deh Chopan districts of southern Afghanistan's Zabul province early Sunday, provincial governor Bismillah Afghanmal said. "Hundreds of TalibanÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
December 31, 1999
“I've attended some of the training courses on journalism, but due to the instability of Zabul province, as well as the cultural restrictions, I can't work in the media,” Shabnam concluded. Sediqa Jalali, director of Zabul's department of women's affairs, said that the state had an important role to play in changingÃâà...
