updated Fri. November 10, 2023
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Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 20, 2018
Governor Abdullah Hasrat said the sub-station would be formally inaugurated in coming days in presence of high level officials. Alya, a resident of Gardez, told Pajhwok Afghan News she was happy over the permanent electricity supply. Sediqullah Sediqui, a shopkeeper in Gardez, said businesses wouldÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 19, 2018
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): The provincial police headquarters building in southeastern Paktia province could not be rebuilt after being damaged in a powerful car bombing four months back. The lack of the police compound has created many problems for the police personnel and people visiting theÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 19, 2018
Some 1,400 displaced people arrived in Gardez City, Paktya, from Alikhel (Jaji), Zurmat and Zadran districts, according to information from the ground. More than 1,200 people reportedly arrived in Sharana, Paktikam from Urgun and Mata Khan districts. Northern/North Eastern: More than 5,200 people wereÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
February 20, 2018
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Women info-icon in southeastern Paktia province say nothing fundamental has been done to improve women's living standard and past projects in this regard have little impact. Aisha, a resident of Ahmadkhel district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that women in remote areas of theÃâà...
Xinhua
February 5, 2018
GARDEZ, Afghanistan, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 people sustained injuries, some in critical conditions after two passenger vehicles collided on a road in the eastern Paktia province on Monday, a traffic police official said. Blaming reckless driving for the accident, the official who declined to be identifiedÃâà...
The Guardian
October 17, 2017
In southern Paktia province, 21 police officers and 20 civilians were killed when suicide car bombers targeted a police compound in the provincial capital of Gardez. Among the wounded were 48 police officers and 110 civilians. The provincial police chief, Toryalai Abdyani, was killed in the Paktia attack,Ãâà...
Aljazeera.com
June 18, 2017
At least five police officers have been killed after the Taliban stormed a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan, the interior ministry has said. Sardar Wali Tabasim, a spokesman for the Paktia province police chief, said another nine officers and 13 civilians were wounded in Sunday's attack in Gardez.
