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Reliefweb
April 29, 2018
GARDEZ - Participants at UN-backed events in the southeastern provinces of Paktya and Paktika called on community members to work together to ... take place in the neighboring provinces of Ghazni and Khost, accompanied by a series of radio discussions in all four provinces of the southeastern region.
ReliefWeb
April 23, 2018
On 16 April, cross border shelling in Jajimaydan district, Khost, reportedly led to displacements of more than 1,000 people from several villages at the border ... reportedly displaced from Darzab and Qushtepa districts, Jawzjan, and various districts in Sar-e-Pul and Faryab provinces, according to authorities.
TOLOnews
April 16, 2018
Speaking at a joint press conference with Pakistani military officials in Dand-e-Ptan district, in Paktia, which is close to Zazi Maidan district in eastern Khost province, the officials said the Afghan people will not tolerate hostile action by Pakistan's military against their country. This comes after delegations from both sides metÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 16, 2018
The officials said the Afghan security forces responded. Dand-e-Ptan district is close to Zazi Maidan district of eastern Khost province – both of which border Parachinar district in Kurram Agency in Pakistan. Zazi Maidan on Sunday came under fire by Pakistani troops. Clashes broke out when the Pakistani troops reportedlyÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 16, 2018
Speaking at a joint press conference with Pakistani military officials in Dand-e-Ptan district, in Paktia, which is close to Zazi Maidan district in eastern Khost province, the officials said the Afghan people will not tolerate hostile action by Pakistan's military against their country. This comes after delegations from both sides metÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 15, 2018
Afghanistan has returned the dead bodies of five Pakistani soldiers to Pakistan following clashes near the two countries' disputed border, Afghan officials say. Hukum Khan Habibi, the governor of Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost, said that one captured soldier was also handed over to Pakistan'sÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 15, 2018
Police officials said troops have reached the Zazi Maidan district in Khost province after clashes broke out on Sunday between local residents and Pakistani troops across the Durand Line. “Army, Police and NDS (National Directorate of Security) forces have reached Zazi Maidan district and they will respond to the PakistanÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 15, 2018
Police officials said troops have reached the Zazi Maidan district in Khost province after clashes broke out on Sunday between local residents and Pakistani troops across the Durand Line. “Army, Police and NDS (National Directorate of Security) forces have reached Zazi Maidan district and they will respond to the PakistanÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
April 12, 2018
KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): A bomb blast took place near a peace advocacy tent in the capital of southeastern Khost province on Thursday, but caused no casualties, officials said. Acting provincial police chief Col. Abdul Hanan Zadran told Pajhwok Afghan News that the explosive device had been placed in aÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
April 10, 2018
KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has said giving daughters under baad marriage has reached zero level in Khost, which indicates cultural advancement in the southeastern province. Meeting women info-icon in Khost City, the provincial capital, after arriving here on Monday, President GhaniÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 8, 2018
Meanwhile residents and civil activists in Kunar and Nangarhar province also announced their support for Helmand protestors' peace campaign. ... This comes four days after some residents and tribal elders from Herat, Farah and Paktia provinces also established sit-in camps to support Helmand's peace campaign.
Xinhua
April 8, 2018
KHOST, Afghanistan, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani went to the eastern Khost province on Monday to inaugurate key development projects and meet local people and officials, said the Presidential Palace. The palace said in a statement that the president during his stay in the relativelyÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 8, 2018
“President Ashraf Ghani arrived in Khost province this morning, he will inaugurate Khost Airport runway, a power station that will deliver electricity to 13,000 families in Khost and a number of infrastructure projects,” the statement read. Ghani is also expected to meet with security officials to review theÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
April 4, 2018
There were no reports of violence from Nuristan, Panjshir and Bamyan provinces. Pajhwok reports showed of the total 135 attacks during February, most happened in Faryab, Helmand, Uruzgan, Farah, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Ghazni, Takhar, Logar and Khost province. Military Affairs Expert Gen. ZalmaiÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 2, 2018
Central Region: Nearly 1,500 people arrived in Ghazni centre from within Ghazni Province, and from Uruzgan and Wardak provinces, according to ... Distributions and activities were reported to OCHA from following provinces in four regions: Hilmand, Hirat, Kabul, Khost, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar,Ãâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 18, 2018
In the western Ghor province, meanwhile, a roadside bomb killed a young shepherd and wounded five others. Police spokesman Iqbal Nizami said the Taliban planted the bomb in order to target security forces. In the eastern Khost province, police spokesman Basir Bina said a roadside bomb killed twoÃâà...
Xinhua
March 17, 2018
KHOST, Afghanistan, March 18 (Xinhua) -- A child has been killed and 16 children wounded following a blast in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost, local police said Sunday. "The blast occurred Saturday evening at vicinity of a religious school in Spin Kaan locality, Nadir Shah Kot district. KhostÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 14, 2018
KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Afghan National Army (ANA) solders have arrested four gunmen with two explosives-laden vehicles in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Wednesday. Captain Abdullah, spokesman for the 1stShaista brigade of the Afghan National Army in Khost, told Pajhwok AfghanÃâà...
The National
March 13, 2018
Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, 32, was convicted last year after his fingerprints were found on a huge car bomb that failed to detonate in the attack on Forward Operating Base Chapman (FOBC) in Khost province in 2009. The prison term falls short of the life sentence demanded by prosecutors, but AlÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 12, 2018
In southeastern Khost province, unknown gunmen killed a police officer along with another person in Khost City, the provincial capital, on Sunday evening. The officer was returning from a wedding party when came under attack from unknown assailants. A government source said the slain police officerÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 9, 2018
The border was later opened for the return of displaced persons, who had migrated to the adjacent Khost province of Afghanistan. The tribal people and elders have termed the postponement of border opening “meaningless. They were of the view that most of the population of NWA depends on the bilateralÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 9, 2018
Ghulam Khan Crossing -- one of the 18 border crossings between the two countries that connects Pakistan's northwestern North Waziristan tribal region with northeastern Khost province of Afghanistan -- was closed in 2014 following military operations against the Taliban and affiliated armed groups in theÃâà...
Sentinel-Tribune
March 9, 2018
Five years ago: During U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first trip to Afghanistan as defense chief, two suicide bombings, one outside the Afghan Defense Ministry and the other near a police checkpoint in eastern Khost province, killed at least 19 people; a Taliban spokesman said the blast outside theÃâà...
The State Journal-Register
March 9, 2018
He was based at Camp Clark in Khost province, where he was the site manager overseeing a road project. He solicited $280,000 in bribes from the Afghan company that received the contract for the project, promising smooth sailing through the process. He then sought an additional $40,000 in bribes after the contract wasÃâà...
WTOP
March 9, 2018
Five years ago: During U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first trip to Afghanistan as defense chief, two suicide bombings, one outside the Afghan Defense Ministry and the other near a police checkpoint in eastern Khost province, killed at least 19 people; a Taliban spokesman said the blast outside theÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 6, 2018
KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): An explosive-laden Humvee vehicle has been seized and defused in the Nadershah Walikot district of southeastern Khost province, an official said on Tuesday. Khost crime branch police chief Col. Sher Daud Arian told a press conference here the explosive-laden vehicle wasÃâà...
Reliefweb
February 10, 2018
Khost province is part of the transitory route of the Kuchis over winters from East and Central Afghanistan into Pakistan (FATA, KPK and NW Frontier). ... They are currently stranded living in open areas – without adequate shelter – and unable to return to their native Afghan provinces until the weatherÃâà...
TOLOnews
February 8, 2018
At least seven members of one family were killed in an airstrike carried out by Afghan forces in Khost province, residents claimed. Government officials have rejected the claim. They called on government to investigate the incident and punish the perpetrators. The victims were laid to rest on Thursday.
Gandhara
December 31, 1999
On April 23, a joint committee of leaders from the Zazai and Turi tribes is set to map the respective spheres of the two countries on the poorly marked and disputed border connecting Afghanistan's southeastern Khost Province to Pakistan's northwestern Kurram tribal district. A joint jirga, or tribal council,Ãâà...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
Clashes erupted between Afghan border forces and Pakistani military in Khost and neighboring Paktia provinces earlier this week. At Wednesday's meeting, which was held in Dand-e-Patan district in Paktia, Afghan officials said Pakistani authorities admitted that they have built “structures” on Afghanistan'sÃâà...
Global Village space (blog)
December 31, 1999
According to the Governor of Afghanistan's Khost Province, a soldier and the bodies of the five martyred personnel were handed over to Pakistan. Amid the deadly ambush between the two sides, talks are continuing to de-escalate the tension along the border. Reportedly, Afghan officials have asked theirÃâà...
ReliefWeb
December 31, 1999
The provinces sheltering the highest number of displaced families are Kunduz with 10,815 IDPs, followed by Farah with more than 2,000 displaced people. ... CR: In Khost Province, WFP distributed food to more than 16,000 Pakistani refugees in Matun (Khost), Gurbaz, Shamal, Tani and Spera districts.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 31, 1999
KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Four members of a family have been killed during an operation by Afghan Special Forces in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Sunday. Police chief Abdul Hanan Zadran, told Pajhwok Afghan News the security forces conducted the operation codenamed Campaign inÃâà...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
According to the research, the population in Khost, Paktia, Paktika, Laghman and Kunar provinces is more than the SCO findings. However, the population of Bamiyan and Zabul have been estimated higher than that of the SCO. “This research is not accurate because Afghanistan's security situation will notÃâà...
