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TOLOnews
April 29, 2018
“Ghazni is a province and part of Afghanistan and this problem is manageable and should be resolved soon. It is impossible to hold elections in Ghazni differently from other areas,” MP Abdul Qayyum Sajjadi said. Reports indicate that since the beginning of the voter registration process, 3,375 voters haveÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 17, 2018
At least 16 Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes on Monday in Ghazni province, local officials claimed. Ghazni police said that during the clashes 13 other Taliban insurgents were wounded. According to police, the clashes broke out on Monday in three villages, close to each other, in Muqur district.
Gandhara
April 16, 2018
Afghan lawmakers have warned that a strategic province might fall into the hands of the Taliban if Kabul fails to act swiftly. Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of the Afghan Parliament, told lawmakers that the security situation in the central province of Ghazni is alarming.
Firstpost
April 15, 2018
Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor in the eastern Ghazni province, said five other policmen were wounded in the attack late Saturday. He said the ... The Taliban stormed a government compound in another part of Ghazni late Thursday, killing 15 people, including three senior local officials.
New York Times
April 12, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents overran a government headquarters in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing a district governor and the chief of security as well as at least nine others, officials said. Mohammad Arif Noori, a spokesman for the governor of Ghazni Province, said that TalibanÃâà...
Xinhua
April 11, 2018
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Taliban militants attacked Khawja Omari district in the eastern Ghazni province early Thursday, claiming several lives including some officials and staff of the district, said an official on the condition of anonymity.
ReliefWeb
April 10, 2018
GHAZNI CITY: The governor of southern Ghazni province on Tuesday promised his administration would launch development projects and improve security in areas that had been ignored in the past. Abdul Karim Matin held out the commitment at a press conference in Ghazni City, the provincial capital.
Xinhua
March 30, 2018
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, March 31 (Xinhua) -- A total of four militants have been killed and several others injured as government forces launched cleanup operations in the eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, provincial police chief, Mohammad Zaman said Saturday. The operations, dubbed Ankabot SiaÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 14, 2018
(MENAFN - Pajhwok Afghan News) GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Around 400 families received food and cash assistance in southern Ghazni province on Wednesday, an official said. Khaliq Dad Ahmadi, the refugee and repartition department head, told Pajhwok Afghan News the aid was given to families whoÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 12, 2018
Rights activists and representatives of civil society institutions on Monday called on the Afghan government to accelerate its efforts to resolve a week-long dispute between villagers in Qarabagh district of Ghazni province. Activists warned of severe consequences should government not take solid action toÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 11, 2018
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Four people have been arrested in connection to the Sherabad incident in the Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Sunday. Governor spokesman Mohammad Arif Noori told Pajhwok Afghan News a list of suspected individuals was submitted to policeÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 10, 2018
According to Ghazni lawmakers, at least 40 people, from one ethnic group, have been killed or wounded in the recent dispute between two ethnic groups in Qarabagh district. The MPs said 14 people, from the same ethnic group, are still being held by the opposing group. But according to them, governmentÃâà...
Xinhua
March 4, 2018
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A total of 99 people after completion of a four-week training course and receiving certificates joined the National Police in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province on Saturday, provincial police chief General Mohammad Zaman said Sunday. During the trainingÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
February 26, 2018
militants have been killed and another 16 wounded during a nighttime clash with security forces in southern Ghazni province, an official Monday. Mohammad Arif Noori, the governor spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash in Giru district broke out after the rebels attacked security check-posts inÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
February 23, 2018
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): A finance official at the police headquarters in southern Ghazni province was gunned down in the provincial capital on Friday. Ghulam Yahya, the victim, came under attack from unidentified gunmen in the Qala-i-Naw area of Ghazni City in the afternoon, the police headquartersÃâà...
Gandhara
February 22, 2018
At least 10 people have been killed in two separate incidents in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni and Zabul provinces, officials say. "Unfortunately, eight local police were killed and another one was injured," said Arif Noori, a spokesman for the provincial governor, after a large number of Taliban militantsÃâà...
Voice of America
February 21, 2018
In an effort to find new ways of financing their insurgency, Taliban rebels have turned to local media for taxation and threatened news outlets in central Afghanistan with punitive measures if they refuse to give in to the militant group's demands. The Taliban has recently demanded that media outlets inÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
February 19, 2018
attacks in southern Ghazni and southeastern Paktika provinces, officials said on Monday. In Ghazni, Taliban insurgents stormed an Afghan Local Police (ALP) check-post in Laghaba locality of Deh Yak district late on Sunday night, killing one policeman and injuring three others, the governor's spokesman,Ãâà...
Xinhua
February 12, 2018
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed and 15 others wounded in a road accident in Ghazni province, east of Afghanistan, on Monday, an official said. "The incident happened in Moqur district of Ghazni province today (Monday) morning, after a passenger bus that wasÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
February 11, 2018
(MENAFN - Pajhwok Afghan News) GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Quick response unit police allegedly beat education department officials in front of their department in this capital city of southern Ghazni province on Thursday. Mohibullah Ansari, the provincial education director, told Pajhwok Afghan News theÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
February 10, 2018
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Built by the hero of Afghanistan info-icon 's freedom King Ghazi Amanullah Khan, the historic place in his name in the Muqur district of southern Ghazni province has been in a dilapidated condition. About 96 years ago, former king (Shah) Ghazi Amanullah Khan while traveling fromÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
February 8, 2018
department officials in front of their department in this capital city of southern Ghazni province on Thursday. Mohibullah Ansari, the provincial education director, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened before noon. He said police thrashed the education officials in front of their department building.
TOLOnews
February 5, 2018
The operation was launched a week ago in Deh Yak district and is being supported by the air force. Thumbnail. At least 25 Taliban insurgents were killed in a military operation in central Ghazni province on Sunday, the Provincial Police Office said in a statement on Monday. In addition, 13 other insurgentsÃâà...
TOLOnews
February 4, 2018
Local officials said the incident took place when the vehicle they were traveling in hit an IED. Thumbnail. Ghazni officials said on Sunday that two women were killed in a roadside explosion in Gelan district on Saturday. According to the officials the incident occurred on Saturday when a civilian vehicle hit the IED.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 31, 1999
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Residents of southern Ghazni province say targeted killings have increased, with 10 people murdered in such attacks last month. One individual was killed in Qala-i-Sabz, two in Barakat Qala, two in Cinema, as many in Drayem Plan, two in Khoda-i-Dad and one in Yousafzai areasÃâà...
Kansas City Star
December 31, 1999
Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the Ghazni attack in a message to the media. It has been a particularly deadly week in Afghanistan. The Health Ministry in Kabul on Tuesday raised the death toll from a horrific suicide bombing by the Islamic State group earlier this week toÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 31, 1999
SHARANA (Pajhwok): Protesters in southeastern Paktika province reopened the Paktika-Ghazni highway conditionally on Sunday, ending a week-long blockade. Hundreds of enraged people blocked the Paktika-Ghazni highway and closed the provincial council (PC) office for few days to protestÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 31, 1999
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Two men kidnapped from Shirabad area of Qarabagh district in southern Ghazni province about two weeks ago have been released, sources said on Saturday. A fortnight ago, gunmen attacked a house in Shirabad area and killed two persons, including a child, injured two womenÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 31, 1999
attack on their check-post in southern Ghazni province on Sunday, an official said. Ghazni police chief Brig. Gen. Mohammad Zaman told Pajhwok Afghan News the early morning attack took place in Qala Qazi area. He said the Taliban also suffered casualties but exact figures were not immediately known.
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
A team assigned by Ministry of Interior has held talks with tribal elders in Ghazni in a bid to convince protestors to reopen the Kabul-Kandahar Highway to traffic. Some Ghazni residents closed the Kabul-Kandahar Highway this week in protest over the killing of two people in Sher Abad village in QarabaghÃâà...
