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Business Standard
March 11, 2018
Tolo News quoted Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Sunday as saying that the operations against the insurgents were carried out in the vicinity of Basram in Mihtarlam, Laghman's province capital, Kama, Nazyan districts of Nangarhar province, Nahar Saraj, Nad Ali and Washir districts of Helmand province.
Anadolu Agency
March 11, 2018
Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Defense Ministry, said in a statement, 171 terrorists have been killed in air and ground offensives in the capital Kabul, Kandahar, Takhar, Farah, Helmand, Nangarhar, Laghman, Kapisa and Ghazni provinces. “Currently, the security and defense forces are engaged in 13Ãâà...
TOLOnews
March 11, 2018
At least 22 insurgents were killed during Afghan forces ground and air operations in the past 24 hours across the country. Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Sunday that at least six insurgents were killed in ANA clearing operations in the vicinity of Basram in Mihtarlam , Laghman's province capital. The ministry saidÃâà...
Hindustan Times
March 11, 2018
Afghan security forces take position during a gun battle between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Laghman province, Afghanistan.(Reuters File Photo). An Afghan official says at least 15 security forces have been killed in an attack by Taliban fighters in western Farah province. Fared Bakhtawar, headÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 10, 2018
Around 60 people, including 20 female students, attended the IWPR event, which was later broadcast by a number of radio stations across Nangarhar, Laghman and Nuristan. Hamdard opened the debate by thanking IWPR for publishing their recent expose on the levels of sexual harassment faced byÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 9, 2018
MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): Seven Taliban info-icon insurgents have been killed in an Afghan Air Force (AAF) airstrike in the Alingar district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Thursday. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor's spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the AAF conducted the air raid in theÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 5, 2018
ER: DACAAR distributed hygiene kits to more than 3,400 IDPs in Nangarhar, Laghman and Kunar provinces. ZOA/SHPOUL distributed hygiene and water kits to more than 1,400 displaced and returnees in four districts of Nangarhar. SVA distributed winter and kitchen kits to 2,600 returnees in BehsudÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 3, 2018
(MENAFN - Pajhwok Afghan News) JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Some villages in eastern Nangarhar and Laghman provinces have been purged of ... The offensives were conducted in the Goshta district of Nangarhar and some areas of Mehtarlam, the capital of Laghman, said the 201st Selab Military CorpsÃâà...
TOLOnews
February 28, 2018
Earlier this month, Abdul Karim Khudam refused to step down as Samangan governor after government announced the removal of at least five governors – from Laghman, Logar, Maidan Wardak, Samangan and Kunduz provinces. Last week, Jamiat-e-Islami Party of Afghanistan, where Noor serves as chiefÃâà...
ReliefWeb
February 27, 2018
More than 1,000 people attended psychosocial counselling sessions by UNFPA/AADA in Kunar, Laghman and Nangarhar provinces. In two schools in Mehtarlam, Laghman, the NGO International Medical Corps (IMC) trained 30 young women and as many young men of emergency committees in basicÃâà...
Xinhua
February 20, 2018
Describing the ongoing operations against armed groups in the troubled areas of Nangarhar, Khost, Ghazni, Helmand, Herat, Zabul, Uruzgan, Farah, Takhar, Nimroz, Faryab and Laghman provinces as "successful" Waziri said the security forces would continue to target the "enemies" elsewhere in theÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
February 20, 2018
Musicians in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman are warning of a Taleban clampdown, with the insurgents issuing frequent death threats to performers for not conforming to their strict interpretation of Islam. Afghanistan has a rich musical heritage which stems from a diverse range of ethnic, religious,Ãâà...
TOLOnews
February 19, 2018
Ghani on Saturday appointed new governors for Laghman, Logar, Maidan Wardak, Samangan and Kunduz provinces. An IDLG statement said the five governors were appointed based on recommendations of the directorate. Abdul Jabbar Naeemi was appointed as governor for northern Kunduz province,Ãâà...
TOLOnews
February 19, 2018
Ghani on Saturday appointed new governors for Laghman, Logar, Maidan Wardak, Samangan and Kunduz provinces. An IDLG statement said the five governors were appointed based on recommendations of the directorate. Abdul Jabbar Naeemi was appointed as governor for northern Kunduz province,Ãâà...
TOLOnews
February 18, 2018
This comes a day after officials from the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) announced the appointment of new governors for Logar, Laghman, Samangan, Kunduz and Maidan Wardak provinces. “They have acted against me with injustice and against the commitments they made and I strongly condemnÃâà...
TOLOnews
February 18, 2018
This comes a day after officials from the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) announced the appointment of new governors for Logar, Laghman, Samangan, Kunduz and Maidan Wardak provinces. “They have acted against me with injustice and against the commitments they made and IÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
January 16, 2018
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Local officials in eastern Laghman province say 144 projects costing 1.2 billion afghanis have been implemented in the province during the last two years and a half and another projects worth 1.5 billion afghanis are in different stages of completion. The projects created jobÃâà...
Xinhua
September 19, 2017
MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Seven militants have been killed as clash erupted between security forces and Taliban fighters in Alinegar district of the eastern Laghman province on Wednesday, spokesman for provincial government Sarhadi Zawak said. Units of the army, according to theÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 31, 1999
MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): Around 2,000 internally-displaced persons (IDPs) and needy families received food aid in eastern Laghman province on Tuesday, an official said. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor's spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the assistance had been provided by friendly counties ChinaÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
FILE PHOTO - A U.S. soldier from Dragon Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment fires a Javelin missile system during their first training exercise of the new year near operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Reuters. WASHINGTON (Reuters)Ãâà...
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