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Chicago Tribune
March 24, 2018
... struggled to make progress on building an Afghan military that can take control of its own nation's security and lay the groundwork for a stable government. ... military operation was launched in mid-February in a move to oust the Taliban from a critical 10-kilometer stretch of valley in Laghman Province.
U.S. News & World Report
March 24, 2018
"If you want to talk about what right looks like — from the Afghan security force and the government rolling in behind it — that operation was about textbook," said ... Down at Camp Leatherneck in the Taliban heartland of Helmand Province, Marines said the Afghan soldiers still struggle with logistics andÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 20, 2018
But villagers in Laghman province said that they resented the extensive network of pylons running through their districts without benefitting from the power they provide. They claimed that their attacks were the only way to highlight the government's failure to ensure more remote areas also benefit from theÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 19, 2018
The mammoth gathering at the football stadium was attended by Governor Gulab Mangal and thousands of HIA supporters from Laghman, Nangarhar and Nuristan provinces. Hekmatyar asked the government to take steps for conducting transparent elections and not allowing candidates to stuff ballotÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 14, 2018
Breshna Shirkat (DABS) officials to eight months in jail each over 'false play' in a power station project in Laghman province. The three senior ... However, Nasim Kashaf, defense lawyer of the three officers, challenged the primary court verdict and said the government had suffered no losses in the contract.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 8, 2018
Each time she travelled to Laghman province to try to access Karim Dad's pension payments at the Azizi Bank, she was told that the money had not ... An IWPR investigation in the Nurgaram district of Nuristan has found at least 18 instances in which the government has failed to pay the full benefits due toÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 6, 2018
MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): Around 2,000 internally-displaced persons (IDPs) and needy families received food aid in eastern Laghman province on Tuesday, an official said. ... The aid recipients expressed their happiness and thanked the national unity government and the countries who donated the aid.
TOLOnews
February 27, 2018
Angry Badakhshan residents, in northeastern Afghanistan, stopped the swearing in of a new provincial deputy governor, Akhtar Mohammad Khairzada, in the province on Tuesday. The residents claim they are concerned that the majority of government officials in Badakhshan are from other provinces.
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 ... Rizwan Manawar, head of the Singers' Association in Jalalabad, argued that the government needed to do more to protect the interests of musicians.
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
Abdul Karim Khudam, the ousted governor of Samangan province, said on Sunday government does not have the authority to fire him and that he refuses to accept the ... of Local Governance (IDLG) announced the appointment of new governors for Logar, Laghman, Samangan, Kunduz and Maidan Wardak provinces.
Hindustan Times
December 31, 1999
Afghan security forces take position during a gun battle between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Laghman province, Afghanistan on March 1, 2017. ... The US on Friday ruled out a recent request from the Taliban for a direct talk with the White House, unless it engages with the elected government ofÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
December 31, 1999
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...
