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ReliefWeb
January 8, 2018
There have been reports of closed health facilities in Uruzgan and Badghis due to armed group interference. Health Cluster partners support primary health services for returnees from Iran at the Zaranj border in Nimroz, including vaccination, tuberculosis and HIV screening, reproductive health servicesÃÂ ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
January 8, 2018
These are the finding of a report compiled by Pajhwok Afghan News and the Lawyers Association on the 14th anniversary of the constitution's .... In Baghlan, Kabul, Paktika, Maidan Wardak, Sar-i-Pul, Bamyan, Nimroz, Samangan, Balkh, Uruzgan, Ghazni, Herat, Parwan Farah, and Nuristan provinces, six ofÃÂ ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
January 6, 2018
The Landa Kosa locality recently gained popularity due to its strategic location that remained under Taliban control over the past two years. Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Sidiqi, the Uruzgan police chief who visited the area, told Pajhwok Afghan News it was retaken as a result of an operation. He said the AfghanÃÂ ...
TOLOnews
December 30, 2017
Khas Uruzgan police said dozens of Taliban had attacked a police check post, killing one soldier. Thumbnail. A local security official in Uruzgan province claimed on Saturday that at least 10 Taliban members were killed in a clash with security forces. Mullah Abdul Samad district police chief for KhasÃÂ ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 21, 2017
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): At least 15 militants have been killed during an operation by Afghan forces on the outskirts of the capital of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Thursday. Col. Rahmat Shah Qimati, commander of the 205th Atal Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News the operationÃÂ ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 13, 2017
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Three children of a war-displaced family have died due to extreme cold in southern Ghazni province, the deceased children's grandmother said Wednesday, fearing for other kids. Some 24 families after being displaced by the conflict in Tirinkot, the capital of central UruzganÃÂ ...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
Taliban's shadow deputy governor Mawlawi Wali Jan, also known as Hamza, and 11 other insurgents were in an airstrike in Uruzgan province on Monday, the MoI said in a statement on Tuesday. The airstrike was launched in Trinkot city, capital of the province on Monday, the statement said, adding that:ÃÂ ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 31, 1999
insurgents have been killed during an operation in central Uruzgan province, local officials said on Thursday. Rahmat Shah Qimati, commander of the 205th Atal Military Corps' fourth brigade, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces raided Kaftar Khan and Hazargi areas of the provincial capital. He saidÃÂ ...
Gandhara
December 31, 1999
In an apparent bid to showcase their resolve for backing the government, protesters in a restive Afghan province have displayed small arms. The January 2 protest in the remote southwestern province of Uruzgan comes amid a tense showdown between the national unity government in Kabul and regionalÃÂ ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 5, 2017
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): A man killed his wife in Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province, on Monday, an official said. Col. Dil Agha, police chief of the first municipality district of Tirinkot, told Pajhwok Afghan News the man after beheading his wife had managed to flee along with his three children.
MENAFN.COM
December 4, 2017
(MENAFN - Pajhwok Afghan News) TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): A five-member gang accused of targeted killings and planting landmines has been arrested in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Sunday. The deputy governor, Abdul Wahid Patan, said the group was detained based on an intelligence ...
The Interpreter
December 4, 2017
Afghanistan already has, and has had, several versions of such a force to support the struggling Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), among them the Afghan ... In a recent paper, Nick Miszak and I explore exactly why these local militias failed in Achin (and Uruzgan province) but worked elsewhere.
Gandhara
December 4, 2017
(Reuters) - Since U.S. forces began stepping up air strikes against the Taliban, Kunduz shopkeeper Najibullah no longer fears another insurgent takeover of the northern Afghan city. But he does fear robbery or kidnap by militia gangs. With Afghan forces improving and on the offensive, U.S. commanders ...
TOLOnews
December 3, 2017
A key Taliban commander has been killed in an Afghan special air strike in southern Helmand province, the NDS said in a statement on Sunday. ... He was also involved in fighting against security forces in Ghor, Badghis Uruzgan provinces, Maiwand and Ghorak districts of Kandahar province,” the NDSÂ ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 3, 2017
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): A five-member gang accused of targeted killings and planting landmines has been arrested in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Sunday. The deputy governor, Abdul Wahid Patan, said the group was detained based on an intelligence report last night during a special ...
The Australian
December 2, 2017
After Australian forces pulled out of Oruzgan province in 2013, the Taliban rapidly regained the strongholds of Chora, Shahid-e-Hasas and Khas ... Often the first sign these soldiers had of a looming hail of bullets, or a bitter and brutal ambush, was the sight of Afghan women and children hurrying away.
MENAFN.COM
November 30, 2017
(MENAFN - Afghanistan Times) AT Monitoring News-KABUL: The Taliban ... Tirinkot and some district of the Uruzgan province, but the Afghan ...
NBCNews.com
November 29, 2017
... during the mission in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. The bust will be unveiled in a ceremony at the University of Alabama Wednesday, Nov.
MENAFN.COM
November 29, 2017
(MENAFN - Afghanistan Times) AT Monitoring News-KABUL: The Taliban ... Tirinkot and some district of the Uruzgan province, but the Afghan ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 29, 2017
7 children injured in Uruzgan mortar shell explosion ... Chora district of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Wednesday. A relative of the children Niamatullah told Pajhwok Afghan News the unexploded shell ... read and access latest news, features, interviews, videos and photos about Afghanistan.
Reliefweb
November 28, 2017
In 2011, the Afghan government and the UN signed a Joint Action Plan for ... rights and well-being of children, which are central to Afghanistan's recovery, ... The theatrical productions in Kandahar province were part of a series of ... and also in the neighbouring provinces of Helmand, Zabul and Uruzgan, ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 28, 2017
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): The police chief for central Uruzgan province on Tuesday said Taliban info-icon militants recently attempted to capture ...
Stars and Stripes
November 27, 2017
... who also died during the mission in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. ... as a sculptor in clay of U.S. military veterans from the Iraq and Afghan ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
November 26, 2017
Afghan security forces have been accused of committing child sex ... a meeting with local leaders in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. ... Dan Quinn, a former Special Forces captain, who beat up an Afghani militia commander ...
Stars and Stripes
November 25, 2017
KABUL, Afghanistan — Sitting in her office at NATO's Resolute Support ... CSTC-A is the primary organization tasked with building the Afghan National ... to command the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Uruzgan province.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 25, 2017
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): A father has killed his daughter for unknown reason in the capital of central Uruzgan province, where a clash left eight ...
ReliefWeb
November 21, 2017
Afghanistan Weekly Field Report | 12 - 19 November 2017 ... The provinces sheltering the highest numbers of IDPs remained Nangarhar (65,858), ... The latest food security assessment classified Badghis Province as the only ... SR: In Uruzgan, ANSF members requested humanitarian workers to register ...
Military Times
November 15, 2017
Afghan farmers harvest raw opium at a poppy field in the Zhari District of southern Kandahar. ... Opium production is up 87 percent in Afghanistan this year to a record ... “In Helmand province alone, cultivation increased by 63,700 ... or +116%), and Uruzgan (+6,000 hectares or +39%),” the report reads.
Reliefweb
November 13, 2017
Afghanistan Weekly Field Report | 6 - 12 November 2017 [EN/PS] ... The provinces sheltering the highest numbers of IDPs are Nangarhar ...
Anadolu Agency
November 13, 2017
The UN in Afghanistan said on Monday the ragging violence in Afghanistan has ... The eastern Nangarhar province lying between the capital Kabul and ... for turf, and the Afghan forces are busy in counter-terrorism operation. ... districts in Helmand, Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces to Kandahar city and ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 12, 2017
... in the capital of central Uruzgan province on Sunday, an official said. ... Abdul Qawi Omari, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast occurred at ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 10, 2017
gunmen were killed during a clash on a highway in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Friday. The overnight clash broke out after ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 10, 2017
The resident cited lack of central government's attention to Uruzgan, ... Tribal elder and presidential advisor Mohammad Qasim Mohammadi, told Pajhwok Afghan News ... arranged in order to call for clearing operations across the province, ... news, features, interviews, videos and photos about Afghanistan.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 6, 2017
Pajhwok Afghan News reports in October, citing various sources, show attacks and ... years that security forces were attacked in central Panjshir province last month. ... in Paktia, Nangarhar, Uruzgan, Kandahar and Ghazni provinces. ... of many countries, including Pakistan had been active in Afghanistan.
The Diplomat
November 3, 2017
In the Afghan context, it must be noted that “control and influence” are vague ... sections of the country, i.e. Helmand and Uruzgan Provinces.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
November 2, 2017
Uruzgan is one of the provinces where poppy is widely cultivated. ... Deputy Governor Abdul Wahid Patan told Pajhwok Afghan News that poppy not ... confirmed many women in the province gave their children opium to silence them ... latest news, features, interviews, videos and photos about Afghanistan.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
October 31, 2017
Pajhwok- Audio Mines Gold Report - Afghanistan mineral and ... 11 police, 18 Taliban dead in ongoing Uruzgan battle ... killed during an ongoing clash in Chinartu district of central Uruzgan province, ... Chinartu district police chief 2nd Lt. Akhtar Mohammad told Pajhwok Afghan News insurgents staged ...
TOLOnews
October 27, 2017
The public health director of Uruzgan, Khan Aqa Miakhail, said Taliban militants have made some demands from health officials in the province ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
October 25, 2017
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): At least two Afghan soldiers were killed and another ... district of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Wednesday.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
October 18, 2017
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Inhabitants of central Uruzgan province have slammed the ... He told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban were still active in areas around the ... “If other provinces have been in a similar predicament, the president and all his ... State of prisons in Afghanistan remains inhuman: IWAÂ ...
Daily Telegraph
October 14, 2017
... in the Shah Wali Kot region of northern Kandahar province. ... asset to provide air insertion into southern Uruzgan province in Afghanistan, ...
TOLOnews
October 14, 2017
... whowere killed in Uruzgan province (last month),” said Zahir Saadat, an MP. ... Some MPs said Afghanistan has never witnessed an honest leader to work ... His remarks were met with mixed reaction by Afghan politicians.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
October 12, 2017
... of violence in central Uruzgan province, officials said on Thursday. ... told Pajhwok Afghan News the incidents took place in the 4th police ...
TOLOnews
October 5, 2017
The clashes started four days ago in Chora district of the province, officials ... attack on government forces' outposts in Chora district in Uruzgan, ...
New York Times
October 1, 2017
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Culminating a deadly week for Afghan forces ... of heavy fighting and attacks in the neighboring provinces of Uruzgan, ... In neighboring Uruzgan Province, days of intense fighting has left at least ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
September 25, 2017
Taliban Threats Force Health Facilities In Southern Afghan Province To Close ... Most of the health facilities in Afghanistan's isolated Uruzgan Province have ... in exerting control in provinces where the insurgency is strongest.
New York Times
September 23, 2017
A vaccination campaign in nearby Oruzgan Province will be ... Most, and perhaps all, of the clinics in Oruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan are shut, ... with varying degrees of fighting in 20 of the country's 34 provinces, ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 31, 1999
... people were killed and wounded in 169 attacks across Afghanistan in October, ... Pajhwok Afghan News reports in October, citing various sources, show ..... years that security forces were attacked in central Panjshir province last month. ... in Paktia, Nangarhar, Uruzgan, Kandahar and Ghazni provinces.
ReliefWeb
December 31, 1999
In Hilmand province alone, cultivation increased by 63,700 hectares ... Nimroz (+6,200 hectares or +116%), and Uruzgan (+6,000 hectares or +39%). ... In 2017, the number of poppy-free provinces in Afghanistan decreased from 13 to 10. ... The shift in strategy by the Afghan government - focusing its efforts ...
Tuscaloosa News
December 31, 1999
Bust honors late UA grad Mark Forester, who served in Afghanistan .... who also died during the mission in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
