Provincial Council Elections

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The provincial council of northern Baghlan province criticized local governance amid complains that Taliban’s influence has gaining momentum even inside the capital of the province.
Provincial council head Mohammad Safdar Mohsini told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants were active in Wazirabad areas of Pul-i-Khumri City, the provincial capital, and they were inciting locals against government.
He shared the issue time and again with security officials during their meetings but no attention could be paid to ameliorate the situation.

TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Lack of coordination among local departments has led to spiraling insecurity in northern Takhar province, head of the Provincial Council (PC) says on Thursday.
Takhar was one of the secure provinces but anti-state rebels have recently stepped up their activities in the province.

Takhar insecurity linked to lack of coordination: PC

GARDIZ (Pajhwok): Six education officers of southeastern Paktia province have been detained on corruption charges but their two accomplices managed to flee, an official said on Wednesday.
An official of the department, wishing to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News the detainees included the the directors of planning and protection, a supervisor, two engineers and the education director of Wozi Zadran district.
“Two other officials involved in corruption have been fled and we have no clue to them,” the official said.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Provincial council head of eastern Nuristan province claimed on Wednesday that the self-styled Daesh had initiated constructing a military base there amid reports that security forces was investing the issue, an official said on Wednesday.
The area of Mandawal is located in eastern Nuristan and an easy access to Paroon, Panjsher and Badakhshan provinces. The influx and heavy presence of militants left great impact on law and order situation in Badakhshan province and to pave way to central Asian states, the official said.

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): The government has failed to eradicate poppy farms even in areas under its control in western Ghor province due to increased insecurity and a presence of illegal armed men there, officials acknowledged on Wednesday.
Provincial counternarcotics authorities say the Ghor administration has been unable to win the annual prize for Zero Poppy Cultivationamounting to one million dollars for the past three years, as cultivation of the illicit crop has resumed in the province.

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): A civil society group and local officials have voiced their concern about the increase in street harassment of women and girls in central Bamyan province, urging the government to criminalise the malicious act.
A survey conducted by a women’s rights development organisation in Yakawlang district and Bamyan’s capital found that street harassment had increased over the past three years.