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Taliban slay 2 Farah voters, hold 18 more hostage

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:23/10/2018

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): The Taliban on Tuesday denied kidnapping 18 voters and killing two others in western Farah province after local residents alleged so. Local residents accused the Taliban of killing t... Read More

Many Farah voters say their names missing

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:20/10/2018

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Many people in western Farah province said they did not find their names on voter lists at polling stations they visited on Saturday. Pajhwok reporter met with dozens of people at polling stat... Read More

د فراه د خاکسفید سلګونه کورنۍ بېځایه شوې دي

Days of clashes displace hundreds in Farah

By: Humayoon Zaheen , Date:13/09/2015

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Five days of clashes between security forces and insurgents have displaced hundreds of families in Khak-i-Safed district of western Farah province, officials said on Monday. The gun b... Read More

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Fraud Tazkeras distributed for rigging in one of the polling stations in Farah province during 2018 Wolesi Jirga elections

Fraud Tazkeras distributed for rigging...

Engineer Muhammad Umar Sherzad Son of Haji Abdul Samad, Engineer Muhammad Umar Sherzad was born in 1966 in Pashmol locality of Panjwai district in Kandahar.
He completed his primary and secondary education at Ahmad Shah Baba High School in Kandahar. He took active part in Jihad against soviet and was a member of Mahaz Milli Afghanistan headed by Pir Sayed Ahmad Gilani. Later, he joined the party of Maulvi Younas Khalis.

Following information will be elaborated with regard of administrative structure, population, race, historical sites, tourism, agriculture, natural resources, education, health, civil societies and overall security situations of the strategically situated Farah province.
Location:
Occupying a vast area, Farah is the western province of Afghanistan.
The province is surrounded by Nimroz, Helmand, and Ghor provinces. Farah shares a 290-kilometers long border with the neighboring Iran.

FARAH CITY (PAN): More than 180 prisoners in western Farah province have been on hunger strike against the authorities’ refusal to remit their jail terms, an official said on Saturday.
As many as 182 inmates, who went on hunger strike on Thursday, were yet to resume eating and drinking, a well-placed source confided to Pajhwok Afghan News.

FARAH CITY (PAN): Six drivers have been killed and 35 NATO supply trucks torched following a militant attack in the Bala Baluk district of western Farah province, officials said on Wednesday.

35 ISAF supply trucks torched, 6 drivers killed

FARAH CITY (PAN): Three people were killed and as many wounded in a suicide attack in the Bala Baluk district of western Farah province on Saturday, officials said.

FARAH CITY (PAN): Insurgents torched four trucks shipping logistic supplies for NATO-led troops and lost four men to the ensuing clash with the convoy’s guards in northwestern Farah province, officials said on Friday.