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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...

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Supporters of Gul Agha Sherzai in the first round presidential elections in western Farah province on Tuesday announced they would back frontrunner Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai in the possible runoff race.
The announcement comes days after Sherzai joined forces with top-voted presidential runner Dr. Abdullah Abdullah.
A large number of Sherzai’s supporters on Tuesday gathered in Farah City and announced their backing for Ghani, a former finance minister, said Haji Syed Ahmad, who campaigned for Sherzai in the first round elections.

A man and 2 children were wounded by a mortar shell allegedly fired by Afghan forces in Shiwan area of Bala Balok district of Farah province on Saturday noon.

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A person was held with 500 fake voter cards in Gust area of Pusht Koh district of western Farah province.

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FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Two district police chiefs and six Independent Election Commission (IEC) workers have been fined for committing fraud during the April 5 elections in western Farah province, an official said Sunday.
Those fined included police chiefs for Khak-i-Safed and Pusht Koh districts, who had been deployed for security of polling stations in their respective towns.

8 Farah officials fined over electoral fraud

FARAH (Pajhwok): Ballot boxes of 36 polling centres had been quarantined in western Farah province, officials said on Saturday.
Dr. Ali Ahmad Nazhat Yar, provincial Independent Election Commission (IEC) head, said 29 of the 36 voting centres were located in Purchaman district while the rests in Khak-i-Safid, Pusht-i-Road districts and the provincial capital.

36 Farah polling centres’ votes quarantined

د ټاکنو د امنيت د ټينګښت له امله امنيتي ځواکونه وستايل شول

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Eight militants and two policemen were killed on Saturday during a clash in western Farah province, where three civilians were injured in a mortar fire, officials and residents said.
The eight rebels were killed after they stormed a public order police post in Ganjabad area of the Bala Balok district at 9am, the 207th Zafar Military Corps spokesman said.
Mohammad Hanif Rezayee told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash that also left five attackers and one policeman wounded continued until 11am, he said.