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Will not vote if captured on camera, warn Khost women

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:16/09/2019

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Members of a women association in southeastern Khost province say they will not participate in this month’s presidential election if their photos are taken as mandatory during... Read More

Khost residents want voter registration period extended...

By: يوسف منګل , Date:29/06/2019

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Some residents of southeastern Khost province say the period of the ongoing voter registration process should be extended in the province. In a mark of protest, dozens of people gathered at th... Read More

Protesting candidates in Khost want all votes recounted...

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:17/12/2018

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): After closing a key highway, failing Wolesi Jirga candidates and their supporters have closed the Governor’s House main gate against employees in southeastern Khost province. The fre... Read More

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KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Lawmakers, members of provincial councils and civil society activists from the southeastern Khost province on Friday alleged that acting Governor Abdul Jabbar Naeemi had links with militants and he and other responsible should be prosecuted following a devastating suicide attack in the province the other day.
The death toll into the attack on Thursday in Khost province surged to 20 as two more tribal elders succumbed to injuries in hospital.

دولتي پلاوي د خوست د ستونزې د هواري هڅې پيل کړې

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Some provincial council members, tribal elders and religious scholars on Sunday slammed as illegal a protest movement by two lawmakers and their supporters against the governor of southern Khost province.
Maulvi Sardar Mohammad, the Mujahideen Unity Council head in Khost, said the protest led by Kamal Nasir Osuli and Humayun, was unlawful. They claimed there were gunmen in the protest camp in front of the governor’s house.

"د خوست د ولايتي ادارې پر ضد حرکتونه غير مدني دي"

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Some provincial council (PC) members on Tuesday accused the governor of southeastern Khost province of incompetency and administrative corruption, but others rejected their allegations.
Some PC members joined by two lawmakers Humayun and Kamal Nasir Osoli addressed a press conference in Khost City, the provincial capital, calling for the provincial leadership to be replaced.

د خوست د ولايتي شورا ځينو غړو پر والي د اداري فساد تور پورې کړ

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): The southeastern Khost is one of the richest provinces in terms of natural resources, officials said.
Copper, murqury, plumbum and chromite reservoirs could be found in huge quanity elsewhere in the volatile Khost.
The sites of chromite mines had been noticed in parts of the province,officals said,complaining the illegal extraction and smuggling of the precious was underway by local groups.