The local authorities of Ghazni province have reported heavy snowfall during the two days of the New Year in several districts of the province and say that the thickness of the snow in some areas is up to 70 cm. According to them, at the beginning of the snowfall, a number of roads were also blocked, which have now been cleared.
Citizens and shopkeepers in Ghazni Province say that the prices of food items such as flour, rice oil, etc. have become cheaper compared to some time ago and people are happy about this.
General Commander of the Islamic Emirate’s Special Units in Ghazni province, who had recently returned from the pilgrimage, is reported to have died in traffic accident.
An Afghan army chopper made an emergency landing in the western Nimroz province on Monday, leaving a pilot injured, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
A plane crashed in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan Monday and U.S. officials are working to confirm reports that it was an American military aircraft.
Four pro-government militiamen were wounded and the driver of an explosive-laden car was killed in Muqar district of Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province on Saturday, provincial government spokesman Aref Nuri said.
Senior Afghan security officials as well as the US and NATO Forces Commander in Afghanistan Gen. Scott Miller travelled to Ghazni on Tuesday to review situation in the province
Seven Taliban fighters including a mine maker were confirmed dead as fighting aircraft targeted Taliban hideouts in Andar and Gero districts of the restive Ghazni province on Saturday, provincial government spokesman Aref Nuri said Sunday.
Afghan security forces in operations against Taliban fighters launched a major offensive in Gul Tipa district of the northern Kunduz province Thursday morning, overrunning main bastion of the armed group, army spokesman in the restive province Ghulam Hazrat Karimi said.