Jalālābād News

JALALABAD: At least three people, including a suicide bomber killed, and another arrested alive when two suicide bombers attacked on governor house in Jalalabad province of Afghanistan on Monday, Police said. Sources said that two suicide bombers entered into the...

Winning beside the point for runner inspired by grandson's cancer battle Winning beside the point for runner with a cause Herald Salinas Bureau Updated: 11/16/2009 01:27:02 AM PST It wasn't the best race veteran runner Bobbi Binder had ever run. Her...

Four provincial governors and a 21-member executive committee from the eastern Afghanistan peace and development jirga, a group of elders , has met in the Nangarhar Governor’s compound to discuss the group’s charter and its top priorities. Provincial Governors, elders...

Displaced Pakistani families hosted in Kunar Province JALALABAD, 9 November 2009 (IRIN) - Military operations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of northwestern Pakistan have forced hundreds of households to abandon their homes and seek refuge in Afghanistan’s eastern...

A major opium producer just a few years ago, Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar is now believed to be opium free, amid signs the once flourishing olive business is undergoing a revival...Before the onset of war in 1979, Nangarhar had...

The governor of eastern Nangarhar province has announced his support for decisions of the election and complaints commissions but expressed opposition to a second round of presidential polls. Speaking at a news conference here, Gul Agha Sherzai said: “I support...

The governors from three Afghan provinces announced Tuesday there were forming a tribal council to work toward peace, reconciliation and development. The governors of the eastern provinces of Nangarhar, Hunar and Laghman held a news conference Tuesday in Jalalabad to...

Vetch production has tripled this year in eastern Nangarhar province, bordering Pakistan’s tribal region of Khyber, officials said. The director of agriculture, irrigation and livestock said 415 hectares of land were cultivated with the vetch crop that produced 635 tonnes...

Governors and top security officials from the four eastern provinces held a conference on law enforcement in eastern Nangarhar province. Before the conference began, Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the participants would be given useful information...