Acting Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate in a meeting with the security commanders of Zabul and Laghman, said that, the professionalism of police is a need and full attention should be paid to this division.
The provincial Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Directorate said in a statement that, the World Food Program (WFP) has provided six agricultural unions with agricultural machineries in Laghman.
Anti-narcotics police have destroyed 800 acres of poppy fields in several operations across six provinces.The Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said.
In continuation of the clearing of poppy cultivation in many provinces of the country, the press office of the police commander of Laghman province says that 50 acres of land in Alishang district of this province has recently been cleared of poppy cultivation.
The poppy planted on 5 acres of land in the Alingar district of Laghman has been eradicated. The counter-narcotics management officials of this province said.
UNDP and Swedish Committee for Afghanistan provided medical equipment and medicine worth 100,000 US dollar for the provincial civil hospital. Public health officials of Laghman province said.
Poppy farms on 10 acres of land were eradicated in Umarzi village on the outskirts of Laghman province. Chief of the Counter-Narcotics Department of this province, said.
Eighteen insurgents including a Taliban commander had been killed in operations in the eastern Laghman province over the past two weeks, an army statement said here Saturday.
Two police officers and a civilian were killed and 43 people wounded after a car bomb blast rocked Alishing district in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province on Wednesday, the district chief said.
At least six people were wounded in a rocket attack on a ceremony of Afghanistan’s Independence Day in Laghman province, security officials said on Monday.
The Taliban targeted the police on Tuesday in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province, killing four police officers, including a district police chief, provincial officials said.