Key Taliban suspect arrested in Samangan

Taliban close dozens of healthcare centres in Samangan, Takhar

The Taliban have shut down 52 clinics in an attempt to extort money from the organisation running them, putting tens of thousands of lives at risk, officials say.

With government help, Samangan farmers replace poppies with pistachios

Government-backed efforts eradicated poppy from the province, and in its place established pistachio orchards on 400 hectares of land, planting 160,000 saplings.

Taliban kill 10 civilians resisting extortion in Samangan