Afghanistan News » Farah News Afghanistan » Farah » People: Awash in opium, Afghan 'wild west' slips from Kabul's grasp
News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-politics/awash-in-opium-afghan-wild-west-slips-from-kabuls-grasp-idUSKBN0LL26V/
Published on: Tuesday 17 February 2015
FARAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - In fields less than a 10-minute drive from the intelligence headquarters of Afghanistan's remote western province of Farah, farmers are planting their first illegal ...
News Afghanistan » Farah » People: Afghan Governor Quits, Citing Region's Worsening Security
News channel or source: https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-farah-governor-quits/28999456.html
Published on: Thursday 25 January 2018
The governor of the western Afghan province of Farah has resigned, citing worsening security in the region that he blamed on political interference and corruption among security forces. "I have ...
News Afghanistan » Farah » People: Taliban Claim They’ve Taken Control of Western Afghan City, Farah
News channel or source: https://www.wral.com/archive/17556230/
Published on: Tuesday 15 May 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban claimed to have captured the capital of the western province of Farah on Tuesday, while government officials and their U.S. military backers vowed that the authorities ...