PARON (Pajhwok): Hundreds of local residents are hired to work against food for construction of a 10-kilometer Want Wegal district of eastern Nuristan province, officials said Thursday.
The people working on the road construction are given food as their wage by World Food Program (WFP).
Mahmood Al Hassan, Want Waigal district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the construction of the road had been ongoing over the past few months and the project would be completed in six months.
He said the road would link Azhok valley with the district centre.
Al Hassan said the road would connect central Nuristan . . .
