Construction work has been launched on the Shahi canal project at a cost of eight million US dollars in the Alingar district of eastern Laghman province, the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) announced on Monday.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) said on Sunday it had so far received 800 requests from investors for the allocation of land in industrial parks.
Flash floods, triggered by heavy rains, have destroyed crops on 200 acres of land, retaining walls, irrigation channels and waterheads in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said on Sunday.
At least three members of a family were killed and as many others wounded as a result of a traffic accident in the capital of central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday.
Five Afghans, including two brothers, have lost their lives after inhaling poisonous gas in a coalmine in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province.
The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department in Logar province has launched a project to support 800 needy women by building small poultry farms for them.