Five people, including a teacher and four students, were injured when lightning struck a school in the Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar province.
Taxi drivers should not abuse the opportunity of the ban on using high-speed personal vehicles as taxis, otherwise they will face legal action, the Traffic Department said on Wednesday.
Anti-Counter Narcotic Department personnel have arrested a notorious drug smuggler in northeastern Khost province, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Tuesday.
Construction work on six small check dams has been launched by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in three districts of southeastern Khost province, an official said on Tuesday.
A six-month long vocational training programme involving 280 youth has been initiated in southeastern Paktia province, an official announced on Tuesday.
The European Union (EU) will allocate a three-year aid package worth $1.8 billion to support the Palestinian Authority, a media report said on Tuesday.