Some psychologists claim excessive use of mobile phones and social media causes decreased cognitive function, mental disturbance and aggression in children and adolescents, and can lead to early puberty, sexual deviations, and even exploitation.
Some psychologists claim excessive use of mobile phones and social media causes decreased cognitive function, mental disturbance and aggression in children and adolescents, and can lead to early puberty, sexual deviations, and even exploitation.
Safdar, an 80-year-old breadwinner for his family of 14 members, carries people’s luggage in a handcart to earn some money on a daily basis. The sexagenarian complains about hardships of life and economic problems.
ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Residents of eastern Kunar province have called on the government to reactivate Managi hydropower dam, which has been non-operational for the past three
A woman in central Bamyan has established an educational centre at her own expense, benefitting dozens of orphaned children and rekindling their future hopes.
They have been waiting for three decades for the construction of the Kandahar-Uruzgan highway, but their repeated calls have fallen on deaf ears, residents of the central province say.
The residents of Jalgai district in northern Baghlan province have demanded the operationalization of a 30-bed hospital the construction of which completed eight years ago.
An orthopedic specialist at the Waziri Mohammad Akbar Khan Hospital in Kabul has called traditional methods of treating fractures by bone setters dangerous, urging people to seek medical treatment at health centers for bone fracture treatment.
Some residents of Nimroz complain about sales of low-quality and expired medicine in Zaranj, the capital of northwestern province, urging the government to crack down on the sales of such drugs.
The Labour and Social Affairs Department of Nangarhar says 6,000 people are working in brick kilns, half of them children and teenagers in the Surkh Rod district of the eastern province.
Several residents of eastern Kunar province are complaining about the destruction of bridges on the Kunar River in districts of Shiltan, Sarkan, and Nurgal, and are urging their reconstruction.
Some residents of Alborz district in northern Balkh province complain about their inaccessibility to telecommunication and internet services and ask the government to address their problems.
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