Features and Investigative Reports

Arbitrary cutting of forest trees and destruction of pastures have worried cattle owners in central Bamyan province who call on the government to take immediate action against this phenomenon.

Some residents and cultural activists in northern Balkh province have expressed concern over the destruction of a historic Berbar fort located Dawlatabad district and called on the government to reconstruct the historic site.

A woman in northern Jawzjan province has established a carpet weaving and sewing workshop, offering work opportunities to 50 women.

Some women and girls are not receiving the tetanus vaccine for various reasons, while doctors emphasise on its use, warning the disease can be fatal in some cases.

Doctors call childbirth at home with untrained attendants risky, but some women in western Ghor province say they have to exercise the option due to harmful traditions, a shortage of female specialists and fewer maternity hospitals.

Ahmad Wali, a former prosecutor who has served in several provinces, became addicted to drugs at the hands of close friends.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Health experts say medical waste may appear harmless, but it can pose significant environmental and health hazard and can lead to serious diseases

The shortage of a proper market for the sale of handicraft have made the producers of these items worried despite growing consumers interest and expansion of the handicraft sector in the province.

Some residents in Zaranj city, the capital of northwestern Nimroz province, complain about growing disorder in the city, but municipality say a discipline urban committee has been established to deal with encroachments.

Some Unani medicine practitioners claim they can successfully treat various ordinary and complicated diseases.

Thousands of people in the Dahna Ghori, Dushi and Burka districts have no access to drinking water and urged government to pay serious attention to their problems.

A number of beekeepers in central Daikundi say the beekeeping industry has recently flourished and honey produced in the province has gained a special reputation for its high quality.