With the increase in cucumber farms in southern Ghazni province, farmers say a lack of proper markets and falling prices have seriously affected their businesses, leaving many unable to even cover production costs.
Residents of various villages of the Alborz district of northern Balkh province complain of a potable water shortage, seeking a solution to the problem.
Hasibullah Zaheer, 26, who born blind, has completed his higher education like a sighted person and has almost completed writing tafseer of the Holy Quran and some important history books in Braille and tries to open new avenues of hope for other blind people.
A number of local gardeners and traders in northwestern Faryab say that this year the level of raisin production in the province has doubled, but the price of this product has dropped sharply.
Child laborers and street children in western Herat say they are deprived of education and a healthy life due to economic hardships and urge the government to assist their families in overcoming financial difficulties.
Some people believed that wearing jewellery with certain precious stones, in addition to adding to their beauty, was eye-catching and had healing effects, but experts said that no scientific research had been conducted on this so far.
Some residents of Kabul have raised concerns at the high cost of medication and tests at private hospitals, assailing doctors for prescribing patients unnecessary procedures.
Some residents of northern Jawzjan province demand more relaxation in the procedure of obtaining National Computerized Identity Cards (CNICs), but officials say over 31,000 CNICs were issued during the past six months.
Blacksmiths in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, say their business is almost on the verge of collapse due to the import of similar products from abroad.
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Residents of Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, have asked the municipality to allocate land for a new cemetery. They say
Experts and researchers have called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to make water management a top priority and seek international financial and technical assistance.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) says it prevented 26,000 wild animals from being hunted in different provinces and arrested 71 poachers in
