Features and Investigative Reports

A prominent agricultural figure in western Herat province, drawing on years of experience in the field, is striving to modernise traditional farming by promoting and distributing improved quality seed varieties.

With a sewing machine, a determined Zarmina Khairi in northern Jawzjan turned a small investment into a thriving workshop, providing jobs for 50 women while reviving the province’s fading carpet-weaving tradition art.

According to analysts and those affected, the earthquake in eastern Kunar was deadly because it was shallow and many houses that got destroyed were built of stones in non-standard ways on the slopes of mountains. The earthquake occurred when people were asleep. In some areas, the lack of roads also hindered rescue operations.

Saira, a woman farmer in the capital of northern Jawzjan province, has provided job and income opportunities for more than 200 women by establishing an “agricultural cooperative”.

KABUL (Pajhwok): With groundwater levels in the central capital Kabul plummeting unprecedentedly, many residents are currently relying on mobile tankers for drinking water.

Health specialists warn that self-medication for H. pylori — one of the most common bacterial stomach infections — can lead to severe stomach ulcers and, in some cases even cancer.

A resident of Yakhan Sofla village in Taywara district of western Ghor province has constructed a building for a health centre in the village at a cost of more than 1.5 million afghanis.

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A number of female painters in western Herat say that due to the lack of job opportunities in other sectors, they have

The Department of Education in northern Jawzjan has established literacy classes at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), offering new hope to those long deprived of basic education.

Thirty-nine check dams have been constructed in southern Ghazni province over the past two years, helping to boost agriculture and mitigate the impacts of drought, according to farmers who report higher yields and rising groundwater levels.

Shaima Yousufzai, once battling depression, now supports her family and attracts local and foreign customers by producing jams, pickles and dried vegetables.

Some Afghan returnees from Iran say the bitter history of migration, empty-handed forced returns and unplanned life have faced them with economic problems and psychological stress.