A number of orphaned and underprivileged children in western Ghor province say access to free education, provided by a young man, has not only eased their path to learning but also given them new hope for the future.
FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Hundreds of displaced persons in northeastern Badakhshan province have been scared of increasing cold weather and asked concerned authorities to pay attention to
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Residents and pharmacists in northern Balkh province claim some private hospitals and doctors are fleecing patients by encoding prescriptions. They insist doctors must
TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Residents of Kalafghan district of northern Takhar province say children from consanguineous marriages born with genetic diseases. Rajab Ali, 64, a resident of
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some couples have separated due to infertility and several women who have been divorced or abandoned due to this problem lead a difficult life.
ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Residents of Watapur district in eastern Kunar province complain about lack of healthcare services and urge the government to address the matter. Having
Women comprised half of the human society and are respected in Islam but still some people upon the birth of baby girl expressed disappointment, torture the mother of baby girl and even hand over divorce.
KABUL (Pajhwok): In order to prevent birth defects in children, doctors advise serious care and no use of arbitrary drugs during pregnancy and say marriage
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Residents of two villages in eastern Nangarhar province have ended their four-year-old enmity that surfaced over the ownership of a desert. The two tribes reconciled following mediation of tribal elders in Gushta district.
Officials of a school for deaf and dumb in southeastern Khost province have asked the government to provide proper learning facilities for the special children.
Some residents and experts in western Badghis province are worried about the digging of deep wells in substandard manner, asking the government to prevent the practice.
Education Department officials in eastern Kunar province say 1,800 more teachers, including 759 females, should be appointed to overcome their shortage in public sector schools of the province.
