An artificial limb rehabilitation centre in southern Helmand province, which provided services to nearly 20,000 people last year, is helping disabled individuals return to normal life through prosthetic limbs, physiotherapy and counselling services.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has pledged to continue operation in Afghanistan saying 32,000 structures, artificial limbs and wheelchairs would be distributed to disabled persons.
BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): Residents of central Bamyan province are concerned about the breakout of Mpox (formerly monkeypox) disease and have asked the government to take
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Some farmers and orchard owners in southern Ghazni province complain the widespread use of the Pakistani rupee has caused them losses. The
TAOQAN (Pajhwok): On the eve of apple, potatoes and other agriculture products harvest, farmers in northern Takhar province have asked government to construct cold stores
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Education Department officials in northern Baghlan province say 209 out of 527 schools in the province have no buildings and as a result
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Some dairy products sellers in western Herat province have asked the government to impose high tariff on imported dairy products for the
Health experts say unbalanced diet causes some diseases and ask the Ministry of Public Health to review its dietary guidelines prepared about eight years ago.
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): A woman in northwestern Nimroz province has established a doll making factory by initially investing just 2,000 afghanis. She says she will hire
KABUL (Pajhwok): Hundreds of rehabilitated drug addicts have been provided with vocational training opportunities in the Aghosh Complex in capital Kabul, an official said on
FARAH (Pajhwok): A four-year-old enmity between two families in Bakwa district of western Farah province has come to an end after mediation of elders and
