Society

The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue, Prevention of Vice and Hearing of Complaints says it has collected 1,510 mentally ill individuals across the country and referred them to the Afghan Red Crescent Society for treatment and care.

A 15-month-old feud between two families has been resolved in Gilan district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday.

Twenty-two couples tied the knot at a mass wedding ceremony with financial support of charity foundations and national traders in southern Ghazni province.

Two longstanding family feuds in central Panjsher province—one lasting 15 years and the other seven—have been peacefully resolved through the efforts of local authorities and tribal elders.

KABUL (Pajhwok): China has announced it will provide 50 million yuan (over 7 million US dollars) in emergency humanitarian aid for the victims of the recent earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

An Afghan businessman residing in Russia has donated 42.5 tons of food supplies to earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Friday.

Emergency aid for earthquake victims has arrived in Kabul from Japan, while Russia has also dispatched its first shipment of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Vice and Virtue and Complaints Hearing says it will collect mentally ill and psycho patients (both male and female) and hand them over to the Red Crescent Society for treatment and care as per a special order of the Islamic Emirate leadership.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says owners of right-hand drive vehicles registered in Afghanistan must obtain temporary number plates.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says the law regulating poetry gatherings has been endorsed and published in the official gazette.

MAIDAN SHAHR (Pajhwok): More than one thousand needy families were distributed cash assistance in the Behsud district of central Maidan Wardak province, the Rural Rehabilitation and Development Department said on Friday.

The European Union Office in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the decline in water resources in the country, especially in Kabul, saying the problem affects all sectors of life and that the EU is cooperating with Afghan partners in this regard.