Society

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Gul Bashara, now 30, was less than five months old when betrothed to a 20-year-old boy in order to settle a dispute between

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A man with tired eyes and heavy silence amid a pile of children’s clothes and used dishes stares into an unknown future

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A new employment generation programme has been launched in various districts and the capital of central Logar province, an official announced on Tuesday.

The European Union (EU) has said it is doubling its support for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Afghanistan.

In the past month, at least 20 cases of tribal and family disputes have been resolved through the efforts of the Department of Promotion of Virtue, Prevention of Vice, and Hearing of Complaints in western Herat province.

Some residents of northern Kunduz province have expressed frustration over the lengthy process of obtaining electronic ID cards, urging the caretaker government to establish an Asan Khedmat (Easy Service) center in the province.

Two tribes have reconciled, ending 30 years of enmity in the capital of Badghis province, Qala-i-Naw, the Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs announced on Friday.

A private company has launched what an official said ‘affordable’ bus service between Tirinkot and Dehrawud district in central Uruzgan province.

PUL-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): A 35-year-old enmity between two families that has so far claimed 120 lives remains unresolved in Deh Salah district of Baghlan province. The

The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) says the Islamic Emirate has prioritized reconstruction projects in the country and work has been launched on a building for ARCS at a cost of 20 million afghanis in central Logar province.

The General Directorate of Passport says the passport issuance process has returned to normal and if needed, the directorate has the capacity to print up to 500,000 copies daily.

The rising use of plastic bags and other plastic products in Afghanistan is fuelling concerns over their harmful effects on public health and the environment.