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Local officials in eastern Nangarhar province say Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan are being registered for vocational training and employment at the Torkham crossing, with nearly 50,000 individuals documented so far.

A nine-year-old feud between two families in Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province has been resolved through the mediation of local officials, tribal elders and religious scholars.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned its air relief operations in Afghanistan could be suspended due to severe funding shortfalls.

A sharp cut in US aid has forced the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to halt several life-saving programmes in Afghanistan, leaving hundreds of thousands without access to vital services.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): A two-year-old child who fell into a 50-meter-deep well in the Babaji district of southern Helmand province has been successfully rescued. According to

Residents in northern Samangan province have voiced concern over the shortage of clean drinking water and irrigation supplies, urging government to take serious measures in this regard.

Sanga Hotak is a remarkable teenage girl from Kabul who lost her eyesight in a childhood accident. Yet, she never let her blindness define or limit her.

The municipality of Jalalabad city, in eastern Nangarhar province has announced plans to set up two new municipal districts as part of a broader urban expansion and decongestion.

The Passport Office in northern Kunduz province distributed nearly 50,000 passports in the past year, generating 280 million afs in revenue, an official said on Wednesday.

The Passport Office in northern Balkh province distributed more than 100,000 passports and issued visas to over 400 foreign citizens during the past one year, an official said on Tuesday.

Residents of Kantiwa district in eastern Nuristan province have been cut off from phone and internet services for nearly a week after strong winds brought down the area’s only telecom tower.

Two families in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, have patched up a decade-long feud -- thanks to mediation by a tribal jirga.