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The Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (MoPVPV) says it has addressed 61 cases of women’s Sharia rights across the country in the past week, while 139 people suffering from mental disorders in Nuristan and Laghman provinces were referred for treatment.

The Department of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs in southern Ghazni province says more than 100 young people have graduated from a vocational training programme.

A 29-year-long feud between two families, which had claimed five lives, has been resolved in southeastern Khost province through the mediation of local authorities.

The Commission for Prevention and Restitution of Grabbed Lands reviewed cases of dozens of residential schemes across the country during the past three years, declaring nine of them as entirely state-owned properties.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Some international organizations estimated Afghanistan’s population at 42.6 million people in 2024, but the National Statistics and Information Authority (ASIA) declares these figures

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says more than 798,000 families received cash, food, non-food and health assistance across 27 provinces last month.

The World Bank has reported that the earthquake which struck eastern Afghanistan on August 31 caused an estimated $183 million in direct physical damage to buildings and infrastructure.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says Afghanistan faces one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with over two-thirds of the population needing aid and declining donor support threatening critical services.

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Sixteen couples tied the knot at a mass wedding ceremony in southern Ghazni province to avoid unnecessary and excessive expenses.

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) handled 1,921 cases of missing repatriated children across the country during the second quarter of the current year.

The Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled (MoMD) has signed an agreement worth 21.5 million afghanis with an international organization to provide assistance to 702 orphaned children across 11 provinces of the country.

The planned closure of the Salang Highway has been postponed and the vital route will remain open to both passenger and cargo vehicles until further notice, a reliable source said on Sunday.