Society

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.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Minister of Vice and Virtue and Complaints hearing has instructed the ministry officials to work on building mindsets and avoid using force

Residents of 12 villages in the Alingar district of eastern Laghman province are urgently calling for construction of a proper bridge over the Alingar River.

After Pajhwok Afghan News report about drought in northwestern Nimroz province, which had forced some families to migrate— a philanthropist has stepped in to address the drinking water shortage in a village, saving residents from a two-hour walk to fetch water.

The Department of Rural, Rehabilitation and Development in northern Kunduz says 11 water supply projects were executed in the province last year, benefiting 7,000 families.

Taxi drivers should not abuse the opportunity of the ban on using high-speed personal vehicles as taxis, otherwise they will face legal action, the Traffic Department said on Wednesday.

A six-month long vocational training programme involving 280 youth has been initiated in southeastern Paktia province, an official announced on Tuesday.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Residents of Shortepa district in northern Balkh province say although reinforcement work has already been done to prevent the Amu River from causing

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): About 68 teenagers, including some recently expelled by Iran, have received a six-month long vocational training programme in southern Ghazni province, an

TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Residents of central Uruzgan province are concerned that historical monuments and sites in the provincial capital, Tirinkot, and several districts are at the