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Several residents of Kabul have complained about increasing power outages, saying the situation is disrupting their daily lives and work. Meanwhile, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) cited low electricity production and rising demand as the main causes and said practical measures are underway to resolve the problem permanently.

A ten-year feud between two families in the Shirin Tagab district of northern Faryab province has been peacefully resolved through the mediation of local officials, religious scholars and tribal elders.

As much as 2.5 tonnes of expired food and non-food items have been torched in the capital of western Badghis province, an official said on Tuesday.

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.