Society

The residents of Nad Ali district in southern Helmand province said they were happy to live in peace despite economic problems and poverty.

Residents of the Kharmalaq area of Farah City complain about the absence of telecommunication services.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Ex-president Hamid Karzai’s elder brother Abdul Qayyum Karzai has died in the United States. He was 77. A great proponent of . .

Acting Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Mullah Abdul Manan Omari and his Qatari counterpart Dr Ali bin Samikh Al Marri have discussed various issues, including ties between Doha and Kabul.

Some retired government employees have complained about economic problems and asked the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government to pay their pensions as they are entitled to this right.

Residents of the Kishindi district of northern Balkh province say they have been deprived of elemental facilities like electricity, health centres, paved roads and telecom services.

The second shipment of Iran’s humanitarian aid for flood-affected people has arrived in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, officials said on Sunday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The World Food Program says it supported nearly 20,000 floods-affected people in Afghanistan with food assistance. The program wrote on its . .

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Government officials say a package of food and non-food aid from Iran has arrived in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital . . .

A campaign to round up beggars has been launched by a government commission in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Tuesday.

Four electricity transformers at the cost of 19 million afs have been installed in the Nawabad locality of Ghazni City which would able 1,200 families to get electricity, an official said on Monday.

The Salma Dam has reached its highest water level, forcing authorities to release 400 cubic meters of water from the reservoir following recent rains, an official in western Herat province said on Sunday.