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KABUL (Pajhwok): India has provided 40,000 litres of malathion to support Afghan farmers fight locusts, an official said on Sunday.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Iranian airline Yazd Air has started Tehran-Mazar-i-Sharif flights, according to Iranian Consulate General in Mazar-i-Sharif on Sunday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The process to apply for passport through paper applications has been suspended in Kabul due to cold weather and overcrowding, the General Directorate

Mahtab, 45, the resident of Zargaran village in Bamyan City, the capital of central Bamyan province, gave birth to her seven children at home and never taken to maternity hospital for labour.

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): The construction project of 33 kilometers roads inside Maimana city, the capital of northwestern Faryab province, has remained incomplete after five years since the project had launched, according to local officials on Saturday.

A Chinese tourist “Yuyng” has arrived in western Badghis province on a bicycle after travelling thousands of kilometers.

The UN’s new deputy special representative for Afghanistan has vowed to make greater efforts to support Afghans in areas of humanitarian and development.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Some residents in northern Balkh province have complained against air pollution and asked the government to take steps in this regard.

Some residents of Kabul say they have been lacking access to potable water since lasttwo years and travel long distances to fetch waterhome.

Two families have reconciled by ending their 20 years old enmity in northeastern Badakhshan province, thanks to mediation from tribal elders and local officials.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Dealing with extreme hardship, approximately 85 percent Afghans live on less than one dollar a day, UNDP said in a report. The UN

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The number of children working in brick kilns has decreased in eastern Nangarhar province, says the Labor and Social Affairs Department. Previously 130