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KABUL (Pajhwok): Forty-four students have completed training in the specialized freelancing program in the fields of electronic commerce, web design and graphic design as .

Local officials in western Farah province say more than 2,500 internally displaced families have so far returned to their own areas after the restoration of their homes.

Two tribes have reconciled ending their 30-year-old enmity in the Gizab district of central Uruzgan province, thanks to mediation by local officials and residents.

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Fifteen more telecommunication sites have been created in Ferozkoh, the capital of western Ghor province, and some districts in the past two years, an official said on Tuesday.

Fifty couples tied the knot at a mass wedding ceremony organized a charity in Kabul city on Monday.

Following mediation from tribal leaders and religious scholars, a 30-year-old enmity has ended between two families in the Goshta district of eastern Nangarhar province.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Afghanistan has pledged the distribution of humanitarian aid to 16 million vulnerable people this winter, according to a statement on Sunday.

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): On acre usurped state land in the Syah Gard district of central Parwan province on which 250 shops were built had been retrieved after 25 years, an official said on Sunday.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says European Union has contributed 3 million euros (US$ 3.2 million) in aid to Afghanistan.

About 434 drug addicts have been reunited with families after receiving 10-month treatment at a rehabilitation centre in southern Kandahar province.

Local officials in central Bamyan province say orphaned children and child laborers will be collected and enrolled in orphanages.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Over 2,500 foreigners visited Afghanistan in the past one month, the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) said on Saturday.