Abdul Rahman Rosta

ll highways connecting Bamyan province to other parts of the country have been reopened after two days of closure due to heavy snowfall, an official announced on Saturday.

Local officials say recent snowfall and storms have temporarily closed some link roads in in central Bamyan province.

The shortage of a proper market for the sale of handicraft have made the producers of these items worried despite growing consumers interest and expansion of the handicraft sector in the province.

A man has lost his life and 14 others have been injured as a result of a traffic accident in central Bamyan province, an official said on Tuesday.

A woman in central Bamyan has established an educational centre at her own expense, benefitting dozens of orphaned children and rekindling their future hopes.

One individual has been killed and nine others have been injured as a result of traffic accidents in central Maidan Wardak and Bamyan provinces, officials said on Monday.

A volleyball tournament, featuring 11 teams, concluded in central Bamyan province on Saturday, with Yakawlang-2 district team winning the title, an official announced.

Two coal miners have died of suffocation caused by lack of oxygen in a coal mine in the Seghan district of central Bamyan province.

Although air pollution in Bamyan is on the rise, local officials say over 11,000 residents have been educated on preventing environmental degradation n the central province.

Thousands of people are provided short-term employment opportunities under the food-for-work program in central Bamyan province, an official said on Monday.

Some residents and environmental activists in Bamyan have voiced serious concern at growing air pollution in the province.

An eight-year-old enmity between two families has been resolved through the mediation of the provincial governor in central Bamyan province, an official said on Saturday.