Ahmad Farzam

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Afghan returning refugees in northeastern Badakhshan province voice concern over their dire economic situation and urge the caretaker government and national and international

A young man died after a vehicle plunged into Kokcha River in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday.

For women in the remote district of Kiran wa Minjan in northeastern Badakhshan province, childbirth often carries a deadly risk.

At least 114 traffic accidents occurred in northeastern Badakhshan during the past solar year, resulting in 120 deaths and 167 injuries.

A canal has been constructed at a cost of 28 million afghanis in the Kiran Wa Manjan district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Sunday.

A key pass in the Kiran Wa Manjan district of northeastern Badakhshan province has reopened for traffic, officials said on Saturday.

Ten districts of northeastern Badakhshan province are without proper hospitals and specialist doctors, residents complain.

Two people were killed and five others injured in a traffic accident in the Argo district of northeastern Badakhshan province on Monday, an official said.

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): As many as 2,368 work permits have been issued in northeastern Badakhshan province during the ongoing year and hundreds of children have .

Two miners have been killed after a hill collapsed on them while performing gold panning in Shahr-e-Bozorg district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Wednesday.

There are about 300 active poultry farms in northeastern Badakhshan province, which on average produce 56 tons of chicken daily, local officials said on Wednesday.

About 95 development projects worth 2.7 billion afghanis have either been implemented or being completed this year in northeastern Badakhshan province, while residents say these projects are not enough and insist larger infrastructure projects should be implemented.