Security & Crime
Kandahar woman allegedly kills husband with axe
Security officials say a woman, with the help of another man, allegedly killed her husband with an axe in southern Kandahar province.
Security & Crime
3 ‘armed robbers’ killed in clash with security forces in Helmand
Three “armed robbers” who had stolen money from a money exchange shop were killed in a clash with security forces in Greshk district of southern Helmand...
Business & Economics
Nearly 2m chick hatched in Kandahar every month
About two million chicks are being produced every month in several poultry farms in southern Kandahar, meeting 70 percent of the province’s chicken meat demand and...
Agriculture
Mushroom cultivation gains popularity in Kandahar after Pajhwok report
Dozens of farmers in southern Kandahar province have requested training in mushroom farming following a Pajhwok report promoting it as an alternative to poppy cultivation, the...
Accidents & Disasters
6 children killed in Kandahar roof collapse
At least six children were killed after the roof of a house collapsed in Dand district of southern Kandahar province, officials said on Thursday.
Features and Investigative Reports
Industrialists want nomads to be relocated from Kandahar Park
Industrialists in southern Kandahar have called for the relocation of Kochis (nomads) who have settled on 500 acres of land designated for the provincial industrial park....
Reconstruction
Kandahar road being asphalted at 70m afs
Work has begun on paving the Panjwai two-way road in Kandahar city’s seventh district, a project spanning 1,100 meters in length and 40 meters in width,...
Migration
Kandahar starts giving plots to returnees after Pajhwok report
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Authorities in southern Kandahar province have started allotting plots of land to returning refugee families under residential schemes after Pajhwok published a report about...
Accidents & Disasters
3 killed in Kandahar roof collapse incident
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): A woman and her two children were killed when the roof of a room in their house collapsed in Khakrez district of southern Kandahar...
Business & Economics
Over $10.5m pomegranates exported from Kandahar this year
Chamber of Commerce officials say more than 23,000 tonnes of pomegranates, worth 10.56 million US dollars, have been exported from southern Kandahar province to various countries...
Agriculture
Poppy substitute: Kandahar farmers satisfied with mushroom yield
The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department says mushroom farms have been established for dozens of farmers in the Khakrez district of southern Kandahar province as an...