Benyamin Bariz

The national Karate championship will be held in the next two weeks in western Herat province, the Afghanistan Karate Federation (AKF) said on Thursday.

Pediatrics has recorded a significant surge in respiratory diseases such as cold and pneumonia among children in western Herat province with the arrival of winter.

A woman in Herat has established a carpet-weaving workshop, providing jobs to 30 poor women in the western province.

In a small forge in the heart of western Herat city, the capital of western Herat province, 49-year-old Ahmad Shah is striving to keep the blacksmithing industry alive.

With the arrival of winter and increasing problem of electricity shortage in western Herat province, the market for Sandali or chair-making and their sale has become the most thriving business in the province.

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in cooperation with the Afghanistan National Saffron Union has distributed saffron harvesting and processing equipment and machines to hundreds of farmers in western Herat province.

Nearly 200 drug addicts have been reintegrated into society and reunited with their families after undergoing a 12-month treatment in western Herat province, an official said Wednesday.

An armed robber has been killed during a clash with security forces in western Herat province, officials said on Wednesday.

Child laborers and street children in western Herat say they are deprived of education and a healthy life due to economic hardships and urge the government to assist their families in overcoming financial difficulties.

As saffron harvesting season is approaching in western Herat province, officials say the precious herb’s yield will increase this season.

The only bead-making workshop is reviving an ancient craft while producing and exporting high-quality prayer beads (tasbih) to international markets, alongside growing domestic sales within Afghanistan.

Security forces have arrested nine suspected robbers in western Herat province, an official said on Thursday.