Benyamin Bariz

As many as 165 large and small factories initiated operation in western Herat province over the last nine months, an official said on Thursday.

Amid a surge in exports, industrialists in western Herat province have started exporting jam to the US, Canada and Kazakhstan, officials said on Thursday.

Dozens of petrol selling shops have been closed by the specific committee on their failure to adhere to safety regulations and an inadequate distance between them and fuel stations.

A four-day calligraphy exhibition titled ‘Nasim-i-Mehr’ commenced in western Herat province on Wednesday to protect Herat’s original and Islamic calligraphic arts.

The TAPI gas pipeline project is advancing swiftly, with three kilometres of the pipeline already laid in Afghan territory, officials in western Herat province say.

The fourth edition of Afghanistan’s Champions Football League (ACL), featuring 12 teams, has concluded in western Herat province, with Abu Muslim Farah team emerging champions.

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.