Benyamin Bariz

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok) Afghan truck drivers say they are no longer extorted inside Afghanistan, but Iranian security forces continue to take money from them illegally

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A number of physically-challenged residents of western Herat province are concerned their vulnerable economic situation, complaining they are struggling to earn a

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Around 4,000 drug addicts, who have been rounded up in the past 15 days in western Herat province, remain under treatment at

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Some girls in western Herat province have said that continued closure of schools and universities caused psychological problems for them. Nargis, the

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): More than 10,000 Afghan refugees return from Iran and Turkey on a monthly basis, the Refugees and Repatriation Department of western Herat

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Elyas, 12, is busy collecting bottles or other worth selling items from the dump near Istiqlal High School and on the footpath

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Some money changers in western Herat province have demanded the distribution of new bank notes into the market and said besides the

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department says more than 590 metric tonnes of wheat has been harvested from irrigated and rain-fed .

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): With the government-run bus service declining in western Herat province, residents demand sufficient and efficient public transport vehicles in the city and

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Hundreds of individuals from different provinces travel illegally to neighboring Iran through the Islam Qala border in western Herat province. Poverty, unemployment

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): In addition to online games for the entertainment of young people using mobile phones and computers, hundreds of spectators watch traditional games

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): At least six of 28 mines in western Herat province are currently being excavated in western Herat province, officials say. Mines and