Benyamin Bariz

A prominent agricultural figure in western Herat province, drawing on years of experience in the field, is striving to modernise traditional farming by promoting and distributing improved quality seed varieties.

A group of four armed robbers has been arrested with 2.2 million afghanis in western Herat province, an official said on Wednesday.

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A number of female painters in western Herat say that due to the lack of job opportunities in other sectors, they have

Nazir Ahmad, an inhabitant of Herat and the only person who introduced ostrich farming to the western province seven years ago, says he could expand his business with government’s support.

A check dam is being built at a cost of more than 12 million afghanis in western Herat province, an official said on Sunday.

A number of landowners and farmers in western Herat province say the drip irrigation system not only drastically reduces water consumption, but also enables the cultivation of more land and leads to higher crop yields.

A six-member group of armed robbers has been detained in the seventh district of Herat City, the capital of western Herat province, an official said on Sunday.

Some laborers in western Herat province say job opportunities have become increasingly rare while wages have also declined following the return of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees from Iran.

About 40 percent of the first phase of the Herat International Terminal construction project in western Herat has been completed, officials said on Thursday.

The governor of western Herat province has ordered summoning officials of the Hari Karwan Transportation Company after a deadly accident claimed about 80 lives.

The bodies of all victims of Tuesday night’s deadly traffic accident in western Herat province, charred beyond recognition, will be transferred to Kabul, local officials said on Wednesday.

At least 76 people have died and three others injured in a traffic accident in western Herat province, local officials said on Wednesday.