Benyamin Bariz

Another 40 houses have been constructed and handed over to earthquake-effected people in the Zinda Jan district of western Herat province, an official said on Monday.

Security forces have arrested three individuals on murder charges in western Herat province.

A number of citizens of the capital of western Herat province have expressed their concern about the shortages of garbage bins in most parts of the city.

Three radio stations — Hurriyet, Omid and Shariah –have gone on the air in western Herat province.

One child has been killed and five others have been wounded in a mortar shell blast in the Kashk-i-Rubat Sangi district of western Herat province, an official said on Monday.

As the new academic year began, the Education Department said on Thursday about 400 schools needed reconstruction in western Herat province.

Dozens of development projects have been executed at a cost of 300 million afghanis in western Herat province, an official said on Tuesday.

The owner of only women restaurant in western Herat province said she helped generate work opportunities for a number of women by opening a restaurant.

A township comprised of 220 houses for earthquake survivors has been inaugurated in western Herat province.
The township, built at a cost of 200 million afghanis by the Azizi Foundation, was inaugurated in Zinda Jan district on Friday.

A leading Afghan business tycoon has announced investing $10 billion in energy and transportation sectors over the next five years.

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has jolted western Herat, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Construction work on a 550-meter long road estimated to cost 7.5 million afghanis has been launched in Herat city, the capital of western Herat province, an official said on Wednesday.