Six individuals have been killed and 18 others injured as a result of a coalmine collapse in Karkar area of northern Baghlan province, police said on Wednesday.
At least five people were killed and 11 other, including a woman and several other local residents, were wounded during an armed clash between two families over a property dispute in northern Baghlan province on Sunday, an official said.
About 350 new emerald mines have been discovered in the Pariyan district of central Panjshe province, and nearly 3,987 carats of emeralds from this province have been sold for over $524,000.
A more than 18 kilometers of road is being reconstructed and widened at a cost of 21 million afghanis in Kafshan Valley of central Parwan province, an official said on Wednesday.
The extraction of emeralds in 15 areas out of 21 newly discovered emerald sites has begun in Hes-e-Awal district of central Panjsher province, an official said on Saturday.
MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): A 15-year-old feud between two families has been resolved after mediation of local officials, religious scholars and tribal elders in central Kapisa
A mother and her child have died, and the body of another person who went missing six days ago has been recovered from the Sayed River in central Kapisa province, an official said on Saturday.
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