Mohammad Yousuf Mangal

A number of traders and drivers say the Ghulam Khan crossing in southeastern Khost province has been closed by Pakistan against trade activities over the past ten days, with loaded trucks denied passage.

Many people visit a local shrine daily and hammer nails into a wooden post that they believe cure headaches and other ailments in Ismailkhel Mandozai district of southeastern Khost province.

Some people and factory owners in southeastern Khost province ask the government to expedite work on the industrial park while officials claim that all obstacles have been removed and many construction projects will begin in the industrial park as soon as possible.

Four health centers and three pharmacies have been closed for failing to comply with health laws and regulations in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Thursday.

The president of the Afghanistan’s Iron Smelting Union says that approximately $500 million has been invested in the country’s iron smelting sector so far, creating employment opportunities for around 70,000 people, both directly and indirectly.

A man has been arrested with a Kalashnikov and a hand grenade after he tried to enter his in-laws’ house to kill his wife and children in southeastern Khost province, police said on Thursday.

A volleyball tournament, featuring 10 teams including two teams from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has commenced in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Wednesday.

One individual has been killed and five others injured as a result of traffic accident in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Thursday.

Work on a construction project, six bridges and 199 culverts, has begun at a cost of 19.5 million afghanis in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Wednesday.

The Ghulam Khan crossing in southeastern Khost province was reopened for freight vehicles on Wednesday after two weeks of closure, officials said.

A large mine of quartz has been discovered in the Shamal Dohmanda district of southeastern Khost province, authorities announced on Thursday.

In the southeastern province of Khost, a master engraver and miniature artist, Ismail Zadran, reflects with disappointment on a lifetime he dedicated to a fading craft.