Nasrin Sayedi

Pistachio traders in western Badghis province have raised concerns over declining sales, urging the government to take serious steps to improve market access, warning that their stored produce may otherwise spoil.

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Farmers in western Ghor province are happy with potato yields this year despite drought conditions, but complain about the lack of cold storages to preserve the harvests.

Construction work has been started on three water supply networks that will cost over 18 million afghanis and provide safe drinking water to more than 700 families upon completion in western Ghor province.

A resident of Yakhan Sofla village in Taywara district of western Ghor province has constructed a building for a health centre in the village at a cost of more than 1.5 million afghanis.

One person has been killed and five others injured in a traffic accident in western Badghis province, an official said on Wednesday.

Two individuals have been arrested on the charge of illegal mining in western Badghis province, an official said on Monday.

Construction of three water supply networks has been completed at a cost of more than 6.5 million afghanis and the facilities put into use in western Ghor province.

Construction work has been initiated on six water supply networks at a cost of 40 million afghanis in western Ghor province, an official announced on Sunday.

Three children have been injured in western Badghis province after an old unexploded shell went off, an official said on Wednesday.

Security forces have arrested three individuals on the charges of fraud, smuggling narcotics and trafficking of antiquities in the Muqur district of western Badghis province.

Construction work has been initiated on two water supply projects at a cost of 14 million afghanis in western Ghor province, an official said on Sunday.

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Nineteen individuals have been arrested over collecting and selling yama grass in western Ghor province, an official said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Abdul