Pajhwok Correspodent

PAKTIA (Pajhwok): Orchard owners in southeastern Paktia province say their orchards yielded better yields this year compared to the previous years, but the fruits are being sold at lower prices due to the lack of a suitable market. They demanded of the government to find market and and construct cold storage facilities for their crops.

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): At least 60,000 foreign and local tourists visited central Bamyan province in the past three months, an official said on Monday. Governor

MEHTARLAM/MAIDAN SHAHR (Pajhwok): Thousands of destitute families received food and cash assistance in eastern Laghman and central Maidan Wardak provinces, officials said on Sunday .

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Residents, public representatives and civil activists in northern Balkh province say administrative heads of nine districts have been runing their affairs from the

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Five Taliban’s group leaders were killed in an airstrike by the Afghan . . .

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): Public opinion continued to be hostile toward Christians, with Hindus and Sikhs facing societal discrimination and intimidation in

SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): First Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum on Monday said Pakistan intelligence agencies . . .

MAIDAN SHAHR (Pajhwok): Dozens of women in the Jalrez district in central Maidan Wardak province.

SHARAN (Pajhwok): A new radio channel launched test transmissions on Sunday for the first time on Amplitude Modulation (AM) in southeastern Paktika province.

NEILI (Pajhwok): A local official said on Wednesday efforts were underway to rescue 20 drivers and food trucks taken hostage by Taliban militants in central

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday unveiled a three-point strategy to secure long-term peace in Afghanistan. “We must secure peace,” Ghani asserted as he

CAMP DAVID (Pajhwok): US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday announced the launch of a $800 million New Development Partnership with Afghanistan and re-launch