Raqiba Poya Aziz

Saira, a woman farmer in the capital of northern Jawzjan province, has provided job and income opportunities for more than 200 women by establishing an “agricultural cooperative”.

The Department of Education in northern Jawzjan has established literacy classes at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), offering new hope to those long deprived of basic education.

An Afghan returnee from Iran has established a copper smelting factory in Sheberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan, creating jobs for 10 people and pledging to expand employment with government support.

About 500 greenhouses have been equipped with the drip irrigation systems in northern Jawzjan province so far this year, with farmers saying their yields have increased manifold.

Security forces have arrested 21 crime suspects in northern Jawzjan province.

A woman entrepreneur in Sheberghan City, the capital of Jawzjan, has established a sewing workshop for dozens of returnee women from Iran, providing them with employment opportunities.

In Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, a group of young deaf individuals is refusing to surrender to the silence imposed by their hearing impairment.

The first ever pressure cooker manufacturing factory, with a $500,000 investment, has started operating in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province.

A 12-year-old enmity between two families has been resolved in northern Jawzjan province through mediation of local officials, scholars and tribal elders.

A bitter 21-year feud between two rival families in Khanqah district of northern Jawzjan province—which claimed the lives of 20 people—has finally been resolved through the efforts of local officials, religious scholars and tribal elders.

A man died in a traffic accident in the capital of northern Jawzjan province on Saturday.

Dr. Soraya Qayumi, an obstetrician-gynecologist in northern Jawzjan province, has started voluntarily providing free health services to Afghan women returning from Iran in the province.