Rizwanullah Bilal

Three hundreds orphans, including 100 girls, have been provided with education and training opportunity in the Imam Ahmad Ibn Habban Basti Orphanage Centre in Lashkargha, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday.

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has provided stationery to 76,000 school students from the first to the third grade in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, and districts.

Due to lack of school-buildings and teachers, about 60 percent of school-age children in southern Helmand province have no access to education, local officials said on Saturday.

Three persons were flogged publicly after being convicted by the appeal court in southern Helmand province, local officials said on Tuesday.

The number of students in private universities has decreased by 50 percent, rendering the higher educational institutes unable to meet their expenses and pay government taxes.

The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department says 32 tonnes of milk are produced daily across 73 farms in southern Helmand province.

A youth in ​​Greshk district of southern Helmand province started imparting free education to children including girls up to the third grade at his home two years ago, but he complains about a shortage of classrooms and stationery.

A public Library has been opened in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province to promote reading culture, an official said on Friday.

Six people, including a woman and four children, were killed and two others injured in a traffic accident in southern Helmand province, an official said on Tuesday.

The License Evaluation Commission in southern Helmand province has closed 124 currency exchange shops over the non-availability of authentic licenses in the past week, an official said on Thursday.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Two persons have been rescued from their kidnappers and two suspects detained in connection with the case in southern Helmand province, police said

Complaining about a shortage of safe drinking water, residents of Helmand’s Nahr-i-Saraj district say many individuals are suffering from different ailments.