Security & Crime
80 detained over various crimes in Nimroz
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): As many as 80 people were arrested in connection with various crimes in southwestern Nimroz province over the past week, an official...
Health
Medical equipment worth 130m afs procured for Nimroz hospital
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday announced that medical equipment worth nearly 130 million afghanis has been procured for the provincial
Security & Crime
7 detained as 6 tonnes of smuggled medicines seized in Nimroz
Security forces in northwestern Nimroz province have arrested seven individuals and seized nearly six tonnes of human and veterinary medicines being smuggled from Pakistan, police officials...
Business & Economics
30 shops shut in Nimroz over overpricing, rate violations
As many as 30 shops have been closed in northwestern Nimroz province for overpricing and violating official price lists, an official said on Wednesday.
Features and Investigative Reports
Zaranj youth torn between education, work, poverty
ZARANJ (Pajwak): Many young people and adolescents in the capital of north-western Nimroz are forced to work while continuing their education in order to support
Features and Investigative Reports
Ramadan under shadow of poverty: Nimroz mothers struggle to feed children
While the month of Ramadan brings colourful iftar tables for many families, in some parts of Zaranj, the capital of northwestern Nimroz province, women live in...
Features and Investigative Reports
Women in Nimroz reject plastic, promote cloth bags, kitchen gardens
As plastic pollution grows into a serious environmental and health challenge in Afghanistan, women in northwestern Nimroz province are rejecting plastic bags in favour of cloth...
Features and Investigative Reports
Lack of awareness, facilities delay uterine cancer diagnosis in Nimroz
Obstetrics and gynaecology specialists say uterine cancer is one of the “silent” diseases among women. Due to limited awareness, insufficient diagnostic facilities, and a shortage of...
Uncategorized
1 killed, 19 injured in Nimroz collision
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): One person was killed and 19 others were injured in a collision between two passenger vehicles on the Zaranj–Delaram highway in southwestern Nimroz
Features and Investigative Reports
Mobile teams resume health services in deprived areas of Nimroz after Pajhwok report
Mobile health teams have resumed operations in remote areas of the capital of southwestern Nimroz province after months of suspension following publication of Pajhwok Afghan News...
Migration
Displaced families in Zaranj receive tents, clean water after Pajhwok report
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Following a Pajhwok Afghan News report on the poor living conditions of displaced and returning families in the “Terminal” area of Zaranj city,
