Wahidullah Jumazada

Some farmers in southern Ghazni province have welcomed the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) decision to suspend trade with Pakistan, but stress that agricultural products require reliable market access and that proper cold storage facilities must be established to prevent spoilage.

Security forces have rescued a three-year-old child from kidnappers and detained a suspect in southern Ghazni province, police said on Saturday.

At least four people, including three women, were injured in a traffic accident in the Deh Yak district of southern Ghazni province.

Two people have been killed and four others injured in two separate traffic accidents in southern Ghazni province, police said on Tuesday.

The Rural Rehabilitation and Development Department of southern Ghazni province says two drinking water supply networks have been completed at a cost of more than 20 million afghanis and put into use in Nawa and Gilan districts.

The Education Department in Ghazni says residents of the southern province donated 40 million afghanis this year for the development of education and personally funded the construction of buildings for 20 schools and religious seminaries.

The bodies of eight Afghan refugees who died in a recent traffic accident in neighbouring Iran have been transferred to southern Ghazni province, police said on Saturday.

Construction work on a 30-kilometer road has begun at a cost of 350 million afghanis in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Wednesday.

An eight-year-old conflict between two Kochi (nomad) families has been resolved in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday.

Residents of Jaghori district in southern Ghazni province have constructed a new school building at a cost of 13 million afghanis from their own resources, local officials said on Wednesday.

Farmers and orchard owners in southern Ghazni province complain about poor harvests this year due to drought and ask the government to construct dams to address water shortages.

Wushu selection competitions, featuring 110 athletes, were held yesterday in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Sunday.