Yousuf Zarifi

Five people, including three women, were killed and three others wounded in a traffic accident involving three vehicles in Surkhrud district of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday.

The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department of eastern Nangarhar province says people’s interest in horticulture has increased and fruit orchards were planted on nearly 400 acres of land in the province this year alone.

A former transport director has been killed in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said on Sunday.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The Canal Department in eastern Nangarhar province says recent rains and natural disasters destroyed 98 percent of date yield this year. The Canal

More than1,600 people in the eastern zone are suffering from thalassemia and they need blood and government assistance in their treatment.

Hunting wild animals and birds is banned in eastern Nangarhar province and anyone who violated the ban would face legal consequences, officials said on Monday.

Public health officials have shut another clinic run by a lady doctor from Pakistan in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, due to lack of legal documents.

A private company has built and opened a poultry farm in eastern Nangarhar province at the cost of 120 million afs, an official said on Saturday.

The Torkham crossing was temporarily shut once again on Saturday (today) by Pakistani guards, officials in eastern Nangarhar province said.

The Commerce Department of eastern Nangarhar province and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce have formed a joint committee to address challenges being faced by traders in the province, with a particular focus on Torkham.

Hundreds of trucks loaded with food and non-food items that belonged to Afghan businessmen have been stranded on both sides of the Torkham crossing in eastern Nangahar province due to travel document issues.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): There is no proper sewerage system in this eastern city of Jalalabad and as a result the citizens face many problems when it