Yousuf Zarifi

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A survey has been launched to detect poliovirus on the outskirts of Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, a statement said on

A football tournament, featuring six teams, has concluded in eastern Nangarhar province, with the hosts emerging victorious.

Some drivers and residents of Jalalabad City, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, have demanded the activation of traffic lights to reduce traffic congestion in the city.

Three children have been injured due to the explosion of unexploded ordnance in the Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province.

Security forces have seized a large cache of heavy weapons, ammunition and military equipment in Kamdesh district of eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Wednesday.

Medical supplies worth $70,000 have been donated by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to the maternity ward of the Nangarhar provincial hospital, officials said on Monday.

Two families in eastern Nangarhar province have reconciled after 10 years through tribal elders mediation.

At least eight people, including women and children, have been killed and four others wounded after a boat capsized in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday.

Security forces have destroyed cannabis plant on 105 acres of land in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday.

A group of 100-member mobile patrol policemen have been formed in eastern Nangarhar province for improved security, an official said on Friday.

Three people were killed, 20 others injured and at least 150 houses damaged as a result of heavy rain and flash floods in the Koz Kunar district of eastern Nangarhar province early on Friday, an official said.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has started construction work on a standard laboratory at a cost of 1.2 million US dollars in eastern Nangarhar province.