About 3,400 addicts have been reunited with their families after receiving treatment during the past 18 months in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Sunday. Mohammad Nabi Kamran, director of counter-narcotics, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had launched…
One person was killed and five others injured in a traffic accident in northern Baghlan province, police said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Mawlavi Sher Ahmad Burhani told Pajhwok Afghan News the accident took place in Khwaja Alwan area…
Authorities have sealed five undocumented doctors’ clinics and 14 pharmacies in northern Baghlan province while enforcing health laws. Abdullah Malang, Baghlan public health department spokesman, told Pajhwok on Tuesday their department had launched a campaign to prevent unlicensed…
Now turned into a dirt hill, Cham Kala (fort) dating back to the Kushan period had been once the place of entertainment and festivals involving kings. Cham Kala is located three kilometers south of the 12th road of…
Dozens of tribal elders in northern Baghlan province at a gathering asked the acting Minister of Energy and Water to establish small check dams in the province to store water for irrigation amid drought. Mohammad Juma, a tribal…
A commercial market is being constructed at a cost of 564 million afghanis in Pul-i-Khumari, the capital of northern Baghlan province. Pul-i-Khumari mayor Abdul Latif Mazulm, who inaugurated construction work on the market, said illegally constructed buildings in…
Two people were killed and four others were injured during an armed clash between two brothers in Jalga district of northern Baghlan province, police said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Maulavi Sher Ahmad Burhani told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
The Pul-i-Khumri textile factory in northern Baghlan province is being reactivated after going dysfunctional 12 years ago due to technical problems. General Director of Afghan Textile Factories Abdul Mateen Muzammil, who arrived in Baghlan to inaugurate work on…
Unknown gunmen killed a man in Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province last night, police said on Thursday. The police headquarters in a statement sent to Pajhwok Afghan News the murder took place in 11h road area of…
A large drugs processing factory has been discovered and destroyed in Tala wa Barfak district of northern Baghlan province, police said on Wednesday. Baghlan police spokesman Maulvi Sher Ahmad Burhani told Pajhwok Afghan News police destroyed a drug…
One person was killed and four others were injured when their car plunged into a 50-meter deep ravine in Khanjan district of northern Baghlan province on Wednesday, police said. In a statement, Baghlan police headquarters said the corolla…
Police have arrested a murder suspect in the capital of northern Baghlan province. A statement from the police headquarters to Pajhwok Afghan News said that a man was killed in the Sugar factory area of Pul-i-Khumri on Wednesday…
The Agriculture Department of northern Baghlan province has estimated this year’s melon and watermelon harvests in the province at 121,000 metric tons that shows a10 percent increase over last year’s yield. However, farmers say this year’s melon yield…
Farmers in northern Baghlan province say tomato harvest is significantly high this year, but its prices are negligibly low, causing them financial losses. Abdul Hai, a farmer of Tara Khel village of Dehna Ghori district, told Pajhwok…
Two people were killed and four others injured when a mazda-type vehicle overturned in northern Salang area in Khanjan district of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Tuesday. Baghlan police spokesman Maulvi Sher Ahmad Burhani told Pajhwok the…
Two rival families reconciled and ended their 35 year old enmity after mediation of tribal elders in Nahrin district of northern Baghlan province. Sheikh Sardar Wali, a tribal elder of Lakankhel tribe in the district, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Nearly 150,000 acres of usurped government land has been registered in northern Baghlan province and efforts to reclaim the land have been ongoing, an official said on Sunday. Governor’s spokesman Mullah Alam Majidi told Pajhwok that the commission…
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok) One person was killed and seven others sustained burn injuries after a fuel tanker overturned and caught fire near residential houses in Doshi district of northern Baghlan province last night. Baghlan police spokesman Maulvi Sher Ahmad Burhani told…
The Labor and Social Affairs department of northern Baghlan province has started formal care of disabled orphaned children by financially assisting fostering families. Qari Nusratullah Parsa, Labor and Social Affairs director, told a ceremony in this regard that…
Carpet weavers in northern Baghlan province have asked the government to encourage traders to invest in domestic carpets production instead of importing foreign products. Rugs are one of the famous domestic and ancient handicrafts mostly produced in…
At least four miners have died of suffocation caused by lack of oxygen in two coal mines in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Thursday. Hidayatullah Hamdard, director of natural disaster management authority, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Public Health Department officials in northern Baghlan say they closed 25 private clinics in Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial capital, for lacking professional and legal personnel and documents. Dr. Naveed Noori, law enforcement section head at the Baghlan Public Health…
Farmers and livestock owners in northern Baghlan province say their crops have parched due to lack of timely rains and grass in pastures dried up. These farmers and ranchers seek government’s assistance and ask for their problems…
A new high-capacity tuberculosis diagnosis machine worth $100,000 has been activated in the provincial hospital of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Monday. Public health director Dr. Masoud Ahmadi told a meeting in this regard at the…
