As many as 1,150 Tuberculosis cases, including four deaths, registered in northern Baghlan province in the past six months, according to health officials on Sunday. Dr. Ghulam Mehaiddin Hamayoon, in charge of the infectious disease control department, in…
A man killed his wife in Pul-i-Khumri city of northern Baghlan province yesterday, when a man committed suicide in southern Helmand province, officials said Saturday. Maulvi Abdul Fatah Rahimi, information and culture department director of Baghlan province, told…
Farmers in northern Baghlan province have collected 450 metric tonnes of pistachio this year, an official said on Saturday. Raz Mohammad Ahmadzai, a senior agriculture department official, recalled growers had harvested 300 metric tonnes of pistachio last…
Despite the ongoing drought and plant disease, tomato production increased in northern Baghlan province this year, an official said on Wednesday. Wali Amarkhil, head of the information department at the provincial Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, told…
At least eight people have been killed and 10 more injured in a traffic accident on the Baghlan-Samangan highway, local officials said on Saturday. Traffic Director Qari Nazirullah Abidi told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident happened last…
Unidentified gunmen have killed a former retired military officer and tribal elder in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, an official said on Sunday.
Several weapons and dozens of kilograms of drugs have been seized in the Khanjan district of Baghlan province, the intelligence department said on Wednesday. A statement issued by the provincial intelligence department said security forces conducted a special…
Work on three projects worth 24 million afghanis was launched in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday, an official said. The projects including two bridges and one drinking water well are being executed in Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial capital, Dehna…
The head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for northeastern zone has said about 800,000 people in Baghlan province are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Alice Bescondley said about 800,000 people…
The petroleum department of northern Baghlan province has collected more than 17 million afghanis in revenue during the past ten months, showing a 77 percent increase over the previous year’s returns. During the same period last year, 10.2…
The income of the municipality in northern Baghlan province has decreased by nine percent this year compared to the previous year’s returns due to coronavirus related restrictions and the political change, the mayor said on Sunday. Pul-i-Khumri mayor…
Two individuals have been arrested in connection with selling expired food and non-food items in northern Baghlan province. The two were detained by personnel of the serious crimes branch along with 100 cartons of food and non-food items…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior Electricity Department official in northern Baghlan province, officials said on Friday. Maulvi Mustafa Hashimi, director of information and culture in Baghlan province, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Abdul Rahman Baheer, deputy director…
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pahwok): The crime branch police chief for northern Baghlan province has been killed under mysterious circumstances, police said on Friday. Police spokesman Mohammad Idris Sherzad told Pajhwok Afghan News that Qari Nooruddin Noori was killed by unknown gunmen in…
One person was killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between two vehicles in the northern province of Baghlan on Thursday. Traffic official Qari Mohammad Nazir Abidi told Pajhwok Afghan News a corolla car and a…
Officials of Revenue Office of northern Baghlan province say they collected 171 million afghanis in revenue during the last seven months. Mulavi Mohammad Naeem Malang, Baghlan revenue director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 171 million afghanis had been…
Officials of Forests’ Observation and Protection Authority of northern Baghlan province say 30 percent of pistachio trees have been cut down in the province as firewood. Eng. Raz Mohammad Ahmadzai, in charge of natural resources at Baghlan agriculture…
Officials of the agriculture department in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday said anja plant has naturally grown on more than 62000 hectares of land in the province and also people’s interest in cultivating the herb has increased. Anja…
The acting education minister says the Islamic Emirate is not against girls’ education and they will be allowed to study at schools meeting the required conditions. Noorullah Munir, during a visit to northern Baghlan province, met with government…
A six-kilometer road between Nahrain and Borka districts of northern Baghlan province has been graveled, officials said on Saturday. Baheer Shinwari, head of Public Works Department of Baghlan, told Pajhwok Afghan News the gravelling of Tawa Shakh Kotal…
Dozens of people were injured when a passenger bus crashed into a standing trailer in northern Salang area of Khinjan district of northern Baghlan province on Tuesday. The accident occurred at around 3pm, said Baghlan traffic department official…
One individual has been killed and 14 others have been wounded as a result of two separate traffic accidents in northern Salang. The accidents took place on Friday night when a passenger bus collided with a snow-clearing vehicle…
Cash and essential items have been distributed to hundreds of needy families in Nimroz and Baghlan provinces, officials said on Tuesday. Mulavi Mohammad Qasim Mohammad, head of Disaster Management Authority in Nimroz, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
A mother in northeastern Kunduz province says her three sons were disabled while serving in the Afghan National Army (ANA) in the former government. The mother, Malika, is currently living in a mud house in Kunduz city…
