Six airport security officials have been arrested after supporters of a lawmaker did not allow a passenger plane to land at the airport in central Bamyan province. The KamAir flight with 30 passengers onboard was forced to…
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday traveled to central Bamyan province and inaugurated construction work on the Yakawalang-Dara-i-Sauf Road. Contract for the 178-kilometer road was signed between the Public Works Ministry and a Chinese construction company CRBC in December…
A ‘precious metal detector’ has been seized by Afghan intelligence forces in central Bamyan province, an official said Sunday. The machine, used for finding metals such as gold, silver, copper and others hidden deep underground, was seized…
Twenty-three people were injured when a gas cylinder exploded at a hotel in central Bamyan province, an official said on Thursday. Abdul Rahman Ahmadi, Bamyan governor’s spokesman, confirmed the incident to Pajhwok Afghan News, saying no one was…
Female Afghan skier, Geeti Ebadi, was on Tuesday allotted a land plot by the provincial government of central Bamyan province in recognition of her recent achievement in the sport. Ebadi won gold medal in skiing competitions in South…
More than 90 percent of vehicles in central Bamyan province are without legal documents and have fake number plates, Pajhwok Afghan News has reliably learnt. Afghanistan is not a good market for new cars, as a small…
Local officials cite people’s support with security forces as the reason behind good security in central Bamyan province. Lt. Col. Mohammad Ali Lakzai, deputy provincial police chief, on Wednesday told Pajhwok Afghan News the Afghan Local…
Thousands of cave-dwellers near the Taliban-dynamited Buddha statues in central Bamyan province are suffering from poverty, health issues and deadly animals such as snicks, scorpions threatens their lives as well. Around 3,000 caves are dotted around the famous…
The Afghan government has agreed with international experts on reassembling one of the two destroyed Buddha statues in central Bamyan province, the provincial governor said on Sunday. Mohammad Tahir Zaheer, who returned from an international meeting in Germany, told…
Poverty has forced a large number of children to drop out of school and engage in hard labour to eke out a living in central Bamyan province. Samiullah is one of such children collecting firewood around mountains.…
Poverty has forced a large number of children to drop out of school and engage in hard labour to eke out a living in central Bamyan province. Samiullah is one of such children collecting firewood around mountains.…
Women in central Bamyan province say they are interested and have the ability to work, but there are no jobs for them so they use their skills. Though women’s affairs have improved in Bamyan over the past…
Two projects, benefiting thousands of poor families, have been put into service after their inauguration in the Panjab district of central Bamyan province. Funded by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, the projects include a water supply…
Farmers in central Bamyan province collected 300,000 tonnes of potatoes this year, less than last year’s yield, but the crop’s price doubled in 2016. Around 90 percent of people in Bamyan are reliant on farming. Potato is…
Hesa-i-Doyem Yakawlang was given the status of a new district of central Bamyan province on Monday, an official said. GovernorMohammad Tahir Zuhair, addressing the inauguration ceremony for the district, said the new administrative unit had been created…
A team of girl climbers have scaled the Shah Fuladi summit of Kohi Baba Mountain during a four-day expedition, covering eight kilometres distance in central Bamyan province, an official said on Monday. Shah Fuladi, more than 4,000 metres…
BAMYAN CITY (Pjahwok): The Provincial Council (PC) members of central Bamyan province on Wednesday said President Ashraf Ghani did not listen to people’s problems during his recent trip, a claim rejected by local officials. Bamyan PC head Haji Hussain Dad…
The Presidential Palace on Tuesday strongly rejected reports that said journalists were tortured and arrested during President Ashraf Ghani’s visit of central Bamyan province. Shah Hussain Murtazavi, President’s Ghani deputy spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Presidential Palace…
President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said he was committed to keeping his election campaign promise of ending Hazarajat’s geographical isolation. Accompanied by Vice-President Sarwar Danish, Deputy Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Muhaqqiq, Cabinet members and foreign diplomats,…
President Ashraf Ghani arrived on Monday in central Bamyan province to inaugurate the main provincial airport and the Maidan Shahr-Bamyan highway. Vice-President Sarwar Danish, Deputy Chief Executive OfficerMohammad Mohaqiq, some cabinet members and foreign diplomats have also…
Some national and international forensic institutes have launched their investigation into a mass grave discovered in 2008 in central Bamyan province to identify the remains, officials said on Sunday. The grave was discovered in Essa Khan Desert…
With the weather getting warm and schools closed for summer vacation, more and more visitors are streaming to the Band-i-Amir dam in central Bamyan province. Up to 5,000 people visit the site on a daily basis. Most…
The provincial council (PC) members on Sunday locked their office doors in central Bamyan province in protest against yesterday’s deadly attack on the Hazara minority in central capital Kabul. The twin suicide blasts ripped through crowds of…
Once again, a number of people on Friday staged a protest demonstration in central Bamyan province to renew their demand for routing a multimillion transnational power import project through the impoverished province. This was for a fourth time,…
