Residents of Disho district of southern Helmand province cross the Khanshin river to reach Lashkargah City, the provincial capital, in a small boat because there is no bridge on the river. Mohammad Isa, a resident of Disho district,…
After a Pajhwok report, the authorities have started reconstructing a collapsed bridge in the Giru district of southern Ghazni province. Earlier, some residents of Giru district had asked the government to rebuild the bridge washed away by…
Construction work on a bridge over a river has been launched at a cost of 11 million afghanis in Paron, the capital of eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Saturday. Maulvi Ehsanullah, Nuristan rural rehabilitation and development…
Local residents have started constructing a bridge by collecting three million afghanis in the capital of western Ghor province. The bridge, which is 14 meters long and four meters wide, is being built in "Qats village" of Ferozkoh…
Some pillars of a bridge that connects Narang and Sarkano districts of eastern Kunar province have been damaged and the bridge is about to collapse. Traffic on the bridge has been also suspended due to its possible collapse,…
Estimated to cost eight million afghanis, reconstruction work on a bridge has been launched on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in southern Ghazni province. Mullah Muhibullah Abbas, Ghazni Public Works director, told Pajhwok Afghan News the bridge was being constructed…
A 60-meter long that consumed 40 million afghanis to be reconstructed after being destroyed by flood was inaugurated in southeastern Khost province on Saturday. Flood destroyed the newly reconstructed bridge in Mishkona area of Mandozai district a…
Residents of Chinartu district in central Uruzgan province have begun construction work on a 23-meter long bridge over the Tirinkot River on self-help basis. The bridge that will connect two villages namely Masoud and Agha Jan is being…
Reconstruction work on a key bridge that connects hundreds of villages in two districts --- Chora and Chinartu ---has begun in central Uruzgan province. The bridge known as Badwali is in the Chora district, which was devastated by…
Taliban militants blew up a bridge on the Kabul-Jalalabad second-lane road in the Surkhrod district of eastern Nangarhar province last night, the provincial media office said on Friday. The bridge was dynamited after the rebels attacked a checkpoint…
Armed insurgents dynamited a bridge in the Sararud district of eastern Nangarhar province, blocking access to four districts, an official said Sunday. Governor spokesman Ataullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants blew up the bridge with explosives…
Construction of a bridge over the Harirod River in Lal wa Sarjangal district of western Ghor province has not been completed even eight years after initiation, thanks to government apathy, local residents said on Tuesday. The bridge on…
Damage to a bridge connecting five districts have made life difficult for the local residents in the Shindand district of western Herat province. Situated in Wazirabad locality, the bridge according to Gul Ahmad, a resident of the…
The Taliban Sahib district center in northern Kunduz province, local residents and officials said on Tuesday. The residents complained about a sudden price hike after the Begum Joy bridge’s destruction that followed a military operation in the…
A newly-constructed 100-meter long bridge was inaugurated in southeastern Khost province on Monday. The bridge that connects Trizu locality with the center of Ali Sher district cost 82 million afghanis provided by the Ministry of Public Works,…
Taliban and Tajikistan in northeastern Kunduz province, an official said on Sunday. Deputy police chief, Masoom Hashimi, told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents, after being defeated in Khanabad district, suffered 37 fatalities. Subsequently, they launched attacks on…
Construction work on separate roads measuring 21.5 kilometres and a large bridge has been launched in central Kapisa province, an official said on Wednesday. Qais Qaderi, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News a 14-km road in…
Cracks have appeared in the Sher Khan dry port bridge as a result of a recent earthquake, prompting traders and customs officials to ask the government for urgent repairs. The 670-metre long and 11-metre wide bridge on…
Taliban-Kandahar highway in southern Zabul province on Tuesday, an official said. The governor’s spokesman, Gul Islam Seyal, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the morning in Bazargan area of Shah Joy district. He said passengers…
Construction work again halted on the vital Behsud Bridge in eastern Nangarhar amid claims of unavailability of funds, an employee of the construction company claimed on Saturday. The construction work on the bridge was initiated last year which…
