Accidents & Disasters
Child rescued after falling into deep well in Helmand
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Defense (MoD) says a child who fell into a deep well in Nad Ali district of Helmand province was...
Health
Mother-child health: Mobile health service kicks off in Paktia
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): A mobile team health service to serve mother-child health kicked off in five districts of southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Wednesday.
Security & Crime
Child rescued, 3 kidnappers detained in Parwan
CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): A 12-year-old boy abducted from Balkh province on November 4th was rescued on Monday in central Parwan province. Mullah Awal Gul Haqparast, police
Security & Crime
6-year-old gunned down, father wounded in Kabul
KABUL (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a child and injured his father in limits of the 12th police district of Kabul. Gul Hassan, brother
Security & Crime
12-year-old boy savagely beaten in Faryab
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A 12-year-old boy has been savagely beaten by Taliban militants in northern Faryab province because his father is a security official in northern
Security & Crime
I can expose Balkh child’s kidnappers if govt wants so: Qaisari
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): An illegal armed group commander, Nizamuddin Qaisari, on Thursday said he could expose the kidnappers of a nine-years-old boy in northern Balkh province
Features and Investigative Reports
If peace returns, no child will become vendor: Sahra
KABUL. Sahra is a resident of Shuhadai Salehin area of capital Kabul. In addition to studying in fifth grade in Qala-e-Heshmat Khan School in Kabul,
Security & Crime
Tired of drug abuse, Jawzjan boy wants treatment
SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Eleven years old Safiullah in northern Jawzjan province is addicted to heroin after consuming opium for months, but now he wants to get
Society
Governor’s office stops sale of baby in Faryab
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): The sale of a two-month-old baby by his poverty-stricken parents in northern Faryab province has been stopped in northern Faryab province, the governor’s
Security & Crime
Kidnapped child rescued, couple detained in Herat
KABUL (Pajhwok): Police in western Herat province arrested a man and his wife and rescued a two and a half years old child they had
Security & Crime
2-year-old child rescued in Herat, 2 abductors detained
KABUL (Pajhwok): Police personnel rescued a two-year-old child and detained two suspects in connection with the abduction in western Herat province on Thursday, an official
