About 135,000 disabled people and some 400,000 widows and orphans have been registered so far with the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs across the country. This was stated by Qari Shah Mohammad, head of the office of…
The Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled says the process of giving six months salaries to the families of martyrs and disabled has been started since last 20 days. Deputy minister of martyrs and disabled Maulvi Abdul Hakim told…
A number of people with disabilities in northern Balkh province have asked religious scholars to preach the society through mosques about the good treatment of handicapped people. The disabled people held a joint meeting with religious scholars in…
Disabled persons in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, held a run race on wheelchairs on Sunday. Twenty disabled persons participated in the race in which Asadullah Abdul Rahimzai won the first position. Asadullah told Pajhwok Afghan…
Construction work on an ICRC-funded special health centre for people with disabilities has begun in Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand province, officials said on Wednesday. Officials say the health centre would produce artificial limbs for the disabled and…
A young man who lost his leg in an explosion in his childhood is asking the warring sides to embrace peace and says a hero for the Afghan people would be the person who ends the ongoing war…
Dozens of people with disabilities, who have been staging a sit-in protest since last three weeks in front of the parliament in Kabul, on Monday said they would expand their protest to other provinces if their stipends were…
A three-year program for balanced progress of people with disabilities was launched in northern Balkh province on Thursday. The program is financed by the European Union and being implemented by Martyrs and People with Disabilities Department, and Swedish…
A 40-year old man in northwestern Faryab province says he lost his both arms and feet while working in Iran to earn dowry cost before marrying his wife but now he has beceme burden on his own family. Hamidullah,…
A number of handicapped and blind individuals on Wednesday gathered in the capital of northern Balkh province to mark the World Sight Day observed annually on the second Thursday of October. The blind persons at their gathering in…
Dozens of people with disabilities on Wednesday held a gathering in northern Jawzjan province and warned to boycott the Wolesi Jirga elections if candidates presented no special programs for them Around a hundred physically challenged individuals attended the…
KABUL disabled cricket team has defeated India in the first three-day match played in Chandigarh. Afghan skipper Dr. Abdul Manan Masood told Pajhwok Afghan News his team had won its first-ever three-day match against India. Electing to bat first, Afghanistan…
Tens of disabled individuals on Sunday gathered in front of the Parliament building in capital Kabul, asking lawmakers to defend their rights. The disabled people protested the Kabul Municipality move to remove their stalls and illegal mini shops…
At least 50,000 ‘fake’ families of martyrs and disabled persons had been receiving monthly stipends, the minister said on Saturday. This was stated by Minister of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled, Nasrin Oryakhel, at the inauguration ceremony…
The government of northern Balkh province has failed to provide families of martyrs and special people financial support over the past two years. They were to be paid 20 million afghanis by the Labour, Social, Martyr and Disabled…
