Customs director for western Farah province on Thursday alleged a visiting Wolesi Jirga from Iran without paying taxes. Ajer Khan Zaheer, the customs director, told reporters here that the lower house delation, led by =Samiullah Samim, traveled to…
Wheat harvest has almost doubled in western Farah province this year, compared to the past year’s yield, an official said on Thursday. Agriculture Director Eng. Abdul Manan Matin told Pajhwok Afghan News all crops, especially wheat, produced…
Area under greenhouse cultivation has increased by 50 percent in western Farah province, compared to last year’s, enabling farmers to boost their economy. Provincial Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation director Eng. Abdul Manan Matin told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Area under greenhouse cultivation has increased by 50 percent in western Farah province, compared to last year’s, enabling farmers to boost their economy. Provincial Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation director Eng. Abdul Manan Matin told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Four policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in the Joyen district of western Farah province while a Taliban commander was eliminated in a drone strike in eastern Kunar province on Monday, an official said. Mohammad Naser…
Five people were freed from their captors after spending five days in captivity without any ransom in the Pusht-i-Koh district of western Farah province, an official said on Wednesday. The five, hailing from Bala Buluk district, were…
More than 500 high educated youth are jobless in western Farah province and if they did not find jobs, many of them would either join militants or leave the country, sources say. Joblessness increased in the country…
Five policemen have been killed and three others wounded in separate incidents in western Farah and eastern Laghman provinces, officials said on Thursday. Two border policemen were killed and three others injured in a roadside bombing on…
Four new Radio stations have launched their broadcasts in western Farah province over the past eight months, while seven print media outlets stopped its publications over the past two years in the province. The director of information…
Six policemen and five Taliban have been killed during separate clashes in Pushtrud district and Bala Buluk districts of western Farah province, sources said on Saturday. Ghasuddin, the Pushtrud town’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News Taliban…
Twenty-one Taliban fighters and five policemen have been killed during two separate clashes in western Farah province, an official said on Thursday. Two Public Order Police officials were killed and another three wound during a Taliban attack…
Forty percent of western Farah province residents lack access to basic health facilities and in some areas, it takes 24 hours for a person to reach hospital for treatment. These residents complain about a shortage of professional…
A contractor with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and two Taliban fighters were killed during a clash in Bala Buluk district of western Farah province, where 27 police officials were honoured for recovering two tanks from the…
At least four children have been killed and two others wounded in a bomb explosion in the capital of western Farah province, an official said on Monday. Deputy police chief, Col. Del Khan Jan Khakrezi, told Pajhwok…
A Qatari charity organization on Monday released 27 rare and endangered birds into the wild in western Farah province to increase their populations. The birds released included falcons, Shaheen falcons, hawks and eagles by Al-Gharafa charity organisation’s…
Three policemen were injured in a roadside bombing while explosives attached to a motorbike were defused by police in western Farah province, officials said on Thursday. A statement from the Ministry of Interior said that an explosives-packed…
A retired teacher was shot dead by unidentified gunmen while National Directorate of Security (NDS) soldier was killed in a roadside bombing in western Farah province, officials said on Sunday. The retired teacher, Abdul Zahir, was on…
Kidnapped two days ago, an 8-year-old child has been found dead near the capital of western Farah province, while gunmen kidnapped four civilians in neighboring province of Nimroz, officials said on Thursday. The child had been kidnapped two…
Nearly a dozen Taliban militants were killed after they attacked a police convoy in western Farah province, an official said on Tuesday. The governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Naser Mahri, told Pajhwok Afghan News the police convoy came under…
Around 300,000 individuals aged between six and 25 years are deprived of basic education, lack of facilities and poverty. Findings of Pajhwok Afghan News showed 47 schools in different parts of the province remain closed, leaving 81,000…
KABUL militants have killed two of the eight people they kidnapped on Friday in western Farah province, officials said on Saturday. The eight persons were kidnapped from Kafir Kala area on the outskirts of Farah City where they had gone…
The bodies of two police were found on Saturday a day after they were kidnapped by unknown gunmen from the provincial capital of western Farah province, an official said. The two policemen had visited a recreation park in…
Some residents of Gulistan district of western Farah province on Tuesday claimed the district had fallen to the Taliban, but provincial officials said the town’s headquarters were relocated for the sake of good governance. Gulistan is a remote…
Seven Taliban militants were killed during an hours-long clash with Afghan National Army (ANA) troops in Pushtrod district of western Farah province, an official said on Monday. The clash also left five ANA soldiers, a woman and…
