One development project has been executed at a cost of 8.8 million afgahnis in western Farah province and work on another launched in southern Helmand province. Funded by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF),…
State land measuring 150 acres has been freed from illegal occupants in Fararud district of western Farah province and four persons have been arrested in connection with the matter. Farah Information and Culture Department in a statement said…
Severe drought has forced many farmers in western Farah province to abandon cultivation of crops on their land and migrate to the provincial capital or districts to take odd labour jobs. These farmers say the drought has…
One person died and another was injured in a traffic accident in Farahrud district of western Farah province, police said on Sunday. The police headquarters in a statement said two trucks collided and left one person dead…
Security forces torched more than 3,500 kilograms of different types of narcotics in Bakwa district of western Farah province, police said on Saturday. The narcotics had been seized during a special operation by security forces in Wadod…
Five development projects have been completed at a cost of 18 million afghanis and put into service in western Farah and northern Samangan provinces, officials said on Tuesday. Mullah Mohammad Omar Anas, Aibak river basin authority…
The Public Health Department in western Farah province says 13 bodies and more than 1,000 injured people were delivered to the civil hospital from traffic accidents this year. Deputy public health director Mullah Abdul Khaliq Din Mohammad…
Local officials in western Farah province say more than 2,500 internally displaced families have so far returned to their own areas after the restoration of their homes.
Some 200 people, half of them women, have graduated from different vocational skills in western Farah province, the provincial Information and Culture Department said on Wednesday. The Information and Culture Department announced that Razi organization imparted a…
A 13-year-old enmity between two families has come to an end and turned into friendship in Pushtkoh district of western Farah province, thanks to mediation of local officials.
Nomads in western Farah province say the prolonged drought has left their animals starving and could die if the government and aid giving institutions fail to assist them. Abdul Rahim, a nomad in Khairabad area of the…
The Rural Rehabilitation and Development Department of western Farah province says more than 2,700 families received food aid from the World Food Program in Purchaman district. In a press release, the department said the aid was distributed with…
Construction work on a school building has been launched in Farah city, the capital of western Farah province, an official said on Tuesday. Maulvi Akhtar Mohammad, Farah education director, said the school building in Barngot area of…
Residents of Gulistan, Purchaman and Khak-i-Safed districts of western Farah province say they are hundreds of kilometers away from Farah city, the provincial capital, where they travel to apply for electronic ID cards. Faiz Muhammad, a resident of…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a man and injured a child in the capital of western Farah province.
A house collapsed due to an earthquake in Farah city, the capital of western Farah province, on Wednesday, leaving two women and a man injured. Farah police headquarters in a press release said the earthquake struck at…
A large and important tunnel as part of the Bakhshabad dam construction project has been completed in western Farah province. Work on the 530 meters long and 9 meters wide tunnel was launched four months ago by a…
Residents of western Farah province say no taxi or public transport services are available in Farah city, the provincial capital, and people are facing problems. Mohammad Younis Sapand, a resident and civil society activist in Panjali village,…
The Telecommunications and Information Technology department says 25 areas in western Farah province are still deprived of telecom services, but efforts are underway to bring them under coverage. The department head, Abdul Majeed Abuzar, told Pajhwok that…
Twenty-six schools that had been closed due to the past conflict have been reopened in the provincial capital and four districts of western Farah province with the start of new academic year, an official said on Tuesday.…
A four-year-old enmity between two families in Bakwa district of western Farah province has come to an end after mediation of elders and religious scholars. The families of Noorul Haq and Sharafuddin reconciled two weeks ago and have…
FARAH CITY (Pajwhok): Security forces have confiscated a set of modern equipment used for detecting ancient artifacts in western Farah province. Farah Information and Culture department in a statement sent to media outlets said security forces recovered and confiscated modern…
Nearly 2000 families in Khost area of Khaki Safid district of western Farah province do not have access to telecommunication services, an official said on Wednesday. Farah Telecommunications and Information Technology director Abdul Majeed Abuzar told Pajhwok…
Security forces seized and destroyed 500 kilograms of ephedra plant in Pur Chaman district of western Farah province, an official said on Wednesday. Maulvi Abdul Hai Sabawoon, Farah information and culture director, told Pajhwok Afghan News security…
