Residents of Ab-Khorma area in Fararud district of western Farah province say about 800 families live in the area, but there is no school since years and their children are deprived of education. The provincial Department of…
The residents of Gulistan district in western Farah province still contact each other through satellite phones and letters as they have been deprived of telecom services since last two decades. Javad Haidari, a resident of Gulistan district, told…
A number of people have resumed using drugs after their rehabilitation in western Farah province, an official said on Wednesday, adding such individuals would be rounded up and treated again. Maulvi Abdul Hai Sabawoon, Farah information and…
The Public Health Department of western Farah province says the residents of many areas of Pur Chaman district are lacking access to health facilities. Deputy public health department director Din Mohammad Abdul Haq told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The residents of western Farah province say flights between the province and capital Kabul canceled two years ago should be resumed. They say if flights between Farah and Kabul are resumed, it will facilitate businessmen and also…
Wheat price has decreased by 50 percent in western Farah province this year compared to the previous year due a bumper yield, an official said on Monday. Abdul Khaliq Sherzad, an official of the Agriculture, Irrigation and…
One person has been killed and a suspected killer detained by security forces in western Farah province, an official said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Maulvi Mohammad Nasim Badri told Pajhwok Afghan News that an individual was gunned…
During the past one year, fruit orchards were established on 725 acres of land in western Farah province, Agriculture and Livestock Department officials said on Thursday. Maulavi Abdul Ghani Abed, the head of Agriculture and Livestock Department, told…
About 26,000 acres of grabbed land has been retaken in Takhar and 12,500 acres in Farah province, officials say. Mohammad Arif, spokesman for the Takhar governor, told Pajhwok Afghan New: “The Commission to Prevent Land Grab wrested back…
The Education Department of western Farah province has established 600 local classes during the past one and a half years, enabling 18,000 out of school children to get education. These classes have been set up in remote areas…
Two families have reconciled and ended their four-year-old enmity that had claimed four lives in the Khaki Safed district of western Farah province. The enmity between the families of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad and Agha Mohammad began four…
A tree plantation campaign has been launched in western Farah province by planting seedlings in the under construction Imam Bukhari Park. The Farah municipality launched the tree plantation campaign today from Imam Bukhari Park which is being…
The severe cold wave has destroyed wheat and barely crops on thousands of acres of land in western Farah province, the agriculture department said on Sunday. Maulvi Abdul Momeen Faisal, director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, told…
The recent freezing cold wave has affected green houses in western Farah province, with farmers suffering $3.5 million losses, according to figures of the provincial Agriculture and Livestock Department. Mawlawi Nooruddin Anas, head of statistics office at…
An ex-worker of the Passport Department in western Farah province has been shot dead by unidentified men, a security official said on Sunday. Maulvi Mohammad Nasim Badr, police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened on…
Forty-year-old Abdul Salam Farahi, a resident of Pashtrod district of western Farah province, says their village was the front line of the war in the past 20 years and all residents were displaced to other areas and returned…
Three children, all brothers, were killed when an unexploded mortar shell detonated in a village near the capital of western Farah province on Thursday. The blast in Askar Abad village of Farah City took place shortly after…
Farmers in western Farah province have turned to cultivating cotton crop that has good harvest this year. Abdul Ghani Abid, an official of the Agriculture Department, said cotton harvest doubled this year and the government was striving…
At least 70,000 children have been deprived of education in remote areas of western Farah province due to lack of teachers, the Education Department head said on Tuesday. Maulvi Akhtar Mohammad Zaeem, director of education, told Pajhwok…
A 10-year-old boy who felt into a deep well in the Washer district of southern Helmand province has been rescued, but a woman lost her life in in a similar incident in Farah, officials said on…
The provincial hospital in western Farah province has registered 712 mental illness cases during the past one month, an official said on Saturday. Doctor Salahuddin Ahadi, an official of the provincial hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “We…
Due to lack of clean drinking water, diarrhea cases have increased in western Farah province where 1242 cases were recorded in the past one month. Dr. Salahuddin Ahadi, provincial hospital director, told Pajhwok Afghan News 1,242 people,…
A total of 450 malnourished children were hospitalized for treatment in western Farah province during the past one month, health officials said on Wednesday. Doctor Salahuddin, a health worker in Farah provincial hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “A…
Unidentified gunmen have killed a man and injured another one in the Gonahkan area of Farah city, the provincial capital, an official said on Monday.
