KABUL): Prices of essential daily-use commodities stayed stable during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Thursday. Fazal Rahman, the Food Traders' Union head, said a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice cost 1,800afs, a 50-kg sack of sugar…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL): Prices of essential daily-use items remained unchanged during the outgoing week in the otherwise skittish Kabul market, wholesalers and retailers said on Thursday. A 24-kg bag of best-quality rice cost 1,800afs a 50-kg sack of Pakistani sugar cost 1,750afs,…
ASADABAD (PAN): Fifty pick-up vehicles laden with food items had reached the capital of eastern Nuristan province from neighbouring Kunar after security forces reopened a highway leading to the city in Chapa Dara district, police said on Thursday. The highway…
KABUL): Prices of flour, rice, fuel and gold edged up during the outgoing week in Kabul, where rates of other daily-use commodities stayed stable, market sources said on Thursday. The price of a 49-kg bag of Pakistani rice jumped from…
HERAT CITY (PAN): Over 72 tonnes of substandard flour imported from Iran was recovered and buried in western Heart province on Tuesday, an official said. “The flour was recovered in Isalm Qala and buried in the presence of various government…
KABUL): The prices of rice, sugar, gold and cedar wood decreased during the outgoing going week in the capital Kabul, retailers said on Thursday. The price of a 50-kilogram bag of Pakistani sugar fell from 1,700 afghanis ($32) to 1,620…
KABUL): Prices of flour, ghee and liquefied gas went down during the outgoing week in Kabul, where rates of other essential daily-use commodities stayed stable, retailers said on Thursday. The gas prices were declined after the Ministry of Commerce and…
WASHINGTON (PAN bank said on Tuesday, cautioning after security transition the rate could drop over the next three years. “Afghanistan’s economy grew robustly by about 11 percent mostly due to a good harvest,” said the World Bank’s report on Global…
MAIMANA (PAN Food Programme (WFP) and killed one their drivers in the northern province of Faryab, officials said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning in the Narin area between Qaisar and Almar districts of the province, provincial police…
KABUL): Up to 18900 destitute families would be involved in a food coupon system for about six months in the capital Kabul, officials said on Tuesday. An agreement in this regard was signed on Tuesday among the Public Works Ministry,…
KANDAHAR (PAN and Livestock launched the distribution of improved wheat seeds and chemical fertiliser to about 1,200 farmers in the Daman district of southern Kandahar province. Each grower would receive 50 kilograms of improved seeds and 150 kilograms of chemical…
CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province on Monday accused the governor of interfering in his affairs, claiming he has been warned of harsh consequences. Gul Ahmad Haideri told Pajhwok Afghan News Governor Abdullah Hewadwal had warned him to release the agriculture director, who…
KABUL are in urgent need of essential food aid, as drought grips areas in 14 provinces and snow threatens the current relief effort, NGOs warned on Friday. Nine Afghan and foreign NGOs said in a joint statement that challenges, including…
GHAZNI CITY (PAN have banned frozen chicken sales in several parts of southern Ghazni province on the grounds that the method of slaughter is un-Islamic. Abdul Fatah, a vendor of frozen chickens, said that consumers no longer bought poultry products…
KABUL Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) said on Monday. Mohammad Qurban Haqjo told a day-long seminar in Kabul that the prices of food items had gone up recently. "National traders and the private sector have offered to lower prices of…
AIBAK (PAN): About 307 tonnes of food were distributed to 2,095 families in the northwestern province of Samangan, an official said on Sunday. According to Saeed Mohammad Mohammadi, an official at the Samangan Rural Rehabilitation and Development Directorate, the food…
MAIMANA (PAN): As many as 1700 displaced families were provided food aid and other items by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in northern Faryab province on Tuesday, officials said. About 260 tonnes of eatables were distributed to…
AIBAK (PAN): Lack of a proper irrigation system and an ongoing dry spell could lead to severe food shortages in the northern province of Samangan, farmers and officials warned on Monday. "The drought has severely affected this province, where standing…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN was launched in southern Kandahar province on Saturday, officials said. Funded by the Provincial Reconstruction), the project would be completed at a cost of $ $204,000 (932,400 afs) in five months, the public health director said. Dr.…
KABUL): Prices of daily-use commodities slightly came down, while the rate of liquefied went up in Kabul during the outgoing, retailers said on Thursday. A 50-kilogram bag of Pakistani rice cost 2,240 afghanis ($48), falling by 40 afs, the Food…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): The process of distribution of the United Arab Emirates-donated food assistance to hundreds of deserving families started in southern Helmand province on Thursday. As many as 1,500 families from the provincial capital and districts would receive the aid,…
KABUL Food Programme said on Tuesday it had launched a project to assist 1,500 deserving families in eastern Nangarhar province. The families were issued cards that would enable them to receive food from specific shops on a monthly basis, the…
BADAKHSHAN (PAN): Tonnes of low-quality medicine and expired food were set on fire in Yawan district of northeastern Badakhshan province on Saturday, an official said. The torched materials included a tonne of fake medicine and six tonnes of low-quality food,…
