Using their own money, local residents have constructed a new building for a primary school in the Malistan district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Thursday. Murad Ali, a tribal elder from the district, told…
Hundreds of residents of Ghazni city, the capital of southern Ghazni province, on Monday joined a cleanliness campaign launched by the municipality. Launching the campaign, Ghazni mayor Mohammad Nabi Hamza said the campaign was aimed at encouraging…
A child was killed and 16 people were injured in two separate traffic accidents in central Maidan Wardak and southern Ghazni provinces on Sunday, police said. The Maian Wardak police headquarters in a statement said a vehicle…
In order to promote traditional games, a javelin competition was held between four districts including the provincial capital in southern Ghazni province. Ghazni Sports director Bilal Mujahid told Pajhwok a total of five teams comprising 36 athletes…
Nearly a dozen people have been detained for stealing 40,000 liters of fuel from the power utility in southern Ghazni province, police said on Thursday. Police spokesman Abu Khalid Sarhadi told Pajhwok Afghan News 11 individuals, including…
Apple orchards’ owners in southern Ghazni province say the fruit’s yield has significantly increased this year compared to previous years, but its prices are low amid lack of cold storages. They are happy about the increased yield,…
One person has been killed and 11 others wounded in separate traffic accidents in southern Ghazni and central Bamyan provinces, officials said on Sunday. Ghazni police spokesman Abu Khalid Sarhadi told Pajhwok Afghan News one individual was…
Residents of southern Ghazni province are concerned about the existence of landmines and unexploded war remnants and urge the government and other relevant institutions to clear and destroy the explosives. They say areas which were the scene…
More than a dozen tourists from Italy, Japan and Pakistan arrived in western Ghor province yesterday, an official said on Monday. Maulvi Mohammad Hamas, director of information and culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News the foreign tourists arrived in…
Boys under 18 years of age and having no license are not allowed to drive motorcycles in southern Ghanzi province, traffic officials said on Saturday. Ghazni Traffic Manager Qari Noor Muhammad Rahbar told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Tribal elders from different parts of Ghazni city, the capital of southern Ghazni province, have decided to reduce dowry amount to 300,000 afghanis and prohibit excessive expenditures on marriages. Ghazni religious scholars committee and the general council…
Some people are still trying to usurp ancient sites in southern Ghazni province, but their attempts are being frustrated, an official said on Monday. Ghazni Information and Culture director Mullah Hamidullah Nisar told Pajhwok that a number…
A mass wedding ceremony took place in southern Ghazni province on Thursday, with 24 couples tying the knot. Hundreds of relatives of the couples attended the mass wedding ceremony held in the afternoon in a private wedding hall…
The residents of Zankhan district in southern Ghazni complain they have been lacking access to health facilities since long. They say the only government hospital in the district center has a few workers and beds and many…
At least 60 people have been arrested in connection with various crimes during the past one month in the southern Ghazni province, an official said on Thursday. Mullah Ghiyasuddin Himmat, crime branch chief, said that these individuals…
A huge academic complex ‘Saad Ibni Abi Waqqas Islamia Darul Uloom’ is being built in the Nawa district of southern Ghazni province at a cost of 10 million dollars. The complex, the largest on national level, is…
A shopkeeper has been killed after an iron shop caught fire in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Tuesday. Mullah Hamidullah Nisar, director of Information and Culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the fire erupted in…
Culturists say hundreds of yet to be registered historic monuments and heritage sites in southern Ghazni province are on the verge of destruction, urging government authorities to take steps for their preservation. They say some of the…
On self-help basis, residents of the Jaghori district in southern Ghazni province have started construction of a water dam that will cost 18 million afghanis. The small dam is being constructed in Zerak area of Jaghori district…
About 40,000 acres of state land has been wrested back from illegal occupants in this capital city of southern Ghazni province, said the commission concerned on Sunday. Meanwhile, Ghazni City residents asked the government land grabbing prevention…
Some residents of the Nawa district of southern Ghazni province are complaining about un adequate health facilities and services. Nawa district, 170 kilometres from Ghazni City, has around 500 large and small villages but only five small…
Unknown miscreants set ablaze a middle school of boys in this capital city of southern Ghazni province and was partially burnt down. Ghazni education director Maulvi Syed Basir Ahmad Agha on Saturday said unknown people on Friday…
A Turkish charity has been constructing an orphanage to provide religious and modern education to children orphaned during the past wars in the Andar district of southern Ghazni province. Local official say the orphanage named Shaheed Abu…
Lightning hit three students returning from school in the Waghiz district of southern Ghazni province, killing one and injuring the two, an official said on Thursday. The incident took place the previous day near Shahid Qari Abdul…
