Ghor

A number of women in western Ghor province say financial woes and poverty have forced them to engage in hard labour, which has caused them lumbago.

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Construction work has been launched on a 12-metre long bridge that will cost seven million afghanis in Ferozkoh, the capital of western Ghor

Security forces destroyed 234 drug factories, seized thousands kilograms of different types of drugs and arrested 209 people during the past three months in western Ghor province, an official said on Tuesday.

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): A rickshaw fell into a river in Dawlatabad district of western Ghor province, killing the driver, a police official said on Saturday. Police

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): A five-year-old child died and three other people, including a woman, were injured as a result of a traffic accident in . .

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Rendered homeless by recent devastating floods, residents of western Ghor province are asking the government and aid agencies to provide them with shelter.

Physicians and officials in western Ghor province have spoken about the increase in positive cases of scabies skin disease in the province and ask people to prevent the spread of this disease by observing personal and environmental hygiene.

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Deputy prime minister for economic affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Thursday afternoon visited western Ghor province to . . .

A number of orphan and working children in western Ghor province say they want to study and the caretaker government should help them in this regard, while local officials say education programs for such children have been launched.

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Another two cargo flights carrying emergency shelter, food and medicines for floods-affected people from Kabul landed at the airport in this capital .

A delegation from the central government along with emergency aid and relief items has arrived in western Ghor province to assess the post-flood situation closely, an official said on Sunday.

One person was killed and 12 others wounded in helicopter crush in the capital of western Ghor province on Wednesday, says the Ministry of Defence.