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Rockslides, floods block Herat-Ghor highway

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN highway was blocked by a rockslide and flash floods in western Ghor province, officials said on Thursday. The key route was closed in the Bidan area after a huge rock fell from a mountain on the road, said…

Rockslides, floods block Herat-Ghor highway

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN highway was blocked by a rockslide and flash floods in western Ghor province, officials said on Thursday. The key route was closed in the Bidan area after a huge rock fell from a mountain on the road, said…

Ghor farmers return to poppy cultivation

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN projects, officials said. Ghor was declared a poppy-free province four years ago, but growers have resumed cultivating the illicit crop for reasons of poverty and unemployment, authorities said. Muhammad Arif, a farmer from Chaghcharan, told Pajhwok Afghan News:…

Snow blocks roads in Ghor, Panjsher, Parwan

KABUL province and in a number of districts in central Panjsher and Parwan provinces have been blocked by days of heavy snowfall, officials said on Wednesday. Ghor National Disasters Management Authority head Hamidullah told Pajhwok Afghan News the snowfall that…

Snow cripples roads to Ghor province

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province but official figures on the number of roads cleared so far appears contradicting. Provincial public works director Muhammad Iqbal told reporters that snow-hit roads in Thiora, Charsada, Tholak and Pasaband districts had been cleared. But acting police…

Rebel group shuns violence in Ghor

CHAGHCHRAN (PAN province, officials said on Thursday. Mullah Abdul Majeeb, who led the 10-member rebel group, surrendered to security officials in the district, Lt. Col. Gul Ahmad, the district police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News. The surrendering men also turned…

Road blockades send prices soaring in Ghor

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province, sending rates of daily-use commodities soaring in districts and the provincial capital, officials said on Tuesday. One of the key roads connecting Chahar Dara district with Chaghcharan had been closed over the past month, creating numerous problems…

11 snow-trapped policemen rescued by ISAF

CHANGHCHARAN (PAN province, officials said on Wednesday. A dozen 12 officials had gone for a week-long professional training, but one of them died due to severe cold after their vehicles got stuck in deep snow in the Tarbolaq area of…

Heavy snowfall blocks Ghor roads

KABUL province, officials said on Friday. The snowfall and rains that lashed several parts of the country since Thursday evening had resulted in the closure of several roads and highways. The Afghanistan Natural Disasters Management Authority (ANDMA) regional head said…