Iran has started forcibly deporting Afghan refugees into western Herat province after the coronavirus outbreak in the neighboring country, local officials said on Sunday, demanding solution to the issue. “Iran is sending 700 to 1000 Afghan refugees to…
At least 35 suspected cases of coronavirus have been registered including one positive in western Herat province, an official said on Saturday. Dr. Asif Kabir, deputy director of the provincial Public Health Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Taliban gunmen kidnapped a colonel and wounded two security personnel during separate attacks in western of Herat province, an official said on Thursday. Governor spokesman JilaniFarhad told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban abducted the colonel to an…
Public Health Minister Dr. Firozuddin Firoz on Tuesday inaugurated a 10-bed isolation ward for coronavirus patients in western Herat province. Firoz told participants of the ward’s inauguration ceremony in Herat City, the provincial capital, that the…
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Wednesday said more than 170 Taliban provinces, a claim the rebels rejected as baseless. A statement from the MoD Media office said 160 Taliban militants, including three key commanders named Abdullah, Mohammad…
A number of antique sellers in western Herat province say their business has been struggling with survival due to lack of buyers and tourists. They ask the government to make a program for their products to be…
An Islamic scholar was shot dead by Taliban militants in western Herat province on Monday, officials said. Jailani Farhad, governor’s spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban killed an Islamic scholar in a mosque in Kahsan district…
The residents of western Herat province have complained against the passport distribution process in the province and said they faced multiple problems in this way. Besides paying extra 500 afghanis to the post office to comfortably transfer…
Thirteen suspects have been arrested in connection with different crimes in western Herat province, an official said on Monday. Provincial government spokesman Jilani Farhad told Pajhwok Afghan News the detainees were accused of terrorist activities, kidnappings, armed…
At least eight people have been killed as a result of two roof-collapse incidents in western Herat province, an official said on Sunday. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incidents took place in Injil…
An exhibition of handicrafts and other handmade goods of internally displaced women and refugee kicked off in western Herat province on Monday. Organizers of the event say a number of internally displaced and refugee women in Herat…
Local agriculture officials say 20 new fish farms are being opened in near future in western Heart province, where the industry is rapidly expanding. Abdul Saboor Rahmani, Herat agriculture, irrigation and livestock head, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday claimed thwarting an attempt at smuggling drugs to India at the Kandahar airport. Police detained at the airport three individuals who were trying to smuggle a kilogram of heroin to India, the…
Nearly 19,000 individuals have so far received electronic ID cards in western Herat province, an official said on Monday. Mohammad Nasir Hafizi, provincial electronic ID card department director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 18,550 electronic ID cards…
A number of residents of western Herta province held a protest gathering on Thursday and expressed concerns over increasing insecurity, particularly terrorist attacks and armed robberies, in the province. The participants of the gathering in Gulha…
The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) finance officer was shot dead in western Herat province on Saturday, an official said. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News IECC Finance Officer Litfullah Halimi was shot dead…
Former Taliban leader Syed Akbar Agha on Tuesday claimed ceasefire would not be part of a possible US-Taliban peace agreement expected later this month in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Addressing a gathering here on Peace…
Violence against women, an official said on Monday. Anisa Sarwari, Women’s Affairs Director, told a gathering marking the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women here that 801 cases of violence against women were registered this…
The ninth congress of surgeons from the western zone of the country held on Thursday in western Herat province in order to share views and experiences of their filed. Dr. Aziz Jami, head of the congress said,…
Health Diabetes Day. The officials warned that diabetes disease was increasing among people in the country and the disease could be fought only by physical activities particularly walking and diet. Dr. Ahmad Zia Mohtasibzada, diabetes control in…
Scores of Taliban militants have been killed in Afghan forces airstrikes in western Herat province, an official said on Thursday. Police Chief Aminullah Amarkhel told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban stormed security forces check posts in the…
Electricity pylons in western Herat province have been blown up by Taliban, local officials said Wednesday. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) or power utility officials in Herat say power pylons, which import electricity from Turkmenistan and Iran,…
The transfer of sensitive election materials from districts to Herat City, the capital of western Herat province, has been completed, an official said. Daud Sediqi, head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) for Heart, said the sensitive…
Officials in western Herat province say all polling sites are protected, asking people could turn out in large numbers to vote without any fear of violence. Governor Abdul Qayum Rahimi, after casting his vote on Saturday morning…
