Health officials in western Herat province say more than 200 successful kidney transplant surgeries took place in local hospitals during the past two years. Dr. Farid Ahmad Ejaz, head of a private hospital in Herat City, the…
Five customs department employees have been detained in western Herat province over bribery charges, the governor’s spokesman said on Monday. Jilani Farhad told Pajhwok Afghan News that National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel had arrested the five…
Two 28-megawatt turbines are being activated at the Salma hydropower dam to somehow address the electricity shortage problem in western Herat province, officials said Saturday. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told in a press conference here that…
Five suspected terrorists and kidnappers have been separately arrested in capital Kabul and western Herat province, the spy-network said Saturday. A statement from the National Directorate of security (NDS member. He was detained during a special raid in…
Damage to a bridge connecting five districts have made life difficult for the local residents in the Shindand district of western Herat province. Situated in Wazirabad locality, the bridge according to Gul Ahmad, a resident of the…
Twenty-seven people have been arrested over allegedly attempting to smuggle heroin to India at the international airport in western Herat province, an official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Nasi rNeknam, border police commander at the airport, told at…
Three police personnel, including a post commander, and a fourth person were arrested over bribery charge in western Herat province on Sunday, an official said. Police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizadah told Pajhwok Afghan News the accused were…
Tribal elders and officials from nine provinces on Tuesday held a gathering in western Herat province, urging people to support the peace process and the Taliban to shun voilece. Around one thousand individuals coming all the way…
More than 40 people have been tested positive for Congo fever that resulted in death of four people in western Herat province since late March, local health officials said Monday. Forty-one Congo fever cases were recorded in…
Some residents of the western Herat province are complaining about no telecom services at night in many districts, urging an early solution to the inconvenience. Telecom services are suspended from 8:00pm to 6:00am on a daily basis…
Eight government officers have been arrested on charge of corruption and forgery in western Herat province, officials said Wednesday. Governor’s spokesman, Jailani Farhad told Pajhwok Afghan News that the detainees included two women) officials. He said five…
Five passengers died and eight others, including a child and a woman, sustained injuries in a traffic accident on the Herat-Islam Qala highway in the western Herat province on Sunday, an official said. Abdul Ahad Walizadah, the…
A mosque was among five people killed and another 88 injured in separate incidents during the past 24 hours in western Herat province, an official said on Thursday. Governor’s spokesman Jilani Farhad said unidentified gunmen shot dead…
Local health officials in Badghis and Herat provinces on Wednesday said 13 people have contracted ‘a rare skin disease” after eating a type of vegetable. Dr. Bashir Ahmad Barakzai, skin specialist in the Herat Zonal Hospital, told…
At least four road construction company workers were killed by unidentified armed men in Shindand district of western Herat province on Saturday, officials said. Provincial police spokesman, Abdul Ahad Walizada, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a number…
The Land Authority of western Herat province has created a database in compliance with a presidential order to determine the status of the state-owned land in the province. Haris Akhtarzada, director of the authority, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Eight policemen have been killed, five others caught alive and seven wounded as a result of Taliban attacks in Paktia and Herat provinces, officials said on Tuesday. Six policemen were killed and five others seized by the…
Old national identity cards (NICs) -- locally called tazkeras, has been kicked off and is being distributed in five district of western Herat province, an official said on Sunday. Local officials considered the launch of NIC distribution…
Unknown individuals have sprayed acid on a woman’s face in the Guzra district of western Herat province, an official said on Sunday. Dr. Mohammad Arif Jilani, director of the civil hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan News 25-year-old Sahila…
Administrative chief of the Adraskan district of western Herat province on Saturday said at least eight schools in his district were dysfunctional due to a shortage of teachers. Mohammad Mawdod Chishti told a press conference here the…
Zonal Hospital Officials of western Herat province on Wednesday said at least 60 people were injured in various incidents in the province over the last 24 hours. Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai, spokesman of the hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Taliban militants have kidnapped four passengers from a vehicle in Chishti Sharif district of western Herat province, an official said on Monday. Sayed Karim Zahid, the Chisti Sharif district’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents…
Four people were wounded in a celebratory gunfire last night in western Herat province, where police detained 13 people over robbery and other charges, an official said on Thursday. Herat’s Zonal Hospital spokesman Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai said they…
Two policemen and four civilians have managed to escape from Taliban insurgents’ custody after killing two militants in western Herat province, an official said on Saturday. Abdul Ahad Walizad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
