Construction work has been launched on a 611-meter long road along the canal in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Thursday. Jalalabad municipality spokesman Bakhti Jan Murad told Pajhwok Afghan News the road was…
Some people are arbitrarily hunting a rare bird locally called “Sach” in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, residents say, fearing the specie’s extinction. Nangarhar Environment Protection Department officials say hunting birds and other wild animals…
In order to further improve security and prevent criminal incidents, the authorities are installing security cameras in sensitive places in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. The decision to install security cameras was made on Monday during…
A reconstruction project that will cost 10 million afghanis has been started by the municipality in seventh district of Jalalabad city in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. Officials say the project was launched yesterday afternoon…
A fire erupted at a construction materials market in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, with efforts ongoing to extinguish the blaze. Nangarhar Fire Department Director Haji Rasheed told Pajhwok the fire broke out in a…
A recreation park is being constructed in this capital city of eastern Nangarhar province with financial support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The park, an 11.16 million afghanis project, is being constructed on 1.5 acres of…
More than half of factories in this capital city of eastern Nangarhar province have been closed down due to power shortage, rendering more than 10,000 people jobless. Factory owners and the Chamber of Industry and Mines of Nangarhar…
The slow pace of repair work on broken roads in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, has irked local residents. The residents criticize the municipality and say the slow pace of repair work on roads affected their…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has constructed a school building at a cost of 530,000 US dollars in eastern Nangarhar province. Farhad Ahmed Stanikzai, spokesperson of Nangarhar education department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
Authorities in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday banned the sale of cow and bull meat following the emergence of the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). Jalalabad municipality officials say the ban on sale of cow meat is effective from…
The residents of Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, complain about dirt and bad smell caused by the remains of animals slaughtered during Eid. Abdullah, a resident of Jalalabad, said people threw the waste of their…
Security forces have seized 26 different weapons and ammunition during a search operation in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. A spokesman for the Khalid bin Waleed Corps in the east, Maulvi Wahidullah Mohammadi, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The residents of Jalalabad City, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, are complaining about continued and prolonged electricity outages. They say most of the time during the day electricity goes out for several hours and that creates several…
Some residents of eastern Nangarhar and drivers on Jalalabad-Torkham highway blame narrowness of the road for most accidents. Azizullah, a resident of Ghanikhel district of Nangarhar, said mostly traffic accidents took place due to the narrowness of the…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a civil activist and his brother and wounded a third person in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Sunday. Eyewitnesses said that the attacker escaped from the scene despite security forces tried to arrest…
At least three people were killed and five others wounded in roadside bomb explosions and a targeted attack in Jalalabad city, capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, officials said. Local officials said that the incidents took place…
Traders in eastern Nangarhar province say their businesses are seriously affected due to limited banks services since the Taliban takeover of Kabul. They say all money transfers for commercial deals are possible only through banks, but now banks…
The municipality of Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, has illegally distributed land plots to 643 people in violation of the order of former president and Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG). Municipality officials deny the…
In a significant gain, the resurgent Taliban captured Jalalabad, capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Sunday morning. With the government still controlling the capital Kabul, the insurgents overran Jalalabad and stormed into the governor’s house. As government officials…
A military official was killed and two civilians were wounded in an armed attack in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Saturday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News unidentified gunmen opened fire at…
President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday directed the Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) to provide all necessary equipment and services to the civil airport in eastern Nangarhar province until the Jalalabad International Airport is fully inaugurated for flights. A…
