Natural gas extraction in northern Jawzjan province meets part of the country’s energy needs, but experts say continued extraction requires sustained attention to its potential impact on water, soil and the environment. Meanwhile, officials say technical and environmental…
While a charity has launched a safe drinking water distribution programme in remote villages of northern Jawzjan province, residents of some of these areas say successive droughts have left their well water salty and unfit for use. They…
Some women farmers in northern Jawzjan province say drought and climate change have created serious challenges for their agricultural activities, but they are adopting modern irrigation methods, solar energy and crop diversification to protect their families’ livelihoods.
Construction has begun on a 5.25 million-afghani water supply network in a returnee township serving Qosh Tepa and Darzab districts of northern Jawzjan province. Once completed, the project will provide safe drinking water to 1,600 families. Rural Rehabilitation…
Security officials in northern Jawzjan province say four people have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 23-year-old man in Sheberghan City.
Saira, a mother of seven in northern Jawzjan province, has become the sole breadwinner for her nine-member family by driving a taxi, proving that women can also support their households through determination and hard work.
More than 800 kilograms of narcotics, along with thousands of kilograms of precursor chemicals used in drug production, have been destroyed in western Ghor province. Meanwhile, 10 people have been arrested on charges of gambling and drug dealing…
One man was killed and another injured after a vehicle overturned on the Shiberghan-Mazar-i-Sharif highway in northern Jawzjan province on Wednesday, an official said. Police spokesman Qari Abdul Sattar Halimi told Pajhwok Afghan News the accident occurred in…
Marzia, a resident of northern Jawzjan province, earns a living for her family by selling dairy products. However, rising production costs and the challenges of livestock farming have made her work increasingly difficult, prompting her to seek greater…
A man has been arrested in connection with the killing of a 14-year-old boy in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Qari Abdul Sattar Halimi told Pajhwok Afghan News: “The teenager…
The Telecommunications and Information Technology Department in northern Jawzjan says 11 new “Salam” telecom network sites have been inaugurated in seven districts of the province, bringing services to more than 7,000 families. Mawlavi Sanaullah Masoom, head of the…
Vegetable drying machines worth around 2.5 million afghanis have been distributed to 128 farmers across several districts of northern Jawzjan province.
Four individuals, including two men and two women, have been arrested in connection with the murder of a resident of Sheberghan, the capital of Jawzjan province, officials said.
A woman entrepreneur in northern Jawzjan province has transformed a small dairy initiative into a growing business that produces dairy products and creates jobs for women.
Wahida Karimi, a woman entrepreneur in northern Jawzjan province, launched a small tailoring workshop with an investment of $2,000 to help ease some of her family’s financial problems. Today, her business has expanded and created job opportunities for more than 200 other women.
Four armed robbers were killed in a clash with security forces during an attempted burglary in the capital northern Jawzajn, the provincial capital. According to the Jowzjan Police, the incident occurred on Saturday night in Jalalabad village. The…
A 75-year-old feud between two families in northern Jawzjan province has been resolved through mediation of local officials, religious scholars and tribal elders, an official announced on Sunday.
After the publication of a Pajhwok report on Zeb-ul-Nisa, the founder of a tailoring workshop in northern Jawzjan, the province’s Women’s Chamber of Commerce has extended support to her and provided training and advisory opportunities.
Following a Pajhwok Afghan News report about the lack of educational infrastructure in Jawzjan, the Ministry of Education (MoE) says it is striving to address this issue nationwide, including in the northern province.
The Department of Education in northern Jawzjan has established literacy classes at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), offering new hope to those long deprived of basic education.
In Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, a group of young deaf individuals is refusing to surrender to the silence imposed by their hearing impairment.
