A six-member group of armed robbers and kidnappers was arrested in Khawaja Dokoh district of northern Jawzjan province on Thursday. Police chief Mullah Sirajuddin Ahmadi said the group had been involved in illegal activities such as armed robberies,…
At least 300 war-affected families in three districts of northern Jawzjan province have been provided with milking cows. The cows were distributed to the affected families in Mardiyan, Mankajak and Darzab districts. Abdul Qayum, director of Refugees and…
The acting finance minister during a visit to northern Jawzjan province on Wednesday encouraged traders to invest in the province where he said a good investment opportunity existed. Mullah Hedayatullah Badri, the acting finance minister, talking to a…
A number of women in northern Jawzjan province, who have become self-reliant in cultivation of mushrooms, have called on the government to train them on how to grow other vegetables.
The residents of Shiberghan City, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, have been involved in strengthening vulnerable riverbanks with gabions and retaining walls to prevent floodwater from entering the city, an official said on Saturday. Jawzjan Economy Department…
Displaced by the past conflict, some families on the outskirts of Shiberghan City, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, complain they lack shelter, electricity, healthcare, clean drinking water, education and other services. Mullah Sher Mohammad, 60, who was…
About three tonnes of low-quality and expired medicines and food items have been torched in northern Jawzjan province. Qari Abdul Ghani Samim, director of public health, told Pajhwok Afghan News the items included 146 types of different medicines…
Children working on the roads in Shiberghan city, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, are urging the government to provide them with education services. Dozens of children from poor families are engaged in various activities in many streets…
Women farmers and livestock owners in northern Jawzjan province, who earn money by growing vegetables and making dairy products, are calling on the government to support their business. Over the past two decades, dozens of agricultural support programs…
Over 1,500 drought-affected families in northern Jawzjan province have received food assistance, an official said on Thursday. Agriculture Director Qari Ebadullah Ansari told Pajhwok Afghan News the food assistance was provided by the World Food Program. Each family…
Civil society activist Abdul Malik Rustami has donated 450 books to a public library in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province. Rustami purchased books on his own money and donated them to a public library to promote…
Acting education minister during a visit to northwestern Jawzjan province said that in the ministry would recruit professional figures for boosting the quality of education in the country in the coming solar year. Sheikh Mulavi Noorullah Munir, acting…
Local officials in northern Jawzjan province say 300 farmers including 85 of them women received cash aid in Shiberghan city, the provincial capital, on Thursday. QariEbadullahAnsar, director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department in Jawzjan, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Local officials in northern Jawzjan province say the process to distribute food aid to 6,000 education officials in the province has been launched. Mohammad TahirJawad, education director of Jawzjan, told Pajhwok Afghan News today at the inauguration ceremony…
An oxygen and nitrogen plant has been installed at a cost of 4.5 million afghanis in Shiberghan city, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, officials said Wednesday. Qari Mohammad Yousuf Ahmadi, head of the state-run Afghan Gas Company…
Food and other essential items were distributed to about 600 war-affected and needy families in northwestern Jawzjan province, while a number of displaced families complained about their bad situation in cold winter and demanded heating resources. Mohammad SadeqQasemi,…
Local officials in northern Jawzjan province on Monday distributed humanitarian aid to 350 families in Mangjik district of the province, while local people say they are in need of further assistance. QariSadruddin, head of the Red Crescent in…
Keleft Port, the country’s most ancient port on the border with Turkmenistan in Qarqin district of northwestern Jawzjan province is set to reopen for commercial transport, officials say. The port which is located 20 kilometers away from the…
The Jawanan Andishmand Social Association of Jawzjan in Shiberghan city, capital of northern Jawzjan province, on Tuesday said 45 percent maternity related problems in the province had been addressed. The event titled “Social Assessment Findings” was sponsored by…
An employee of the anti-crime department has been arrested in connection with taking a bribe of 10,000 afghanis in northern Jawzjan province. This comes as residents of the province have urged the government to take concrete measures to…
The Jawzjan police chief has announced the arrest of a man on charges of selling 130 women in the province. Police chief Damla Siraj told Pajhwok Afghan News that second police district personnel detained the man in Shiberghan.…
Local officials in northern Jawzjan province say the local administration has started providing cash assistance to 137 needy families in the province, where many people are concerned about rising poverty and joblessness. HamidullahEhsani, financial and administrative director at…
The Taliban have captured Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, and killed the province prison director, an official said on Saturday. Assistant Governor Abdul QadirMalyah confirmed to Pajhwok the fall of Jawzjan -- a stronghold of Marshal…
Local sources say the Taliban have captured the main jail in in northern Jawzjan province, letting inmates escape. Officials, however, denied the claim and said clashes were underway close to Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum’s residence south of Shiberghan,…
