Some groups fuel disunity among Muslims: Nadim
Jamiat-i-Islah, Hizb-ul-Tahrir, Salafi and Daesh are groups that promote disunity among Muslims under the name of Islam, an official said on Saturday.
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Enmity turned into friendship between Khost families
Two families reconciled and ended their 17-year-old enmity in southeastern Khost province and promised to live like bothers. The enmity had claimed eight lives and left another 13 people injured. Both families belong to Terezai area of…
New university graduates in Khost demand jobs
Some newly graduated students of a semi-medical higher education institute in southeastern Khost province have asked the government to provide them with job opportunities.
Low quality syrup bottles from Pakistan denied entry into Khost
As many as 42,000 bottles of low quality syrup were sent back to Pakistan after being imported to southeastern khost province, officials said on Tuesday. Food Inspector at Khost Food and Drug Administration Dr. Gulzar Faqir told…
Kankor exam: Khost’s poor youth qualifies to medical faculty
A young but extremely poor boy, who carries people’s luggages in a handcart till noon before going to school in Khost city, the capital of southeastern Khost province, has passed this year’s university test and qualified to…
Khost hostile families reconcile after 35 years
Two families reconciled and ended their 35 years old feud in Tani district in southeastern Khost province, thanks to efforts by tribal elders. The hostile families have ended their feud with the help of local tribal elders…
Khost’s Zinikhel residents carp neglected for decades
Residents of Zinikhel area in the Nadir Shah Kot district of southeastern Khost province say their area remains deprived of development schemes during the past two decades. One of their main demands is construction of a bridge…
Khost remote areas residents demand maternity health services
Some residents of remote areas in southeastern Khost province say they lack access to basic health services, including well-equipped maternity clinics.
50-year old feud between Khost families finally ends
A 50-year old feud between three families in Tani district of southeastern Khost province was finally turned into friendship, thanks to mediators. Originated from landownership, three people, including a woman, had been killed and six others wounded…
Dozens arrested with illegal weapons in Khost in 2 months
Security forces have seized dozens of weapons and arrested 23 people for illegally possessing them in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Sunday. Counter-terrorism department head Maulavi Mohammad Rasoul Watanmal told Pajhwok Afghan News the weapons…
Khost Kochies want education, health issues addressed
Some Kochi residents in southeastern Khost province have complained that their children have no access to education besides other problems they were faced with.
5-member robbers’ gang busted in Khost
Security forces have arrested a five-member gang of robbers in the Qalandar district of southeastern Khost province, an official said on Thursday.
Khost historic fort teetering on the brink of collapse
Residents of southeastern Khost province say the historic Ghazi Babrak Khan Zadran fort is on the verge of collapse. Ghazi Babark Qala (castle) is located in Nader Shahkot district and has a history of 150 years. The…
Khost residents call for strict price control regime
Some residents in southeastern Khost province have complained about the soaring prices of food items and asked relevant officials to control the prices.
Above 1,800 families distributed food aid in Logar, Khost
More than 1,800 families have been distributed food aid in Logar and Khost provinces. In Logar province, 1050 families were given away food items in Mohammad Agha and Baraki Barak districts. Logar Rural Rehabilitation and Development department spokesman…
Khost gas, oil employees arrested over corruption
Several employees of the Gas and Oil Management and owners of fuel stations have been arrested on corruption charges in southeastern Khost province. Ehsanullah, operational director of the Oil and Gas management, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
2 women killed, 3 children injured in Khost roof collapse
Two women have been killed and three children wounded in a roof collapse incident in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Saturday.
Completed 3 years ago, Khost clinic yet to be inaugurated
Residents of Ghaziabad area of southeastern Khost province say a clinic in their area was built three years ago, but is yet to be inaugurated.
Dozens of weapons, ammunition seized in Khost
Security forces have seized 20 different weapons and ammunition in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Monday. Maulvi Mohammad Rasool, counter-terrorism police chief, told reporters the weapons and ammunition had been seized in the provincial capital…
Some Khost areas still lack access to telecom services
Residents of some areas in southeastern Khost province walk for hours and scale heights to make a telephone call owning to lack of access to telecommunication services. One such remote area is Algadi in Zazi Maidan district,…
50 acres of land allocated for cancer hospital in Khost
State land measuring 50 acres has been allocated for a cancer hospital to be constructed by traders in southeastern Khost province, the Office of the Administrative Affairs (OAA) said. OAA in a statement said a delegation led by…
Khost youth launch school books collection campaign
To address the issue of textbooks’ shortage, a group of youth has launched a house-to-house campaign to collect books. The youth say they launched the campaign in response to growing complaints about the shortage of textbooks in…
5 sons of physically-challenged mason top classes
A disabled mason, whose five sons have grabbed first positions in different school grades in southeastern Khost province, wants the government to pay attention to the education sector to ensure Afghanistan’s self-sufficiency.
25,000 acres of state land freed from usurpers in Khost
The Commission for Prevention of Land Grabbing says it has freed 25,000 acres of state land from illegal occupants during the past two years in southeastern Khost province. Members of the commission say around 50,000 acres of…
