A road is being constructed at a cost of 29 million afghanis in southeastern Khost province and a health center at a cost of 22 million afghanis in eastern Laghman province. Khost Mayor Qari Bismillah Bilal told…
Patients visiting the Orthopedic and Physiotherapy Centre in southwestern Khost province resent the shortage of female staff. This centre was established several years ago under the umbrella of the Public Health Department by an NGO working for…
Handicrafts makers in southeastern Khost province say their production level is reasonable, but finding buyers for their goods remains a challenge. The handicraft industrialists ask the government to help them in finding good market for their products…
The Labor and Social Affairs Department of southeastern Khost province says more than 2,000 children are engaged in heavy works in the province. Shams-ul-Rahman, 10, originally from Laghman, is currently working in a brick kiln with his…
A Ministry of Public Health delegation visited southeastern Khost province to investigate about unauthorized and substandard clinics and take legal action against them following a Pajhwok Afghan News report in this regard. Pajhwok published a report more…
Forest Preservation Unit officials in southeastern Khost province say about 80 individuals have been arrested for cutting forest trees during the past one and a half years in the province. Mohammad Yunus Mohammadi, deputy director of the…
Security officials have seized eight stolen cars in southeastern Khost province and handed them over to their owners and arrested four suspected car-lifters. The cars had been stolen during the past two years in Khost and they…
At least 90 schools in southeastern Khost province have no buildings and their students attend classes under the open skies.
Police have seized dozens of light and heavy weapons and military equipment during the last two months in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Wednesday. Maulvi Mohammad Rasoul Watanmal, director of anti-terrorism department, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Former president Hamid Karzai has condemned yesterday’s bomb blast in a hotel in southeastern Khost province and called it an act against all human and Islamic values. According to reports, three people were killed and seven others injured…
Security forces have arrested 14 magicians in southeastern Khost province, police said on Monday. Police spokesman Mustaghfir Gurbaz told Pajhwok Afghan News the sorcerers were detained in the Lakano area of the provincial capital and Zazi Maidan…
A cricket tournament titled ‘Maarif Jam’ kicked off between students of religious seminaries and schools in southeastern Khost province on Sunday. The 10-over matches are organized by some youth volunteers in the province in the framework of…
About 120 street lights have been installed at a cost of 20 million afghanis on roads in the capital of southeastern Khost province. The installation of the lights took six months to complete and were put into…
Shopkeepers and businessmen at the Hakim Taniwal Amusement Park in southeastern Khost province say their businesses are running at a loss due to high rents of their shops. The Khost municipality has awarded the Hakim Taniwal park…
Watermelon harvest has increased in southeastern Khost province this year comparing to last year’s yield. However, farmers say if they are provided with improved quality seeds, the watermelon harvest could further increase. Khost Agriculture Department officials say…
Around 13,000 children in southeastern Khost province are deprived of education due to absence of schools in their areas, an official said on Thursday. Syed Kabir Sangin, media official at the provincial Education Department, told Pajhwok Afghan…
A number of students in southeastern Khost province urge the government to reconstruct school buildings destroyed in the past conflict. A middle school in Zanikhel area (Palosi) of Nader Shah Walikot district is one of the schools…
Almost half of the schools in the Sabari district of southeastern Khost province are without buildings and as a result students are faced with many problems. Local residents say no attention was paid to the district during…
A group of young men has paved the way for hundreds of children, youth and elders to get free education in southeastern Khost province. The free education center is set up in the Sambawat township of Nader…
A group of young volunteers has paved the way for a number of out of school and working children to continue their education in southeastern Khost province. The children aged between six and 14 years have stopped…
Unknown gunmen shot and killed a moneychanger in Khost city, the capital of southeastern Khost province, on Wednesday, triggering a protest by his colleagues. Khost police spokesman Mustaghfir Gurbaz, confirmed the incident to Pajhwok Afghan News and…
A private company has started extracting chromite from a mine in southeastern Khost province. Extraction works at the chromite mine located in the Razak Mangi area of Zazai Maidan district was started yesterday during a ceremony. Local…
A number of residents of southeastern Khost province say most business transactions are carried out in the Pakistani rupee instead of the afghani in the province. Zabihullah, a resident of Khost City, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
The residents of Zamisa area in Dowa Manda district of southeastern Khost province say about 2,000 families live in the area, but there is no school for their children. They say no work was done in their…
