Officials say 10,000 people in areas home to pine nut trees would receive tools for professional collection of the dried fruit in southeastern Khost province. Local official say the tools would be distributed under the National Horticulture…
Afghan and Pakistani officials say the Ghulam Khan Port in southeastern Khost province will be permanently kept open for people’s movement and trade. They made the announcement during a visit to the dry port on Wednesday, saying…
At least nine people were injured as a result of two consecutive blasts in southeastern Khost province on Thursday, an official said. The first blast took place in Spin Jumat area as magnetic bomb attacked to a…
Afghan commando forces escaped unhurt in a motorcycle bomb blast that killed two civilians --- a woman and a child – and wounded 17 others in the capital of southeastern Khost province on Saturday, police said. The…
The distribution of land plots to 249 teachers kicked off in southeastern Khost province after the teachers went on strike, officials said Wednesday. Around 249 teachers would receive the land plots at Matan Mina Township north of…
A number of women in southeastern Khost province on Monday at a gathering demanded the September presidential election to be held on the given date because the ballot could get the country out of its current crisis.…
Some residents of southeastern Khost province say the period of the ongoing voter registration process should be extended in the province. In a mark of protest, dozens of people gathered at the only voter registration center in…
A number of journalists in southeastern Khost province have blamed police and the governor’s house for noy sharing information with the media. They say the problem, which has long been persisting, became serious recently, with reporters waiting…
Washermen or Dhobies in southeastern Khost province say their business was badly affected after people stopped wearing turbans. They sat in the past most people would wear turbans which benefited their business because they would receive…
At least 18 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed and scores of others wounded in Taliban assaults in Khost and Logar provinces, officials said Tuesday. A security official in southeastern Khost province, wishing anonymity,…
Police on Thursday arrested three butchers accused of selling horse and unhygienic meat in the capital of southeastern Khost province. Khost police chief Col. Syed Ahmad Babazai told Pajhwok Afghan News the three butchers were detained this…
Unknown gunmen have killed the Telecommunications and Information Technology administrative manager for southeastern Khost province, an official said on Monday. Khost Telecom and IT department head Mohammad Arif Ahmadzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that the administrative manager,…
Two back to back explosions injured seven people in the capital of southeastern Khost province on Sunday, police said. The landmine blasts occurred east of Khost City near high-rise buildings at around 1pm, said Khost police spokesman Adil…
A number of journalists in southeastern Khost province on Tuesday complained the government and journalist advocacy institutes were not doing enough for their protection. The journalists expressed these views while commemorating the first death anniversary of a…
Saffron has been grown this year for the first time in southeastern Khost province, giving satisfactory yield in some areas, officials and farmers say. Satisfied with the production level, farmers urged the government to find a suitable…
There is no female journalist in southeastern Khost province among its 1.5 million population, officials said Wednesday. The state-run Radio Television Afghanistan is among five television channels that produce their programs in Khost province besides a dozen…
The Evaluation Delegation has declared two construction companies as joint winner of the Khost Airport Construction Project, but the High Procurement Commission awarded the contract to one of the two firms, Pajhwok Afghan News has learnt. According to…
Municipality officials, civil society activists and residents on Wednesday accused the provincial Women’s Affairs director of southeastern Khost province of using the only women park to her own advantage. They said Malali Wali was not a qualified…
Money exchange dealers in southeastern Khost province have closed their shops over the past three days to protest the central bank’s new rules. According to the money exchange dealers, the central bank (Da Afghanistan Bank) has imposed…
At least two civilians were killed and 25 others injured in a motorcycle bomb attack in the capital of southeastern Khost province on Tuesday, officials and eyewitnesses said. Witnesses said that the incident took place in a…
At least two civilians were killed and 25 others injured in a motorcycle bomb attack in the capital of southeastern Khost province on Tuesday, officials and eyewitnesses said. Witnesses said that the incident took place in a…
The circulation of the local currency has been jacked up to counter the use of the Pakistani rupee in southeastern Khost province. On Saturday, dozens of youth staged a peaceful rally, urging the people to do transaction…
At least 10 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed as a result of a clash in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Monday. Deputy police chief Col. Syed Ahammad Babazai told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Khost governor Hukam Khan Habibi and lawmaker Humanyun Humanyun exchanged harsh words over the missing of Abdul Jabbar Qahraman’s picture from a fateha ceremony here on Wednesday, witnesses said. The fateha service was organized for the departed…
