About 2,500 individuals have been learning different technical skills in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Monday. Kunar Labour and Social Affairs director Qari Mujibullah Omar told Pajhwok Afghan News that the short technical and vocational courses were…
Three people were killed and six others wounded when explosives used in mining went off inside a house in the Chapa Dara district of eastern Kunar province on Saturday. Police spokesman Farid Dehqan told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Some residents of Hilgal Dara of Ghaziabad district in eastern Kunar province say there is no female doctor in health centres of their area and sometimes pregnant women lose their lives during childbirth. Haji Dawood, a tribal elder…
Work on some development projects worth 14.4 million afghani has been launched in Asadabad, the capital of eastern Kunar province, an official said on Tuesday. Maulvi Nazar Mohammad Atiq, mayor of Asadabad, told the projects’ inaugural ceremony that…
A fire erupted at a wood market in Ghazi Abad district of eastern Kunar province, reducing to ashes wood worth 100 million afghanis, officials said on Wednesday. Mohammad Ibrahim, deputy police commander of the district, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The Public Health Department of eastern Kunar province has dispatched a 30-member medical team to Tokham township to treat ailing Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan. Qari Muzafar Mukhlis, Kunar public health director, who saw off the doctors, said…
A 400-meter long retaining wall is being constructed in Manogi district of eastern Kunar province at a cost of 11 million afghanis. Kunar public works director Qari Qudratullah Maaz, told Pajhwok the wall was being built by their…
Education Department officials in eastern Kunar province say 1,800 more teachers, including 759 females, should be appointed to overcome their shortage in public sector schools of the province.
Government employees and residents in eastern Kunar province say banks are refusing to give them salaries, saying they have run out of cash. Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) officials admit the problem and say the transfer of physical cash…
Security forces have arrested four individuals with 150 kilograms hashish in Noor Gul district of eastern Kunar province, an official said on Thursday. Police commander Abdul Haq Haqqani told reporters in Asadabad the detainees wanted to transport the…
A team of eye specialist doctors on Wednesday returned to Kabul after treating nearly 3500 people at the provincial hospital in eastern Kunar province. Kunar Public Health Department spokesman Ayaz Sapi told Pajhwok the specialists had been at…
The Traffic Department in eastern Kunar province has started issuing documents to 6,500 right-hand-drive vehicles in the province. The department says it registered 8,300 right-hand-drive cars during the past two years in Kunar and soon they would be…
Families whose houses and belongings were washed away by Sunday night floods in eastern Kunar province ask the government to assist them. Residents of Asadabad, the provincial capital, and Watapur district suffered heavy financial losses due to server…
There is no school in Maidan area of Watapur district of eastern Kunar and children there have been deprived of education, residents say and ask the government to resolve the longstanding problem. The residents say they reside in…
Three young men hailing from Kabul died after drowning in river in Manogi district of eastern Kunar province, an official said on Saturday. Manogi district chief Ahmad Gulab told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place on Friday…
The residents of “Dahuz" area of Whatapur district in eastern Kunar province have collected about two million afghanis and have together started construction of a 25-kilometer road as they have no road to commute. The residents say tribal…
Some residents of eastern Kunar province have asked the government to resume construction work on retaining walls on Kunar River’s banks to protect nearby homes and farm fields. Malik Khan Bacha, a tribal elder of Sarkano district, told…
Some pillars of a bridge that connects Narang and Sarkano districts of eastern Kunar province have been damaged and the bridge is about to collapse. Traffic on the bridge has been also suspended due to its possible collapse,…
More than half of the schools in eastern Kunar province are without buildings and their students attend classes in rented houses, mosques and under the open skies, an official says. Kunar education director Mohibullah Haidari said there were…
The revenue of eastern Kunar province has increased by 55 percent compared to last year’s returns, officials of the Revenue Department said on Wednesday. The Revenue Department collected over 332 million afghanis in revenue this year from taxes…
Prisoners held at the central jail in eastern Kunar province say besides teaching how to read and write, the government should provide them with vocational and professional education in order they could support their families after their release.…
Many people in the Shegal district of eastern Kunar province make a living by extracting gold from the Kunar river’s sand. The gold hunters say some gold deposits may exist along the river because gold particles are found…
Two families reconciled after 30 years of enmity in eastern Kunar province on Monday, thanks to mediation of a tribal jirga and provincial officials. Tribal leaders say the enmity between the families of Salam Jan and Abdul Ghaffar…
Three children, all girls, were killed and six others injured when the roof a room in a house collapsed in Shegal district of eastern Kunar province last night, an official said on Sunday. Ihsanullah Ihsan, damage assessment official,…
