Hundreds of light and heavy weapons and military equipment have been collected in eastern Kunar province during the past one month as part of an ongoing campaign. The weapons collection campaign was launched in three districts of Kunar…
Tribal elders have imposed a complete ban on cutting of forest trees in the Shegal district of eastern Kunar province under a tribal agreement reached yesterday. Under the agreement, anyone found felling live trees would be fined 2000…
The Agriculture and Livestock Department of eastern Kunar province says citrus fruit yield has increased by more than 400 tons in the province this year. Hayatullah, an official of the department, told Pajhwok Afghan News on Tuesday the…
Rasouluddin, 77, a resident of Korangal valley of Manogi district in eastern Kunar province, has been looking after 21 grandchildren after his three sons were killed in the past war. Korangal valley was also nicknamed “The Valley of…
Six children of a poor man are suffering from hemophilia disease in the Pech Dara district of eastern Kunar province. Speaking to Pajhwok Afghan News, the father of the ailing children, Maulvi Abdul Aziz, narrated the bitter story…
Security forces have recovered a newborn baby kidnapped from the hospital and handed over to the family. The baby was kidnapped from the children’s ward of the provincial hospital after her birth. Sher Zaman, the baby’s father told…
Nearly 2,200 diarrhea cases registered in eastern Kunar province in the past two weeks, an official said on Monday. Public Health Director Qari Muzafar Mukhlis told Pajhwok Afghan News: “About 2,198 cases of diarrhea surfaced in the Ghaziabad,…
Nearly 13 million afghanis revenue has been collected from the extraction of precious and semi-precious stones in eastern Kunar province and deposited to the state treasury. Maulvi Najibullah Hanif, director of information and culture of Kunar, told Pajhwok…
The Natural Disaster Management Authority in eastern Kunar province on Tuesday said dozens of houses and public facilities were destroyed in yesterday’s flooding in different areas. Ihsanullah, damage assessment manager at the Disaster Management Authority, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Fake vaccines have been smuggled from Pakistan to eastern Kunar province as Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), a deadly infection that affects animals, has spread in the province. Dr. Gul Rahman, an official of the provincial agriculture, irrigation and…
The number of children infected with measles has increased in eastern Kunar province, but the sick children are treated and no one has so far died from the disease, health officials say. Dr. Mehmood Riaz, in charge of…
Thirty-one mobile health teams have been tasked with providing health services to people in remote areas of eastern Kunar province, an official said on Sunday. The teams have been deployed in areas where people lack access to health…
The security forces have recovered dozens of light and heavy weapons in the Shelton District of eastern Kunar Province, an official said on Sunday.
At least 14 civilians have been killed and 30 more wounded in rain-induced floods in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Monday. Ehsanullah Ihsan, a natural disaster management official, confirmed the civilian casualties to Pajhwok Afghan News.…
For the first time, a dirt road has been constructed to the Chiragul valley of Narai district in eastern Kunar province, with residents showering flowers at vehicles arriving there. The road, which is about 12 kilometers long, was…
A tribal jirga has resolved a three decades-old enmity between two rival families in eastern Kunar province, sources said on Monday. The enmity had claimed the lives of two men and one woman. A member of the jirga,…
A Ministry of Defense delegation on Tuesday said it had collected 132 military vehicles and 338 Kalashnikov assault rifles in eastern Kunar province during the past four months. Maulvi Saeedullah, head of the delegation sent to the province…
Pakistani security forces have allegedly carried out airstrike on Waziristan refugees in Sperai district of southeastern Khost province and in the Shaltan district of eastern Kunar province, inflicting casualties on people, according to local residents on Saturday.…
The Education Department of eastern Kunar province says a total of 441 schools are functional across the province with 288 lacking buildings. Qari Ihsanullah Mahmood, deputy director of education department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that he had shared…
Residents of eastern Kunar province rely on watermills to generate electricity at their own expense to light up their homes. Watermills have been a tradition in Afghanistan for centuries. But with the arrival of new technology, these mills…
Agriculture officials in eastern Kunar province on Sunday said they had started building 2,000 orchards in Sarkano and KhasKunar districts of the province at a cost of $114,673 for women to help improve their economy. Mullah Ezatullah, director…
Nearly 10 thousands farmers and livestock owners received improved quality wheat seed, chemical fertilizer and animal food in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Thursday. The assistance was provided by the World Food Program (WFP) to farmers…
The Education Department in eastern Kunar province says 500 classrooms have been established for 15,000 rural children who were out of schools. Mohibullah Haidari, director of education department, told Pajhwok Afghan News the classrooms were opened with financial…
A 12-year-old boy was killed after Pakistani forces fired rockets into Sarkano district of eastern Kunar province, sources said on Wednesday. First Border Brigade spokesman Hamdillah told Pajhwok Afghan News said a boy was killed and several animals…
