A number of residents of northern Kunduz province are complaining about lack of medicines at the provincial hospital, saying they must purchase the drugs they need from the market. Painda Mohammad, a resident of Kunduz City, told…
A number of farmers and livestock owners in northern Kunduz province say that locusts have infested their farms and have started damaging their crops, asking the government to deal with the problem. They say if locust infestation…
A number of residents of northeastern Kunduz province have complained of increased food prices in the holy month of Ramadan. However, the Kunduz Municipality says it has prepared a list to control prices of essential commodities in…
Security forces in northern Kunduz province arrested two persons and recovered 300 kilograms of opium from their possession, police said. Qari Obaidullah Obaidi, Kunduz police spokesman, said that the suspects wanted to transport 300 kilograms of opium…
Security officials in northern Kunduz province say four people have been arrested in connection with the killing of seven vaccinators and two security personnel. MulaviNajibullahHaroon, Kunduz intelligence chief, said: “We have arrested four people in connection with…
A number of people with visual impairment in northeastern Kunduz province on Wednesday asked the government to address their economic problems and provide them with education and job opportunities. The blind people complained that bad economic situation…
Nearly a dozen children have died of malnutrition this year in northern Kunduz province, says the Public Health Department. Hamayoon Safi, head of the nutrition department at the Kunduz Civil Hospital, said they had admitted 438 malnourished…
Health officials in northeastern Kunduz province say 260 measles cases have been reported so far in 2022, showing a significant increase in the disease compared to last year. Ezatullah Safi, statistical officer at the Kunduz Immunisation Hospital,…
Public health officials in northern Kunduz province say more than 80,000 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus in the past six months in the province, which shows a 20 percent increase in vaccination compared to last year.…
An oxygen generating plant costing $150,000 has been established and put into service in northwestern Nimroz province. The plant was installed by a pharmaceutical company called Noor Pharma, which operates in Nimroz province with funding from the Kordid…
Pajhwok Afghan News findings show that some doctors in northern Kunduz province write prescriptions to patients in unique codes and refer them to their own drugs stores. According to Kunduz Public Health Department, there are a total…
A number of cooking oil factory owners in northern Kunduz province say that their business has improved during the last few months when the prices of imported cooking oil jumped. Flaxseed oil, sesame and cottonseed oil are…
Tens of millions of afghanis have been embezzled in the past in revenue of the Kunduz Agriculture Department, Pajhwok Afghan News has found. The fund misappropriation becomes obvious, considering the revenue collected over the past three months…
Unidentified individuals have abducted a doctor (dermatologist) in northern Kunduz province, local officials said on Wednesday. MatiullahRohani, head of the culture and information department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Husang Rustaqi, a skin specialist, was abducted from…
Agriculture officials say 360 families struggling with poverty were distributed improved quality vegetable seeds and farming equipment in northern Kunduz province. They said the aim of the seed distribution was to assist families without caretakers, who would…
The Agriculture and Livestock Department on Wednesday said it had started distributing drugs of various diseases to livestock owners for 100,000 animals in northern Kunduz province. Maulvi Amanullah Hassan, director of Kunduz's Agriculture and Livestock Department, told…
Eight media outlets including seven radio stations and a TV channel have been shut down following political changes in the country. AkmalRahmani, an official of Khawar TV channel in Kunduz, told Pajhwok Afghan News that currently only…
Local health officials say that an oxygen production factory will be opened in northern Kunduz province at a cost of $700,000 in the near future. QariBismillah, provincial public health director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that healthcare centers…
The Natural Disasters Management Authority (NDMA) office in northern Kunduz province has purchased emergency aid items worth seven million afghanis for over nine million afghanis, Pajhwok has learnt. Documents obtained by Pajhwok Afghan News show that 10…
Taliban militants seized the governor’s house, the central jail and some other parts of northern Kunduz province on Sunday. A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Taliban attacked different parts of the provincial capital…
A traffic policeman has been executed after a trial in Taliban’s kangaroo court in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Sunday. A photograph of the traffic policeman is circulating in social media from the past two…
Local officials on Tuesday said that practical work on the first phase of urban master plan for the capital of northeastern Kunduz province has officially launched. Najibullah Omarkhel, acting Kunduz governor, talking to the launching ceremony of…
Local officials say that Afghan forces recaptured Khanabad district of northeastern Kunduz province from the Taliban and a clearing operation was currently underway in the area. A number of provincial council members of Kunduz and Taliban on…
Pajhwok Afghan News findings show some portions of the newly-built Sardawra Road in the capital of northern Kunduz province are damaged before being inaugurated. Asphalting of the 5.6 kilometers Sardawra Road cost $148 million afghanis under the National…
