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Jalalabad municipality executes projects worth 290m afs

The municipality executed 14 reconstruction projects in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, last solar year using its own budget, an official said on Thursday. Addressing a press conference here, Jalalabad municipality spokesman Bakhti Jan Murad…

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3000 people temporarily hired to work with Qalat municipality

QALAT (Pajhwok)): Three thousand people have been provided temporary jobs in southern Zabul province with financial support of the United Nations World Food Program. Ziaul Haq Zahid, urban governance head at Qalat Municipality, told Pajhwok that 3,000 residents of different…

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Kabul Municipality plans to execute 181 projects this year

Officials of the Kabul Municipality say they plan to implement 181 projects in different parts of urban districts of the central capital this year. Kabul Municipality held a press conference at the Government Media Center today to provide…

Kabul Municipality decision on parking fee hailed

Some Kabul residents have welcomed the municipality’s decision on car-parking fee. The capital inhabitants hailed the Kabul Municipality’s move a good decision for the safety of their vehicles. The municipality took the decision on charging those who park…

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Kabul Municipality fined, closed some shops for overpricing

Kabul Municipality has closed and fined a number of grocery stores for overpricing while shopkeepers termed the new price list as unfair and said the list should be updated twice a week. About two weeks ago, Kabul Municipality…

Municipality pledges to stop dumping Kabul waste in Gazak

Kabul Municipality has pledged to stop the delivery of waste to Gazak, a site in the Kakh-e-Jabbar district of Kabul province used for Kabul City’s waste dumping over the past several years. Previous government had ordered Kabul Municipality…

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2 pickle factories closed in Kabul for violating health rules

Kabul Municipality has closed two factories in Mewa Market in capital Kabul for producing substandard pickles and violating health rules. Kabul Municipality in a Tweet said that Environmental Health Department of the municipality during an assessment of some…

Baghlan municipality starts arresting lease defaulters

After Pajhwok Afghan News published an investigative report, the municipality of Pul-i-Khumri, capital of northern Baghlan province, has started detaining lease defaulters owing millions of afghanis to it. Pajhwok Afghan News published the investigative report on December 5,…

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Needless barriers be removed from roads: Cabinet

The cabinet on Tuesday appointed a team to review vehicles seized in criminal cases and instructed Kabul Municipality to find a solution to clear the city from unnecessary barriers. Office of the Administrative Affairs in a tweet today…

Jalalabad municipality illegally allots land to 643 people

The municipality of Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, has illegally distributed land plots to 643 people in violation of the order of former president and Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG). Municipality officials deny the…

Farah people say fed-up with uncollected garbage

Residents of this capital city of western Farah province are complaining about uncollected garbage heaps in different parts of the city, saying the waste is causing many diseases. The residents accuse the city municipality of poor management…

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AGO team in Kandahar to grill municipality officials

A team of the Attorney General Office (AGO) has arrived in southern Kandahar province from Kabul for evaluating the last five years’ performance of the province’s municipality. Nawab Ahmadzai, anti-corruption chief at AGO is leading the team…

‘Kunar municipality not properly spending 2pc revenue on youth’

Local officials, youth representatives and culturists are complaining the municipality of eastern Kunar province is not properly utilizing the two percent of its revenue the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) has allocated for youth’s development. A letter…

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Jalalabad municipality force vendors to pay bribe

A number of street vendors in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province complain of what they say not only the municipality does not specify a place but also not let them do business. They said the vendors who…

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Grabbed land of Jalalabad municipality being retrieved

Around seven million square meters of land belonging to the municipality in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, has been grabbed, the city mayor said Sunday. Talking to reporters here, Jalalabad Mayor Reyadullah Darmal pledged to increase…

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Making history, Jalalabad municipality hires poor women

For the first time in eastern Nangarhar province, the municipality has hired destitute and widowed women for cleanliness in the provincial capital, Jalalabad. Provincial Municipality spokesman Syed Humayoon Gharibmal told Pajhwok Afghan News currently 12 women, mostly widows,…

Jalalabad roadside vendors causing ‘inconvenience’

Provincial Council (PC) members, shopkeepers and residents of Jalalabad City, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, say the municipality has given footpaths to vendors against rent creating great inconvenience. Meanwhile, the vendors say they are not sure if…

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Kandahar municipality expects 800m afs in revenue this year

The mayor of southern Kandahar province says the municipality’s revenue is expected to reach 800 million afghanis until the end of the year. Rokhan Wolasmal told Pajhwok Afghan News during an interview that they had so far collected…

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Kunduz municipality to hire 550 new workers

The mayor for northern Kunduz province on Sunday said some 550 new employees were being hired by the municipality for cleaning the capital city, Kunduz City. Najeebullah Omarkhail told Pajhwok Afghan News: “As part of the new…

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