Nangarhar

The Canal Company’s olive oil factory produced 135,500 liters of oil last year in eastern Nangarhar province, and has just begun bottling and delivering the oil to markets, officials said on Wednesday.

Dozens of residential houses have been constructed at a cost of nearly 115,000 US dollars for flood-affected families in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province.

A laboratory worth 27 million afghanis has been constructed and put into use in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Thursday.

Pakistani authorities handed over 141 Afghan citizens, including women and children to the Afghan side at the Torkham crossing in eastern Nangarhar province.

A woman gave birth to quadruplets—two girls and two boys—at the Jalalabad Zonal Hospital in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Thursday.

Work for the construction of fragrant flowers farms in six districts of eastern Nangarhar province has started, an official said on Monday.

A fire that broke out in Jalalabad City, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, has resulted in financial losses worth three million afghanis.

Two water supply networks have been built in Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar and Arghandab district of southern Zabul provinces at a cost of over 12.5 million afs, officials said on Thursday.

The free of cost distribution of iron or folic acid tablets to girls in 22 districts of eastern Nangarhar province has been launched, an official said on Monday.

Officials at the police headquarters say they have rounded up dozens of drug addicts from the streets of Jalalabad city and sent them to Kabul for treatment.

More than 700 youth in eastern Nangarhar province will be offered professional training in poultry and tailoring, Labor and Social Affairs Department officials said on Wednesday.

Some residents of eastern Nangarhar province have expressed concerns about the spread of Dengue fever but according to the health officials the virus posed no serious threat.