Security forces have arrested as many as 250 people in eastern Nangarhar province in connection with different crimes during the past two weeks, the governor said on Saturday. Governor Shah Mahmood Miakhel told media persons here that drugs…
All major shops and markets, except those selling food and medicines, would be shut down from tomorrow (Thursday) in eastern Nangarhar province. A commission in Nangarhar, tasked to deal with the spread of coronavirus, said all committees…
In the aftermath of coronavirus spread, President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree to close all educational institutions in the country but some religious seminaries in eastern Nangarhar province remain open. Some madaris in Jalalabad and some districts of…
Residents and civil society activists say President Ashraf Ghani missed his two-week deadline of initiating practical work on construction of the civil airport in eastern Nangarhar province. After his reelection as president, Ashraf Ghani first travelled to Nangarhar…
The prices of food items have increased in eastern Nangarhar province after Pakistan closed the Torkham gate against passengers and transit trade for prevention of coronavirus spread. Nangarhar officials say Pakistan closed the border crossing last night. Governor’s…
Canalisation department officials in eastern Nangarhar province say about 7,500 berry saplings will be planted to boost honeybee production. Eng. Sayed Aghan Miakhel, an official of an agricultural farm, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had started planting 7,500…
The Ministry of Public Health. However, MoPH officials say they have taken all needed measures for prevention of the virus spread in the country. Deputy public health minister, talking to a press conference in eastern Nangarhar province on…
Nangarhar Governor Shah Mahmood Miakhel has said ‘the time has arrived to change the ongoing conflict into unity and establish a stable system.’ Miakhel was addressing a gathering of elders of uprising forces at the National Directorate of…
Fourteen Taliban militants on Sunday formally shunned violence and joined the peace process by surrendering their weapons in eastern Nangarhar province. The reconciling rebels were shown to media persons at the National Directorate of Security here at a…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a senator’s brother along with two guards in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the Rokhani area…
Nearly 3,000 acres of land will be planted with fruit orchards in various districts of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. InamullahMiakhel, the Agriculture Department spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that efforts were underway to establish…
Residents of Nazian district of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday complained about non-execution of education and healthcare projects in their district. Earlier, President Ashraf Ghani had traveled to the Shinwari districts and promised to reconstruct residential compounds, schools,…
The Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) office in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday said problems continued to plague telecom services in Hesarak and Sherzad districts of the province, urging improved security to address them. ATRA officials expressed these…
At least eight Taliban militants have been killed and three of their hideouts destroyed in the Shirzad district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. Lt. Col. Mohammad Haroon Yousafzai, spokesman for the 201st Selab Military…
Afghans who seek Pakistani visa in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday claimed struggling with multiple problems in obtaining visa, alleging corruption in the process. The provincial government admits the issue but argues giving visa to 600 individuals in…
Information and Culture Department officials in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday accused the central government of paying no attention to historical sites in the province. According to their information, around 100 historic places exist in Nangarhar, but all…
A number of rehabilitated drug addicts have resumed consuming narcotics due to poverty and easy access to drugs in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday. Officials at the 150 bed hospital for drug addicts in Jalalabad, the…
At least 10 Taliban militants have been killed and 17 villages cleared as a result of an ongoing clearing operation in the Sherzad district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told…
Three uprising members and six Taliban militants have been killed in separate incidents of violence in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants stormed uprising members’…
Around 65 percent of schools have been destroyed in the ongoing conflict in the past few years in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Thursday. Official say the school buildings were destroyed during exchange of heavy weapons between…
Pajhwok Afghan News findings show budgetary units in eastern Nangarhar province spent only half of their budget on average during the last three years, with the unspent funds returning to Kabul. The findings show ministers shifted the budget…
Revenue from honey produce jumped to 125 million afghanis in eastern Nangarhar province this year, an official said on Thursday. Innamullah Miakhel, the Agriculture Department spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News round 600 bee-keeping farms containing 25,000 boxes produced…
The Economy Department of eastern Nangarhar province says most of next year’s projects have been allocated to war-affected districts of the province. Nangarhar economy director Ghulamullah Afghanyar in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News said his department…
Local officials and residents say GBU-43/B or Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb which was dropped in Momandara area of Achin district of eastern Nangarhar caused no harm to human health and farms. They say agriculture activities and…
