The Canal Department in eastern Nangarhar province says the private sector has built a large chicken raising and production farm by investing 1.7 million dollars. The farm has the capacity to raise 30,000 chickens at once and offer…
The Education Department in eastern Nangarhar province has started planting a fruit garden on its 22.5 acres of land recently reclaimed from usurpers. Mufti Habib Hazrat Haqqani, Nangarhar education director, inaugurated the garden’s plantation. He said the land…
The Canal Department of eastern Nangarhar has said in cooperation with private sector 1,200 acres of land which was earlier barren will be prepared for gardening and cultivation.
Three people have been arrested with more than 400 kilograms of narcotics in Spinghar and Ghanikhel districts of eastern Nangarhar province, police said on Monday. Mawlavi Faridullah Mohammadi, spokesman for the 201 Khalid Bin Waleed Corps, told Pajhwok…
Nearly 700 youth have been employed under work for food program in Khewa district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Thursday. Nangarhar Rural Rehabilitation and Development head Maulvi Qismatullah Mubarez told Pajhwok Afghan News the work for…
JALALABAD (Pajwhok): Two people died and a third was wounded in two separate traffic accidents in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Abdul Basir Zabuli said a Saracha-type vehicle plunged into a canal in Behsud district on…
The number of children working in brick kilns has decreased in eastern Nangarhar province, says the Labor and Social Affairs Department. Previously 130 brick kilns were operational in Nangarhar, but due to insecurity in the previous years, waves…
Two people, including a child, have been killed and three others wounded in two separate traffic accidents in eastern Nangarhar and northeastern Badakhshan provinces, officials said on Sunday. Badakhshan police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar said the accident took place…
A two-day wrestling contest featuring wrestlers from four provinces concluded in this capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday. Nangarhar Physical Training and Sports Department had organized the wrestling challenge contest. As many as 164 athletes from…
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a kidnapped child in eastern Nangarhar province, police said on Tuesday. The slain child named Mohmmad Ilyas Momand had been kidnapped in Eidgah mosque area in the…
A kidnapped child has been killed in captivity and security forces have launched a manhunt for his murderers in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. The slain child named Muhmmad Ilyas Momand had been kidnapped in…
A ten-day anti-polio vaccination campaign targeting 1.6 million children below five years of age has been launched in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. The Public Health Director at the campaign’s opening ceremony assured that vaccinators…
Two families have reconciled ending their five years old enmity in the Shinwari district of eastern Nangarhar province, thanks to mediation from tribal leaders. Originating from a land dispute, the feud left eight people wounded from both sides.…
Four people have been wounded in two separate incidents in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Abdul Basir Zabuli told Pajhwok Afghan News a child was wounded when an old rocket shell exploded n…
A 10-member gang of thieving children has been arrested in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Sunday. The gang had been under surveillance by security forces for a long time and the detainees had…
Canal Project related orange orchards in eastern Nangarhar province are expected to produce over 3,000 tonnes of the fruit this year, officials said on Thursday. Canal Project orange orchards have been leased to 12 companies that have employed…
Agriculture officials and traders say pine nut harvest has drastically decreased in eastern Nangarhar province this year. Nangarhar Agriculture and Livestock Department’s natural resources head Qari Said Agha Tanha told Pajhwok the yield of pine nuts decreased significantly…
The bodies of two children who drowned in a canal two days ago were found on Thursday in eastern Nangarhar province, police said. Nangarhar police spokesman Abdul Basir Zabuli told Pajhwok the children aged 12 and eight years…
The River Basin Authority in eastern Nangarhar province says it has started forming cooperative communities to prevent disputes over irrigation water in rural areas. The authority says farmers often enter verbal disputes due to irregular water supply system…
Residents of two villages in eastern Nangarhar province have ended their four-year-old enmity that surfaced over the ownership of a desert. The two tribes reconciled following mediation of tribal elders in Gushta district.
Agriculture and Livestock Department officials say this year’s cotton yield has increased, but growers demand suitable market for their produce. Cotton was planted on 2,898 hectares of land in Nangarhar province and its harvest is expected to reach…
Urban Water Supply Department officials say 75 percent houses in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, lack access to safely managed potable water and they use water from private wells.
Six people, including four Pakistanis, have been arrested with 90 kilograms of hashish in eastern Nangarhar province. 201 Khalid bin Waleed corps officials said four of the arrested persons belonged to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and two others to…
Police have arrested a man trying to smuggle precious stones to Pakistan in Torkham Township, security officials in eastern Nangarhar province said on Monday. Nangarhar police spokesman Abdul Basir Zabuli told Pajhwok Afghan News the alleged smuggler was…
