A new positive polio case has been registered in eastern Nangarhar province, taking the total number of cases to six, the Public Health Ministry said on Thursday. In a press release, MoPH said a 12-year-old boy was diagnosed…
Two people have been killed and six others injured during an armed clash between two families in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Abdul Basir Zabuli told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place…
Eight development projects have been completed at a cost of nearly 14 million afghanis in Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Thursday. Officials say the projects include cleaning of canals, construction of retaining walls…
Two water supply projects costing eight million afghanis have been completed and put into service in Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province. Officials say with construction of the networks, about 600,000 families found access to clean drinking water.…
The Education Department of eastern Nangarhar province says it has arranged literacy courses for 11,000 people, including 4,500 women, in the province. Officials say currently seven literacy schools and 400 literacy classes are operating in the province. The…
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is constructing a 20-kilometer road near the Durand Line in Goshta district of eastern Nangarhar province. Officials of the 201 Khalid bin Waleed Military Corps in the east say the road is being…
Gunmen have killed a former jihadi commander and resident of Rodat district in eastern Nangarhar province. Officials say preliminary investigation shows Muqadas Bilal was killed due to personal enmity. Police spokesman Abdul Basir Zabuli told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Seven projects have been completed at a cost of 6.5 million afghanis and put into service in Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province. Officials say the projects include construction of retaining walls, roads, canals and a power house.…
The Department of Agriculture and Livestock of eastern Nangarhar province has started surveying poor and helpless women to establish family gardens for them in three districts of the province. Officials say they are preparing a list of poor…
Twenty-five development projects have been completed at a cost of 22 million afghanis and put into service in Rodat and Chaparhar districts of eastern Nangarhar province. The projects include the construction of roads, culverts, dams, canals and a…
The underground water level in eastern Nangarhar province has receded by several meters due to the excessive use of deep wells’ water to irrigate leased out lands of the Canal Department. Maulavi Sayed Fazel Ahad Hashimi, the head…
A man was killed and his son injured in an armed clash between two families over ownership of a land in the Pachiragam district of eastern Nangarhar province. Security officials said the clash took place between a man…
Influential figures and university teachers in eastern Nangarhar province have asked the acting government to allow women to pursue higher education and hand over government posts to those eligible. During a meeting with acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani,…
The authorities have launched a crackdown against non-registered medical practitioners or quacks in eastern Nangarhar province, closing their clinics and health centers following people’s complaints. Nangarhar residents also complain quacks and unlicensed health centers have been operating in…
A gunman opened fire on three civilians in Nazian district of eastern Nangarhar province, killing a man and injuring two women, an official said on Tuesday. The incident happened due personal enmity and the assailant had managed to…
Dozens of small water dams are being constructed in 22 districts of eastern Nangarhar province to deal with increasing drought and irrigate barren lands. Nangarhar River Basin Authority officials say they have marked places after a survey to…
Three minor girls, fourth class students of a middle school, drowned to death after falling in a water pond in the Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Thursday. Farhad Ahmad Stanikzai, spokesman for the…
Two people died and 168 others sustained injuries in separate traffic accidents during the three days of Eidul Adha in eastern Nangarhar province, public health officials say. The injured have been transferred to Jalalabad Regional Hospital, Fatima Al-Zahra…
Residents of Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, complain that ice prices have been arbitrarily increased by sellers after the rise in temperature. Jalalabad Municipality officials, confirming the matter, said they have started efforts to prevent…
Police have arrested a man carrying 114 kilograms of hashish in his car in Sararud district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. Police spokesman Abdul Basir Zabuli told Pajhwok Afghan News security officials recovered the…
Eight people were injured when their vehicle overturned on the Jalalabad-Torkham highway in Momad Dara district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Sediqullah Qureshi, Nangarhar Information and Culture director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
Malaria cases have been on the increase in eight districts of eastern Nangarhar province amid ongoing efforts to control the infection and create awareness. Residents of Nangarhar say health officials should distribute mosquito nets to people and spray…
Despite a significant decrease in flour prices, bakers are yet to increase the weight of bread in eastern Jalalabad city, residents say. The residents urge the municipality to increase the weight of bread or decrease its price. But…
Despite natural disasters that damaged many fruit orchards in eastern Nangarhar province this year, peach yield has increased compared to last year. Nangarhar produced 9768 tons of peach last year and this year’s yield registered a 100-ton increase. Peach…
